The papal conclave takes place in the Sistine Chapel. In order to become the next pope, a cardinal must earn two thirds of the vote, which is conducted by secret ballot. Also, only cardinals under the ...

Those of us old enough to remember the fall of 1979 will never forget the one month papacy of John-Paul I. Who would have believed a healthy looking pontiff would die only weeks after being ...

If you are interested in a film about the Catholic Church that could have been written by the editorial board of the New York ...

American actress, who dons a habit for Edward Berger's papal thriller, discusses her Catholic education — and more ...

It’s a shrewd move to release Conclave, a slick drama about the election of a pope, less than two weeks before the most ...

“Conclave” was not an unconditional paean to the Catholic Church. It depicts clergy who sometimes fall prey to factionalism, simony and incontinence — as our clergy occasionally do. Nor was it a ...

Let’s look back at the papal election through the centuries, up to the conclave of 2013 following Benedict XVI’s resignation. During the first millennium, the method of choosing the pope ...

He has 35 years of experience in all aspects of motion pictures. Most recently he’s produced “Conclave,” a papal thriller ...

Conclave,” the fictional thriller that outlines the Catholic process of selecting a new pope, does the audience the service of stating its intended message outright. In a controversial homily that ...

Is “Conclave” worthy of the early awards buzz it’s been receiving? Rebecca Kivak and Joe Baress review the religious drama ...

When a pope dies or resigns, it is the cardinals, gathered in conclave in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, who are responsible for electing his successor. This papal election follows a history ...

Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection Despite playing in almost 1,000 more locations, “Here” came in behind Focus Features’ ...