As in the movie, a succession of mini-scandals has threatened to derail one Best Picture contender after another.

ROME — With interest in a papal elections high thanks to the Oscar-nominated film “Conclave, ” Pope Francis threw a wrench ...

Papal conclave following the death of Pope Alessandro ... Various methods have been used to elect the Pope throughout history. Acclamation, where cardinals unanimously declared a pope without ...

When Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) likens an impromptu meeting with fellow ministers to an “American political convention ...

Opening with the death of the presiding Pope, Conclave is steeped in a quietly ... (Lucian Msamati), a Nigerian cardinal who would make history by being the first Black pope, but holds retrograde ...

After garnering 8 Academy Award nominations, Conclave is heading toward another divine global box office milestone.

But Hope does provide personal insights into how history’s first Latin American pope interprets ... his way on the second day of balloting during the March 2013 conclave that elected him pope. Francis ...

The new film Conclave is a psychological thriller ... Various methods have been used to elect the Pope throughout history. Acclamation, where cardinals unanimously declared a pope without a ...

The conclave to elect the new pope typically begins 15 to 20 days after ... influenced papal elections for much of the Church’s history. The Holy Roman Empire asserted control in the 9th century.