The papacy is one of the world’s longest-running institutions. It may also be one of the strangest. There have been rival popes, an English pope and even, legend has it, a female pope. Ms Wärnberg is ...

"Conclave", a 2024 film, delves into the inner workings of the Papal Conclave. Speaking with actor Carlos Diehz, who plays Cardinal Benitez in the movie, I had the chance to understand the multiple ...

I'm a historian of the medieval papacy and editor of the forthcoming three volumes of the Cambridge History of the Papacy. So it was more or less mandatory for me to see the new movie Conclave. Based ...

The Vatican confirmed the death of Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, at the age of 88. The first Jesuit and the first Latin American pope in history, Francis, passed away peacefully in the ...