The film depicts the events of a conclave, which is a papal gathering where cardinal’s vote to elect the new pope.

Two cardinals, Michael Czerny and Chibly Langlois, sat down with ABC News to discuss the challenges facing the church that the new pope will have to face.

On the second day of the conclave at the Vatican, the cardinal electors chose Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new pope, Leo XIV.

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more traditional path.

Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and "clavis," meaning "together" and "key," respectively – highlighting the absolute, ...

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indicating that the cardinal electors in the conclave had chosen a new pope. The most senior members of the Catholic Church have begun the process of choosing a successor to the late Pope Francis.

U.S. President Donald Trump quickly reacted to the appointment of the first American pope on Thursday, May 8. Pope Leo XIV, formerly known as Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago, won the secretive conc ...

(AP) The papal conclave is the secretive, centuries-old process by which the Roman Catholic Church elects a new pope. This week, 133 cardinal electors, among the Church’s most senior officials ...

In the 13th century, it took almost three years — 1,006 days to be exact — to choose Pope Clement IV's successor, making it the longest conclave in the Catholic Church’s history. It's also ...

Deepening unity among Catholics will be the greatest challenge facing the next pope, who will be elected as early as Wednesday.

The term conclave refers to a private meeting or secret assembly, especially a meeting of Roman Catholic cardinals secluded continuously while choosing a pope, according to merriam-webster.com.