The movie "Conclave" depicts the process by which a ... Antonio Masiello/Getty Images Harris noted that past conclaves have proven the unpredictable nature of papal selection.

The process through which a new pope is chosen is known as a conclave, also the name of a popular movie about the process. Here's where to watch it.

Fans of the Oscar-nominated movie, “Conclave”, which is about a papal election, might think they have a head start on what’s to come. But how faithful is the movie to the real thing?

Perhaps the biggest plot hole in the film was the movie's addition of Cardinal Benitez (Carlos Diehz), the archbishop of Kabul. As the papal conclave is preparing to sequester themselves ...

But Vatican experts warn the movie doesn’t get everything right. Here’s a look at what “Conclave” does get right — and wrong — about conclaves. (Spoilers ahead.) The movie excels at re ...

Obviously, the Conclave movie is a Hollywood drama, and not a documentary. It’s a mystery-thriller based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Robert Harris, in which Ralph Fiennes stars as a ...

The Pope is dead. The throne is vacant. What happened? They say *** heart attack. You know how rumor spreads and 1.25 billion souls watching. Well done, no, Lawrence. It seems the responsibility ...

Pope Francis’s death on Easter Monday paves the way for the conclave, the secretive and storied election of a new pope. The process was featured in the award-winning movie “Conclave” last year.

According to streaming tracker Luminate, “Conclave” generated 6.9 million minutes viewed on April 21 — the day the pontiff died — up from 1.8 million on April 20. The movie, which won the ...