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

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.

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

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).

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

For Harris, the seed of the novel was planted while he was watching television coverage of the 2013 conclave during which the current Pope Francis was elected. As he watched the faces of the ...

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 ...

Once the conclave begins, they are sequestered ... that elected Pope Benedict XVI in 2005 and the current Pope Francis in 2013, tells the BBC: "A cardinal who wants to become pope would do ...

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 ...

Credit - Focus Features When the 1378 conclave convened, a debate raged about whether the pope should be in Avignon ... we do about the elections back in 2013 because the documentation—diaries ...