The surprising success of “Conclave” and its momentum going into Sunday’s Academy Awards have thrust the arcane rules, ...

VATICAN CITY, March 5 – Pope Francis, who has been struggling to overcome double pneumonia for almost three weeks, was taken off mechanical ventilation on Wednesday after using it through the ...

There has long been a Vatican taboo against openly talking about a conclave when a pope ... Francis chose to live, to one of the figures central to the plot. But at the very least, the life ...