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 banned from being eaten in a conclave, as they were see ...

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 ...

Viewership of the movie "Conclave," which depicts ... in the place and not give them food or water, pressure them to make a decision." He said that while the traditions and ancient rituals ...

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 ...

As cardinals flock to Rome for the papal conclave to decide the next pope, a movement is underway to bring in a successor who will be more traditional than Pope Francis. A common belief among ...

Following Pope Francis' death on April 21, all eyes are on the College of Cardinals who are set to start a conclave soon to elect a new pope. The process has remained largely secretive over the ...

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 ...