When a new pope is elected, there are two signs that mark that historic moment: the white smoke (fumata bianca in Italian) erupting from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the formula habemus papam ...

U.S. rights to director Nanni Moretti’s Cannes 2011 feature “Habemus Papam” have been picked up by Sundance Selects. Starring Michel Piccoli as a hesitant fictious pope, the film also stars Moretti ...

Never one to shy away from controversy, Italian film-maker Nanni Moretti has followed The Caiman, his assault on Silvio Berlusconi, with a nervously anticipated examination of the holiest of holy cows ...

At around 12:20 ET this afternoon, shortly after white smoke began issuing from the sacramental chimney of the papal conclave, the legend on the lower third of Fox News’ screen shifted from the ...

Following Pope Francis's death on April 21, 2025, the Vatican initiates a meticulously planned process steeped in Catholic tradition. The rituals include confirmation of death in the chapel, ...

Michel Piccoli stars in the Italian drama 'We Have a Pope.' (Photo by IFC Films) The election of Pope Francis I has transfixed the Catholic world -- but what would happen if he didn't want the job?

Directed by Nanni Moretti. Starring Michel Piccoli, Nanni Moretti, Jerzy Stuhr, Renato Scarpa PG cert, Cineworld/IFI, Dublin, 102 min TEN YEARS ago, Nanni Moretti won the Palme d'Or at Cannes with a ...

Italo auteur Nanni Moretti, who is back on the Croisette this year with “Habemum Papam,” about a panicked newly elected Pope, is very relaxed about Vatican reactions to his pic. “Some people are ...

Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the Cannes Film Festival. “Habemus Papam” opens in limited release on Friday. “Habemus Papam” (“We Have a Pope”) is stuck somewhere between ...