Based on Robert Harris’ 2016 novel of the same name, 'Conclave' tells the story of the Catholic Church's papal election process Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE.

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney Wednesday evening, indicating that no pope was elected on the conclave’s ...

2024's "Conclave" is an Oscar-winning film about the election of a new pope. Is it based on a true story? And how much does it get right about real conclaves?

Cardinals electing a new pope have some fundamental questions to weigh, beyond whether to give the Catholic Church its first Asian or African pontiff, or a conservative or progressive. Although they ...

New Pope Election Cardinal Conclave: When the leader of over 1.3 billion Catholics departs this world, what follows is not just mourning, but a centuries-old spectacle of smoke, silence, and suspense ...

When the Sistine Chapel's white smoke rose on May 8, it crowned not a campaigner, but a conciliator. What cardinals inside the conclave say they sought — and what they found in Robert Francis Prevost, ...

As Pope Leo XIV marks his sixth month in the papacy, Catholics are beginning to see just how he will put his mark on the throne of St. Peter. Leo has spoken out on a range of issues, from artificial ...