2025-05-07
24 分钟When Pope Francis died last month, I immediately thought back to earlier this year,
when my husband and I watched the movie Conclave on our couch and felt
like we became experts in the process of selecting a new pope.
And it turns out, we aren't alone.
Oh, I mean, everyone is re-watching Conclave, or at least everyone in my nerdy circle of friends.
Shane O'Neill is a style reporter for The Post.
He recently wrote about the movie Conclave versus the real-life Conclave.
Everything you'd want in a juicy,
episodic story is kind of packed into the movie Conclave and, to some extent, the actual Conclave.
To some extent.
From the newsroom of The Washington Post, this is Post Reports.
I'm Colby Ickowitz.
It's Tuesday, May 6th.
Today, before the real Conclave begins Wednesday,
I talk with Shane about what the movie version got right and wrong about the process,
why it has struck such a chord with viewers, and what it says about religious and political power.
Hi, Shane.
Thanks for being here.
It is such a pleasure.
So, Shane, we're going to talk about Conclave,