The movie "Conclave" paints a mostly accurate picture of the Roman Catholic process of electing a new pope, save for an implausible storyline involving a cardinal selected in secret being able to vote ...

Once the period of mourning for Pope Francis is done, the centuries-old tradition of selecting a new pope, known as the conclave, gets underway. NBC’s Keir Simmons reports for TODAY about the process ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” (with a key) to underscore that cardinals are sequestered until they find a ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Rob Kelner of the law firm Covington and Burling about the vetting process for presidential nominees. President-elect Donald Trump has moved with lightning speed to name ...

This article contains spoilers for the film Conclave. In the Oscar-winning film Conclave, the complex political structure of the Catholic Church is laid out on the big screen as the College of ...