Conclave is being released in Irish cinemas today.
If it’s as interesting and intriguing as the book, then this blog strongly recommends the film.
The book is a page turner and right at the end there is an interesting development.
CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour interviewed film director Edward Berger last evening on her programme. With a smile she said her only wish was that the film would have gone on longer to develop the twist.
Below is a comment made by Bishop Robert Barron urging Catholics to skip the new film “Conclave” — a fictional film that depicts a papal conclave — saying that it “checks every woke box.”
“If you are interested in a film about the Catholic Church that could have been written by the editorial board of the New York Times, this is your movie,” Barron, the bishop of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, said in a post on X after watching the film himself.
The film is based on the 2016 Robert Harris novel of the same name.
It depicts ideological and theological infighting among Catholic cardinals during the election of a new pope. More traditional cardinals are pitted against others who are portrayed as being open to changes in doctrine that are contrary to Catholic teaching.
It would be interesting to know why the bishop has urged Catholics to avoid the film.
The book, which is a novel, is a great read and strongly recommended by film critics and writers.
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