Ralph Fiennes has many questions for Pope Leo XIV. In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, the Oscar nominee, 62, was asked about Leo, 69, watching his 2024 film “Conclave” before he was elected ...

Ralph Fiennes is eager to know what Pope Leo XIV thought of the movie Conclave after he experienced the historical moment in real life. "My thoughts are questions. Did he enjoy it? Did he just shrug ...

When Pope Francis died, questions about his successor were all over the news. Every Catholic waited with bated breath on who the new head of the Catholic Church will be. The names of Asians and ...

She has studied everything from early Christian art to papal sarcophagi to the Renaissance transformation of Old St. Peter’s Basilica into the basilica that stands in Vatican City today.

The history of the conclave, especially during the Italian Renaissance that I teach and research, tells us a lot about how the papacy is both a religious and a political office.

The history of the conclave, especially during the Italian Renaissance that I teach and research, tells us a lot about how the papacy is both a religious and a political office.

MANILA, Philippines (Updated 3:29 a.m.) — No pope was elected in the first round of voting by the College of Cardinals, as thick black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel at around 3 a.m. on ...

Pope Francis’s successor will be elected in the coming days in a millennium-old ceremony known as the papal conclave. During the conclave, the 135 eligible Cardinal Electors of the Catholic ...

The Religious Order That Molded the Pope: The Order of St. Augustine, with fewer than 3,000 members, shaped the man who would become a cardinal, and then pope to the world’s Roman Catholics.

Holy Smoke, a New Pope! Unpacking the Secret Conclave Rituals That Just Elected Leo XIV From Renaissance prints to modern livestreams, the public has long sought to see into secretive papal elections.

As the sun set over St Peter's Square, black smoke began to rise from the temporary chimney of the Sistine Chapel. A new pope had not been elected on day one of the Catholic papal conclave. From ...