In the new THR feature The Watchers, a group of Catholic Church experts come together to break down what’s actually going on in the new Ralph Fiennes drama.

Black smoke billows from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel on March 13, 2013, indicating ... to see the new movie ...

the papal conclave is held at the historic Sistine Chapel, which has been the case since 1878, when Leo XIII was elected. The ...

The black smoke signals continued deliberation, while white smoke marks a new pope's election, symbolizing reflection, unity, ...

Edward Berger's "Conclave" focuses on Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) as he is tasked with a sacred and secretive event involving the selection of the ...

Based on a bestselling novel by Robert Harris, the Oscar-tipped film imagines what goes on behind the scenes of the secretive process – complete with scheming, smearing and leaking.

As recently as 2013, one or some cardinal electors ... following the standard process of holding the conclave wherever the prior pope died (many cardinals were part of the traveling Roman Curia).

His latest drama is set in the Vatican but director Edward Berger says "Conclave" is about people striving for power and ...

When the 1378 conclave convened, a debate raged about whether the pope should be in Avignon ... of 1549 than we do about the elections back in 2013 because the documentation—diaries, ambassador ...

The cast of the film "Conclave" will receive the Ensemble Performance Award at the 2025 Palm Springs International Film ...

If the Academy Awards ever created a special Oscar for “Best Performance by a Furrowed Brow,” Ralph Fiennes would handily win for his lively and versatile forehead wrinkles in Edward Berger ...

I'm a historian of the medieval papacy and editor of the forthcoming three volumes of the Cambridge History of the Papacy. So ...