This has been a blockbuster election year politically, so it’s fitting that a new movie shines a light on an ancient and highly secretive voting process: the selection of a new pope.
“Conclave,” directed by Edward Berger , and featuring a stellar cast of Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, Isabella Rossellini and John Lithgow, brings to life the heady mix of mystery, ritual, tradition but most of all the politics of the papal selection process.
“A conclave is a political event in the best sense of politics — it is a thoughtful, even prayerful consideration of a community’s future,” he told CNN. “The ‘politicking’ does not deny the involvement of the Holy Spirit . Whether the Spirit is heeded is up to the cardinals. But the Spirit is present, and the vote-counting is a necessary part of the process.
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