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‘Conclave’ shows 2025 papal election activities
By Cynthia Montojo
Many find similarities between upcoming papal election and 2024 Oscar-winning movie “Conclave,” dramatized very event Catholics and cinephiles find themselves converging on single space as.
Pope Francis was laid to rest in Rome’s Basilica of Saint Mary Major after his passing last April 21, Easter Monday, at age 88, led to several days of mourning and gathering of College of Cardinals.
Cardinals will come together in the famous Sistine Chapel beginning May 7 to decide who will become next leader of Roman Catholic Church.
Such discussions will take place behind closed doors as it has for centuries, so in the meantime, people can instead look to “Conclave” for glimpse of what could happen since many have pointed out similar things in the film that could occur in real time.
Many people viewed Pope Francis, first Latin-American pope, as most progressive leader of Catholic Church in modern history over predecessor Benedict XVI, while John Paul II had some progressive values but still believed in Church’s conservative teaching.
In the film, initial frontrunner is social conservative Cardinal Joshua Adeyemi from Nigeria played by “Game of Thrones” actor Lucian Msamati.
Adeyemi winning would have made him first pope from Sub-Saharan Africa. Only African popes have all come from modern-day Tunisia , Gelasius I, Miltiades, and Victor I.
There are currently two African cardinals considered “papabile” or contender to be next Supreme Pontiff: Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu from Congo and Cardinal Peter Turkson from Ghana.
Both men are theologically very conservative. Turkson leans left politically while Besungu is known to be against same-sex marriage (a belief shared by the fictional Adeyemi).
Catholicism is growing in Africa, hence why some people believe it is possible the world may see its first African pope in over millenium.
Vatican’s Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, presides over cardinal electors and himself “papabile,” recently presented letters from Pope Francis to convicted Cardinal Angelo Becciu that effectively ban him from t upcoming conclave.
Becciu, former close adviser to Pope Francis, was convicted in December 2023 to five years in jail for embezzlement, aggravated fraud, and abuse of office.
News drew instant comparison to plotline in “Conclave” where late pope stripped John Lithgow’s ambitious Cardinal Joseph Tremblay from Canada, moderate yet mainstream conservative, from his positions.
Move is significant as Tremblay becomes next frontrunner after Adeyemi as liberals want to prevent Italian traditionalist Cardinal Goffredo Tedesco (Sergio Castellitto) from earning votes, however, Tremblay is revealed to have schemes of his own not unlike Becciu.
In the original book by Robert Harris, eventual pope is Filipino Vincent Benitez, Archbishop of Baghdad whom late pope created cardinal “in pectore” (in secret).
The movie changes Benitez’s origin to Mexico and is played by Carlos Diehz. He is also now Archbishop Kabul and had missions in some of the most difficult nations.
There are three Filipino cardinals voting in the conclave , Luis Antonio “Chito” Tagle, Jose Advincula, and Pablo Virgilio David with Tagle heavy favorite to become first-ever pope from Asia.
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