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The Conclave Bandwagon
If there is one thing that papal prognosticators seem to agree on — and nothing about this week’s conclave seems at all certain — it’s that the conclave will be short, likely two days, three at most. There will be an initial vote on Wednesday evening when the cardinal-electors first enter the Sistine Chapel and…
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Donald Trump’s papal trolling campaign reached new heights, or hit new lows, depending on your point of view, when he posted on social media an A.I.-generated image of himself as pope, complete with white mitre. “Catholic outrage grows over ‘Pope Trump’ image on official White House media,” ran the headline in the National Catholic Reporter.…
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The Oscar-worthy film is an entertaining depiction of a papal election. But it has some lessons for the real-life cardinals who will be electing the next pope.
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