The surprising success of “Conclave” and its momentum going into Sunday’s Academy Awards have thrust the arcane rules, glorious ceremony and supreme drama of one of the Catholic Church’s most

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There has long been a Vatican taboo against openly talking about a conclave when a pope is sick: It’s considered gauche to speculate about the election of a new pope while the current one is fighting for his life.

Rarely in motion picture history have world events coincided so closely with an Academy Awards frontrunner during awards season.

At this year's Oscars, cinema appears to imitate real life as movies like “Conclave,” about the search for a new pope, take center stage while Pope Francis remains hospitalized. NBC’s Chloe Melas shares a look at how real-world events are impacting Hollywood’s biggest night.

Don’t ask Conclave writer Peter Straughan if life is imitating art when it comes to the health of Pope Francis. Following his Oscar win for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 2025 Academy Awards, Straughan stopped by the backstage interview room to speak with reporters about the monumental moment,

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Pope Francis is still in a Rome hospital Monday as the 88-year-old pontiff continues to battle double pneumonia for an 18th day. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Seth Doane has more.