No Set PathEpisode 55 · Jun 5, 2025
Conclave: Movie vs. Reality
What Conclave got right and wrong about the Catholic Church, and portraying a community from the outside.
- Runtime
- 00:44:03
- Released
- Jun 5, 2025
Show notes
Today's topic is "Conclave" - what the movie got right, what the movie got wrong, and the broader impact of a film misrepresenting a community, particularly without involvement from its members.
- 2:30AMERICAN POPE!
- 3:58“Conclave”
- 4:56The timing of the making of the movie
- 7:00The consequences of capitalizing on a community without involving members of that community
- 19:10Misunderstanding of Conclave as a version of American politics / presidential election
- 23:50Applying this to the movie “Conclave”
- 25:26What “Conclave” got right
- 27:17What “Conclave” meant was “Protestantism”
- 28:39What “Conclave” got wrong
- 36:17“Conclave” scenes and lies that are pure fantasy
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