The papal apartment is closed with crimson ribbon and sealed with a wax papal seal
Plot
When Cardinal Lawrence is appointed to lead one of the world’s oldest and most secretive events – the selection of a new Pope – he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could shake the very foundations of the Catholic Church. The actions taken by Cardinal Lawrence and the rest of the cardinals during the film’s conclave process are true to the Catholic faith and centuries-old tradition. After the Pope’s death, his ring (called the Fisherman’s Ring) is removed and destroyed; this is to prevent it from being used to forge the Pope’s seal on documents. The Vatican officially announces that the throne of the Holy See (the governing body of the Catholic Church) is vacant. The cardinals are segregated into apartments (the Domus Sanctae Marthae) to eat and sleep between votes.
It is claimed that Ayendi would be the first African Pope
Finally, the windows and doors of the Sistine Chapel, where the actual elections are held and votes are cast, are blacked out, closed and locked to maintain the secrecy of the conclave. Some of the more recent real-life security measures are also shown, when the conclave that elected Pope Francis I convened in 2013 the Sistine Chapel was cleared of bugs and other electronic listening devices, identity cards were issued to all conclave servants because a journalist disguised as a servant was discovered during the conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI in 2005, all members of the College of Cardinals were required to hand over their cell phones and other electronic devices, the Vatican City Wi-Fi network was temporarily cut off, and wireless signal jammers were installed in the Sistine Chapel. The Roman Catholic Church has had three African Popes: Victor the First (189-199 AD), Miltiades (also known as Melchiades, 311-314 AD), and Gelasius the First (492-496 AD). Lawrence: Our faith is a living thing precisely because it walks hand in hand with doubt. If there were only certainty and no doubt, there would be no mystery.
This is a political thriller
And so there is no need for faith. Let us pray that God will grant us a Pope who doubts. And grant us a Pope who sins and asks for forgiveness and moves on.. Featured on The 7PM Project: Episode dated December 10, 2024 (2024). Allegri: MisererePerformed by Capella Musicale Pontificia Sistina, Massimo PalombellaCourtesy of Deutsche Grammophon GMBHUnder license from Universal Music Operations Ltd.
The script is well written, if clichéd in places, but it provides tension, momentum and
With a little tweaking, this sort of vaguely labyrinthine plot continues wherever there is a quest for power and control. The lead actors – Fiennes, Tucci, Lithgow, Rossellini and Msamati, give powerful performances, and the film is worth seeing for that alone. intrigue. The settings do their part too, and given their scale, they add gravitas and authenticity, not just background. Having said all that, and without giving anything away, the ending felt tacked on and didn’t quite fit in with the rest of the film.
While the message was well-intentioned, it did somewhat undermine the build-up to the rest of the film – it felt simplistic and trendy – unnecessarily
A shame, because if this part of the film had been given the same attention as the rest, it would have been a better film.
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