Francis Ford Coppola at the AFI Life Achievement Award Tribute held at The Dolby Theatre on April 26, 2025 in Los Angeles, California Michael Buckner/Deadline “No one I know thinks that this ...

Back in Cannes with a buzzy new movie, ‘Highest 2 Lowest,’ and his usual swagger, Spike Lee is bringing the Brooklyn fight to ...

At the center of it all was Francis Ford Coppola, who on Saturday received the AFI Life Achievement Award at a ceremony at Dolby Theatre that brought together legendary stars from a seemingly bygone ...

No surprise, then, that Francis’s arrangements for his own funeral broke the mold. He wanted his departure from the Vatican to be as low-key as his arrival. Papal funerals have traditionally ...

It cautions: “He who enters a conclave as a pope, leaves it as a cardinal.” The race to succeed Francis, who died last month, is seen as wide open. Although a few names have been cited as ...

Sixteen days after the reign of Pope Francis ended with his death on Easter Monday, the Catholic Church is looking to the future. The papal conclave got underway Wednesday afternoon in Rome ...

Update: American Cardinal Robert Prevost has been chosen as the new pope and took the name Leo XIV — the first pope in history from the United States. Pope Francis' death on April 21, the day ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Jason Horowitz and Emma Bubola Reporting from Rome and Vatican City The death of Pope Francis last month at the age of 88 set off grief and mourning around the world ...

Cardinals from around the world must gather for the conclave in which Francis’ successor is selected. It typically takes between two and three weeks for a pope to be chosen, though it can ...

The College of Cardinals, the Church's most senior officials, are gathered in Rome to choose the successor of Pope Francis. While in theory any baptised Roman Catholic man can be elected pope ...