A papal nomination was dangerous business – sometimes to the person, most often to his property. “Ubi periculum” established ...

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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 best antidote for a bad election is a good movie,” Richard M. Nixon once proclaimed, and for many filmgoers this week ...

In “Conclave” (2024), the Pope is dead, but mysteries abound. A cardinal’s last meeting with the Pope ends with a resignation ...

Father Carter Griffin, the rector of St. John Paul II Seminary in Washington, D.C., spoke to CNA about the filmmakers’ ...

Edward Berger’s “Conclave,” a 2024 adaptation of the novel of the same name, provides a thrilling, fictionalized rendition of ...

Edward Berger's "Conclave" focuses on Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) as he is tasked with a sacred and secretive event involving the selection of the ...

I'm a historian of the medieval papacy and editor of the forthcoming three volumes of the Cambridge History of the Papacy. So ...