Some cardinals watched “Conclave” to prepare for the beginning of the papal conclave today. www.politico.eu/article/card... - ThreadSky

leahmcelrath.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Some cardinals watched “Conclave” to prepare for the beginning of the papal conclave today.

https://www.politico.eu/article/cardinals-watch-conclave-movie-for-real-life-guidance/

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thisdej.bsky.social•2 days ago

Other cardinals watched Airplane, while still others gravitated toward The Shinning.

grumpy-olady.bsky.social•2 days ago

I haven't seen "Conclave". However, isn't watching some show actually how we ended up with tRump in the White House. Perhaps the cardinals should take a lesson from that.

paulrosenberg.bsky.social•3 days ago

Damn! Was hoping for bird pics!

physgal.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is too funny

jimjimerson.bsky.social•3 days ago

:-|

grannygrayrock.bsky.social•2 days ago

I guess that's better than googling it?

tokyoeaglescout.bsky.social•2 days ago

Training video

corbetto.bsky.social•2 days ago

Nonsense

tcodee.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is absolutely not true

envy2024.bsky.social•3 days ago

I don’t believe that.

trosen76.bsky.social•2 days ago

That seems.. problematic.

rabbibenknockoff.bsky.social•3 days ago

I watched "Get Shorty" before getting a shorty. It is so hard to take religion seriously.

leahmcelrath.bsky.social•3 days ago

The cardinals also were offered a dossier of profiles on candidates that was prepared by right-wing Catholics.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/06/world/cardinals-pope-conclave-dossier-candidates-intl

fifiglitterbomb.bsky.social•2 days ago

Is Leonard Leo or his donors somehow connected to this list like the Sup Ct list?

lightansshadow.bsky.social•3 days ago

Who is behind this slant?

leahmcelrath.bsky.social•3 days ago

The vast majority of the cardinals are new and were appointed by Pope Francis.
https://bsky.app/profile/afpnews.bsky.social/post/3lnheqnulsn2r

bertthekitten.bsky.social•3 days ago

I was surprised at first there are only 5 cardinals appointed by John Paul II, but he died 20 years ago and you can’t vote once you pass 80, so it makes sense. I wish we could institute the 80 year rule on our elected officials.

iramjohn.bsky.social•3 days ago

That's honestly more cardinals than I expected. Even after watching The Conclave. (Granted, I wasn't counting votes.)

leahmcelrath.bsky.social•3 days ago

Live updates of the conclave

(Right now, there’s a video livestream. Not sure when that will end.)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/07/world/pope-conclave-updates?unlocked_article_code=1.FU8.oEPh.0Uys9igxVEZS&smid=url-share

kantarjiev.bsky.social•3 days ago

Goodness. Must we turn everything into reality TV?

fifiglitterbomb.bsky.social•2 days ago

Leah, do you know or can you speculate on who came in 2nd during the 2013 Conclave? Francis came in 2nd in 2005.

nothingnx.bsky.social•3 days ago

Why are right-wingers always shamelessly trying to manipulate people?

jimbolint.bsky.social•3 days ago

They should watch Spotlight instead

nkeyser.bsky.social•2 days ago

the-most-random.bsky.social•2 days ago

The last thing the bishops need is to follow a Hollywood take on their jobs.

profanegardener.bsky.social•2 days ago

Whatever keeps them off PornHub I guess......

eatgreedy.bsky.social•2 days ago

They really are just like us huh

chris8reis.nafofellas.com•2 days ago

Or they watch it just out of interest because that's their thing right now.

Like people who watch a bollywood movie before travelling to India.

rockmondo.bsky.social•3 days ago

Fraudinals.

ionfyr.bsky.social•2 days ago

They’re not watching netflix

ionfyr.bsky.social•2 days ago

This sounds like complete bullshit. They would watch the movie and fall asleep, or at least scoff at smug Italian-American acting in the part of that dude that played Puck.

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