But how faithful is the movie to the real thing? Conclave tells the story of Cardinal Thomas Lawrence, dean of the College of Cardinals, played by actor Ralph Fiennes. Lawrence is tasked with leading ...

Intrigue, fashion, humility, faith—133 cardinal electors have descended on Rome to choose a new pope and their every move and ...

The first ballot will be cast Wednesday evening (Vatican time), May 7, according to Vatican News. Voting will then happen ...

The College of Cardinals on Wednesday called on Catholics around the world to pray for them as they prepare to enter the conclave next week to elect the next pope, acknowledging the “enormity of ...

Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

The plume came a full 90 minutes past the time the College of Cardinals was set to wrap voting on day one of the conclave. As the afternoon’s proceedings began, a Vatican official declared ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As the conclave to elect a new pope began ... fastened on a comment by the 91-year-old dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Battista Re, asking whether he may have ...

This article was originally published on fansided.com as Conclave Update: Will more fans watch College of Cardinals or St. Louis Cardinals this week?.

Cardinals have decided the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will begin May 7. The conclave is a closed-door meeting of the cardinal electors to choose the new pope in the Sistine Chapel.

Joe Vericker/Getty With less than a week left until the conclave to select a new pope is set to begin, Cardinal Timothy Dolan has given an inside look at the process. The meeting of the College of ...

The media have never had so much influence on the men who pick the pope.

The College of Cardinals on Wednesday called on Catholics around the world to pray for them as they prepare to enter the conclave next week to elect the next pope, acknowledging the “enormity of ...