For more than 750 years, strict rules have guarded what cardinals can and cannot eat to prevent hidden messages stuffed ...

Cardinals attending the papal conclave are served basic meals like spaghetti and vegetables, in line with strict Vatican rules. Food is carefully monitored to prevent outside communication. Prepared ...

Why Ravioli and Whole Chickens Used to Be Banned. By the year 1550, ravioli, whole chickens and pies were some of the foods ...

Recent pop culture representations have made the most of this, using conclave food culture to create a heightened sense of suspicion, intrigue and control. Take the 2024 film Conclave, where almost ...

Around the same time in history, cardinals who died amid the conclave were suspected to have done so because of poisoned food. As such, cardinals began taking turns acting as poison testers ...

A teacher from Kentucky says parents need to do one important thing before their children begin kindergarten: “Tell your kid no.” Emily Perkins explained to parents in a TikTok video that ...

One conclave veteran said the fare was “food you could eat at a train station.” By Jason Horowitz and Emma Bubola Reporting from Rome The cardinals gathering for the conclave hope to pick the ...

The conclave to select the next pope will begin on Wednesday, May 7, according to the Vatican. The date was confirmed Monday by papal spokesman Matteo Bruni following the April 21 death of Pope ...

A conclave isn't a common event ... Students on campus expressed hope for a return to traditional values from the next pope. "I think that it would be a good step forward to keep it going with ...

Recent pop culture representations have made the most of this, using conclave food culture to create a heightened sense of suspicion, intrigue and control. World's Table BBC.com's World's Table ...