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How faithful is ‘Conclave’ about the process of picking a new pope? Fact-checking the movie
The movie "Conclave" paints a mostly accurate picture of the Roman Catholic process of electing a new pope, save for an ...
Conclave author says papal election process is akin to The Traitors
In the pre-conclave process, cardinals – played by the likes of Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, and John Lithgow in the film – ...
Trump draws criticism with AI image of himself as the pope ahead of the papal conclave
President Donald Trump posted an artificial intelligence-generated image of himself dressed as pope as the mourning of Pope ...
Philadelphia won’t have a cardinal elector in the conclave deciding the next pope. Here’s why.
Cardinal Justin Francis Rigali, the former archbishop of Philadelphia, is outside the age cutoff for the conclave to select ...
Conclave to choose a new pope to begin May 7, Vatican says. Here's how Pope Francis' successor will be chosen.
Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...
Pre-conclave: Jockeying for a new pope already has started over drinks and dinner in Rome
At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...
‘Conclave’ Author Says Process To Elect New Pope Is “Closest Thing To Real-Life ‘Traitors'”
Robert Harris praises the secret process of electing Pope Francis's success, saying political parties could learn from it.
Trump's AI image of himself as pope draws criticism ahead of conclave
President Donald Trump’s latest social media stunt – an AI-generated image of himself dressed as the pope – sparked immediate ...
What to expect from the conclave that will choose Pope Francis' successor
The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.
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A roofless palace in Italy's Viterbo hosted the first and longest conclave
It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that ended the longest papal election in the ...