The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like ...

Cardinals, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), are bishops and Vatican officials from all ...

The papal "conclave" is intentionally shrouded in mystery — the term itself is Latin for "locked room" — but here are some of its rules and wrinkles: Candidates must be male and a baptized ...

It doesn’t help that the Oscar-nominated movie “Conclave” is in theaters and has made everyone an expert in the arcane rules and spectacular drama involved in a papal election. Or that ...

the Catholic Church elects a new pope through an election by cardinals who meet in a conclave Pope Francis remained hospitalized Wednesday, five days after he was admitted to Rome's Gemelli ...

The system is known as the ‘Papal Conclave,’ and will be used once again to select the next Pope when the time comes. The system is democratic with a strong emphasis on working through ...

The system is known as the ‘Papal Conclave,’ and will be used once again to select the next Pope when the time comes. The system is democratic with a strong emphasis on working through multiple rounds ...

Conclave won Best Film at the 2025 British Academy Film Awards on Sunday for its adaptation of Robert Harris’s novel of the aftermath of the Pope’s death. The film, which stars Ralph Fiennes as ...