'Conclave' movie offers insight into real papal process

'Conclave' movie offers insight into real papal process: What it got right and wrong

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'Conclave' movie offers insight into real papal process: What it got right and wrong

"Conclave" has soared in popularity since the pope's death, so we wanted to look at what's real and what is a Hollywood interpretation. Watch the trailer for the movie "Conclave" in the player above.Politico reported that in order to prepare for the real papal conclave, several cardinals reportedly watched the 2024 movie "Conclave" to gain insight into how the process works. "Conclave," starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Carlos Diehz, is a fictional story of a conclave occurring after the death of the pope and all the drama that ensues in the process. The movie, while following a fictional story, uses real-life elements of an actual conclave to tell its story.What the movie got right The papal process as a whole is very similar to what happens in an actual conclave.In the movie, the cardinals arrived at the Vatican and were sequestered until a new pope was selected. In real life, they are sequestered and living together at the Casa Santa Marta, a guesthouse on the grounds of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican City, built for the purpose of holding cardinals during the conclave. The voting process is also similar, with cardinals writing down their choice and placing it in an urn, as well as the internal politics of choosing a new pope.Just as it happens in the film, all cardinals have different beliefs about how the Catholic Church should be run. Some cardinals, such as Pope Francis, are more progressive than others. What the movie got wrong As "Conclave" is a fictional movie, there are some things that will not happen during a real conclave. One of the biggest elements not shown in the movie is that the conclave is a deeply spiritual process and all the cardinals discuss with God prior to voting. While this was discussed in the movie, more emphasis was on the drama surrounding the voting rather than the cardinals discussing with God. Another very misleading plot of the movie that would most likely never happen in real life is the nomination of a cardinal by the pope in secret. In the movie, the pope secretly nominated a cardinal without the knowledge of any other cardinal. That is extremely unlikely to happen during the real process. In the film, the conclave takes around a week for the new pope to be chosen. While it could happen, it is very unlikely that the process will take that long. The last two papal elections took just over 24 hours, so a conclave that occurs for a week could potentially happen, but it's not likely. Small details, such as how the tables are set and what the cardinals discuss, were also not completely accurate. However, as a whole, "Conclave" gives a very accurate depiction of a real conclave, making it easier for cardinals who had never been part of a conclave before to understand the papal process.

"Conclave" has soared in popularity since the pope's death, so we wanted to look at what's real and what is a Hollywood interpretation.

Watch the trailer for the movie "Conclave" in the player above.

reported that in order to prepare for the real papal conclave, several cardinals reportedly watched the 2024 movie "Conclave" to gain insight into how the process works.

"Conclave," starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Carlos Diehz, is a fictional story of a conclave occurring after the death of the pope and all the drama that ensues in the process.

The movie, while following a fictional story, uses real-life elements of an actual conclave to tell its story.

What the movie got right

The papal process as a whole is very similar to what happens in an actual conclave.

In the movie, the cardinals arrived at the Vatican and were sequestered until a new pope was selected. In real life, they are sequestered and living together at the Casa Santa Marta, a guesthouse on the grounds of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican City, built for the purpose of holding cardinals during the conclave.

The voting process is also similar, with cardinals writing down their choice and placing it in an urn, as well as the internal politics of choosing a new pope.

Just as it happens in the film, all cardinals have different beliefs about how the Catholic Church should be run. Some cardinals, such as Pope Francis, are more progressive than others.

What the movie got wrong

As "Conclave" is a fictional movie, there are some things that will not happen during a real conclave.

One of the biggest elements not shown in the movie is that the conclave is a deeply spiritual process and all the cardinals discuss with God prior to voting. While this was discussed in the movie, more emphasis was on the drama surrounding the voting rather than the cardinals discussing with God.

Another very misleading plot of the movie that would most likely never happen in real life is the nomination of a cardinal by the pope in secret. In the movie, the pope secretly nominated a cardinal without the knowledge of any other cardinal. That is extremely unlikely to happen during the real process.

In the film, the conclave takes around a week for the new pope to be chosen. While it could happen, it is very unlikely that the process will take that long. The last two papal elections took just over 24 hours, so a conclave that occurs for a week could potentially happen, but it's not likely.

Small details, such as how the tables are set and what the cardinals discuss, were also not completely accurate.

However, as a whole, "Conclave" gives a very accurate depiction of a real conclave, making it easier for cardinals who had never been part of a conclave before to understand the papal process.

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