Conclave
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| Primary Audience: | Adults |
| Genre: | Political-Thriller |
| Length: | 2 hr. 0 min. |
| Year of Release: | 2024 |
| USA Release: |
August 30, 2024 (festival) October 24, 2024 (wide release) |
Film based on the Robert Harris novel Conclave (2016)
Unexpected death of a Roman Catholic Pope
“Holy” men succumb to temptations as a gripping election unfolds within the Vatican’s secretive halls
Secretive process of selecting a new Pope using Catholicism’s most powerful leaders gathered from around the world and locked together in the Vatican halls
Cardinals contending to be chosen as the new Pope
Cardinals who are more like politicians than clerics—different parties and factions all trying to outdo each other, battling for themselves rather than for the greater good
Conspiracy with deep secrets
Competing political agendas
Spiritual pollution that power can bring with it / ambition / seeking personal glory / corruption
Crisis of faith / emotional and spiritual confusion
An open letter to Roman Catholics
What issues often separate Roman Catholics from God?
Is sola Scriptura a biblical or a man-made concept? (Traditions vs. Scripture alone)
Is the Bible truly the final authority in all matters of faith and morals?
What did the Early Church believe about sola Scriptura?
Personal testimonies of former devout Roman Catholics…
Former priest, Richard Bennett
Former altar boy, Stan Weber (“Falling In Love with the Biblical Jesus”)
QUIZ—Catholicism and Protestantism.
Do you think like a Protestant or a Catholic?
| Featuring |
Ralph Fiennes … Cardinal Lawrence Stanley Tucci … Cardinal Bellini of the Vatican John Lithgow … Cardinal Tremblay of Montreal Isabella Rossellini … Sister Agnes Lucian Msamati … Cardinal Adeyemi of Nigeria Sergio Castellitto … Cardinal Tedesco of Venice Carlos Diehz … Cardinal Benitez of Kabul, a intersex man (having biological variations in sex traits and/or reproductive anatomy) See all » |
| Director |
Edward Berger |
| Producer |
Tessa Ross Access Entertainment [Great Britain] FilmNation Entertainment See all » |
| Distributor |
 Focus Features, a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, a division of NBCUniversal/Comcast |
“What happens behind these walls will change everything.”
Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with leading one of the world’s most secretive events—selecting a new Pope. Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy. He discovers the former beloved Pope had a secret that must be uncovered—deep secrets which could shake the foundations of the The Roman Catholic Church.”
See list of Relevant Issues—questions-and-answers.
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