The black smoke signals continued deliberation, while white smoke marks a new pope's election, symbolizing reflection, unity, ...

Black smoke billows from the chimney on the roof of the ... the man presiding over the conclave, if he could have the ...

As "Conclave" shows, those ballots are sewn together with a needle and thread, and then burned with a chemical to send either ...

“Just before the pope comes out onto the balcony and reveals himself ... else — as he weighs rapidly shifting allegiances and ...

The political maneuvering of cardinals gathered in the Vatican to choose a new Pope gives rise to fine performances but ...

The film begins as a pope has passed ... that concludes with that white smoke emanating from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney surely isn’t this gripping, so “Conclave” gets our blessing.

I'm a historian of the medieval papacy and editor of the forthcoming three volumes of the Cambridge History of the Papacy. So ...