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When Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events, the election of a new pope, he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could shake the very foundations of the Catholic Church. Many of the actions that Cardinal Lawrence and the other cardinals take during the conclave in the film are true and accurate to the 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 papal seal on documents. The Vatican issues an official proclamation that the throne of the Holy See (the governing body of the Catholic Church) is vacant. The papal residence is closed with a scarlet ribbon and sealed with a papal wax seal. The College of Cardinals is confined to their apartments (Domus Sanctae Marthae, 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 blacked out, shuttered, and locked to maintain the secrecy of the conclave. Some of the more recent security measures taken in real life are also shown, when the conclave that elected Pope Francis I was convened in 2013, the Sistine Chapel was searched for wiretaps and other electronic listening devices, identity cards were issued to all conclave officials 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 required to surrender their cell phones and other electronic devices, the Vatican’s Wi-Fi network was temporarily shut down, and wireless jammers were installed in the Sistine Chapel. It is reported that Ayendi will be the first African pope. The Roman Catholic Church has had three African popes: Victor I (189-199 AD), Miltiades (also known as Melchiades, 311-314 AD), and Gelasius I (492-496 AD). Lawrence: Our faith is a living thing precisely because it walks hand in hand with doubt. If there were only certainty and no doubt, there would be no mystery. And therefore there is no need for faith. Let us pray that God will give us a Pope who doubts. And may He give us a Pope who sins and seeks forgiveness and who moves on.. Featured on The 7PM Project: Episode of December 10, 2024 (2024). Allegri: Miserere Performed by Capella Musicale Pontificia Sistina, Massimo Palombella Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon GMBH Licensed by Universal Music Operations Ltd. I just got back from the cinema after watching "Conclave" a film that I was extremely excited about and loved. For most of the film I was so captivated by the beautiful cinematography, fantastic performances, excellent score and quality costume and production design, that I was convinced that this had to be a 10/10 film. But then, unfortunately, came the ending. I believe that the ending of a film is the most important part. What are you going to leave the audience with? What is your final statement to them? Well, in this film, it is so contrived, confusing and absurd that every final statement becomes a jumble, and I left the cinema with a bad taste in my mouth. The ending is so unrealistic that it threatens to destroy every frame of what came before. It is done solely to make a statement about the church and shock the audience. Now, this doesn’t ruin the film as a whole (at least not to me), but it unfortunately spoils an otherwise excellent film.
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