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Our columnist Barney Zwartz twice covered papal conclaves in Rome – and reckons the film Conclave nails it.

There are few elections more political than the one to choose a new pope

They say politics should be separate from religion – but is that possible?

  • Barney Zwartz

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President Donald Trump attends a prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral led by Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

A brave bishop stumped Trump. You could call it a Bible bashing

Donald Trump has presented himself as a Christian champion, but a Washington cleric just reminded him what Christianity is actually about.

  • Julia Baird
Ralph Fiennes as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence in the film Conclave.

Who will be the next pope?

The release of the film Conclave has once again thrown the spotlight on one of the most arcane, storied and secretive events in human history: the election of a new pope.

  • Rob Harris
Sister Simona Brambilla in 2019.

Francis names the first woman to head a major Vatican office. Then gives her a male co-leader

Italian nun Sister Simona Brambilla will be responsible for every religious order, from Jesuit and Franciscan priests to the Mercy nuns and smaller movements.

  • Nicole Winfield
Pope Francis opens the Holy Door to mark the opening of the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, or Jubilee, in St Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican on Christmas Eve.

Pope opens new Jubilee year when pilgrims can obtain special indulgences

Some 32 million tourists are expected to walk through the “Holy Door” just opened by Francis at St Peter’s. He’s asked all to have courage to better the world.

  • Joshua McElwee
An Iraqi security officer follows the prayer session led by Pope Francis for the victims of war at Hosh al-Bieaa Church Square, Mosul, Iraq, in 2021.

Assassination plot: Pope reveals British intelligence saved his life

Francis turned 88 on Tuesday and marked the occasion with revelations of a twin suicide bomb plot against him.

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A man screams in front a fire erupting inside a computer shop hit during an Israeli airstrike in central Beirut.

Israeli strikes kill Hezbollah spokesman in Beirut, dozens in Gaza

Mohammed Afif had been especially visible after all-out war erupted between Israel and Hezbollah in September.

  • Fadi Tawil, Bassem Mroue and Wafaa Shurafa
Bishop Mykola Bychok in 2022.

Pope Francis taps Melbourne bishop to be one of 21 new Catholic cardinals

The nomination of 44-year-old Bishop Mykola Bychok of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is also seen as sending a subtle political message as Russia’s war grinds on.

  • Brittany Busch
Donald Trump and Pope Francis.

Trump doubles down on migrant deportation, Pope tells Catholics to vote for ‘lesser evil’

Pope Francis said migration was a right described in Scripture and it was a “grave sin” to not welcome strangers. He was equally blunt on the abortion stances of both candidates.

  • Farrah Tomazin
Pope Francis in Dili, East Timor, on Monday.

Pope arrives in deeply Catholic Timor-Leste where crowds may reach 750,000

His three-day visit will include an open-air celebration of Mass the Vatican says may include more than half the population of 1.3 million.

  • Nicole Winfield

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