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When Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world’s most secret and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could shake the very foundation of the Catholic Church. The actions that Cardinal Lawrence and the rest of the cardinals take during the film’s conclave process are true and accurate to Catholic faith and centuries of tradition. After the pope dies, his ring (called the Fisherman’s Ring) is removed and destroyed; this is to prevent it from being used to forge the pope’s seal on documents. The Vatican makes an official announcement that the throne of the Holy See (the governing body of the Catholic Church) is vacant. The papal apartment is closed with purple ribbon and sealed with a papal wax seal. The College of Cardinals are sequestered in apartments (Domus Sanctae Marthae, the House of Saint Martha) to eat and sleep between votes. Finally, the windows and doors of the Sistine Chapel, where the actual elections and voting take place, are darkened, closed, and locked to preserve the secrecy of the conclave. Some of the newer and more recent security measures taken in real life are also shown, when the conclave that elected Pope Francis I convened in 2013, the Sistine Chapel was swept for bugs and other electronic listening devices, identity cards were issued to all conclave servants because a reporter disguised as a servant was discovered during the conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI in 2005, all members of the College of Cardinals were forced to surrender their cell phones and other electronic devices, the Vatican’s Wi-Fi network was temporarily shut down, and wireless signal jammers were installed in the Sistine Chapel. Ayendi is said to be the first African pope. The Roman Catholic Church has had three African popes: Victor I (189-199 CE), Miltiades (also known as Melchiades, 311-314 CE), and Gelasius I (492-496 CE). Lawrence: Our faith is a living thing precisely because it goes hand in hand with doubt. If there were only certainty and no doubt, there would be no mystery. And so there is no need for faith. Let us pray that God will give us a Pope who doubts. And give us a Pope who sins and asks for forgiveness and continues.. Featured in The 19:00 Project: Episode of December 10, 2024 (2024). Allegri: MisererePerformed by Capella Musicale Pontificia Sistina, Massimo Palombella Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon GMBH Under license from Universal Music Operations Ltd. I just got back from the theater after seeing "Conclave" a movie that I was extremely excited about and really enjoyed. For most of the movie I was so captivated by the gorgeous cinematography, fantastic performances, great score, and quality and production design that I was convinced that this had to be a 10/10 movie. But then, unfortunately, came the ending. I think the ending of a movie is the most important part. What are you going to leave the audience with? What is your final statement to them? Well, in this movie, it is so contrived, confusing, and absurd that any final statement becomes confusing and I left the theater with a bad taste in my mouth. The ending is so unrealistic that it threatens to ruin every frame of what came before. It is done solely to make a statement about the church and to shock the audience. Now, this doesn’t ruin the film as a whole (not for me, anyway), but unfortunately it ruins an otherwise superb film.
