“Conclave” is based on the 2016 novel by Robert Harris examining what could happen during the College of Cardinals conclave following the death of a pope. Be prepared if you see it. There is a twist at the end, but, that ending is the grace note most humans need.
Pope Francis denounced "oppressive regimes" in his Easter message on Sunday but in an apparent call for restraint urged world leaders to prevent the spread of conflicts, as tensions rose in North Korea and Syria.
Pope Francis appeared on Wednesday to back Native Americans seeking to halt part of the Dakota Access Pipeline, saying indigenous cultures have a right to defend "their ancestral relationship to the earth".
"The Young Pope" is a new series chronicling the first days of Pope Pius XIII, an American and former Archbishop of New York who was shockingly elected at the young age of 48.
Media that focus on scandals and spread fake news to smear politicians risk becoming like people who have a morbid fascination with excrement, Pope Francis said in an interview published on Wednesday.