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Upon the death of a pope, his ring (called the Fisherman’s Ring) is actually removed and destroyed

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 foundation of the Catholic Church. The actions of Cardinal Lawrence and the other cardinals during the film’s conclave are true and accurate to the Catholic faith and centuries of tradition. The Vatican actually officially declares that the throne of the Holy See (the governing body of the Catholic Church) is vacant.

Ayendin is claimed to be the first African Pope

The pope’s residence is actually sealed with a crimson ribbon and sealed with a wax papal seal. The College of Cardinals is actually sequestered in apartments (in real life called the Domus Sanctae Marthae, or Saint Martha’s House) to eat and sleep between votes. And finally, the windows and doors to the Sistine Chapel, where the actual elections are held and the ballots are cast, are actually darkened, closed, and locked to preserve the secrecy of the conclave.

And therefore there is no need for faith

The Roman Catholic Church has had three African Popes: Victor The First (189-199 AD), Miltiades (also known as Melchiades, 311-314 AD), and Gelasius The First (492-496 AD). Lawrence: Our faith is a living being precisely because it walks hand in hand with doubt. If there were only certainty and no doubt, there would be no mystery.

Presented on The 7PM Project: Episode dated December 10, 2024 (2024)

Let us pray that God would give us a Pope who doubts. And let him give us a Pope who sins and asks for forgiveness and who continues. Allegri: Miserere Performed by: Capella Musicale Pontificia Sistina, Massimo Palombella Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon GMBH under license from Universal Music Operations Ltd.

The acting, plotting, dialogue and cinematography are spot on throughout, but the warning signs are there earlier in the film

When the potential candidates talk about the new liberal progressive church, it makes you wonder where else they’re going with it, and they’re going with it. I let the odd shift in tone go, but the ending, which I won’t spoil, which comes from a different movie and has the lead going against everything they shoot down during the film. It seems a little less like an expected political thriller about what’s a big event in the world when it happens, but then shifts like a roller coaster in the final scenes.