While waiting for news from the real-life conclave, the editors re-watch the 2024 feature film Conclave and the 2017 HBO series The Young Pope. Then they air their hopes and anxieties about the papal election. Dan Hitchens and special guest Matthew Schmitz join Julia Yost.
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His Serene Holiness
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Pope Leo’s Christocentric Vision
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The Conqueror’s Triumph
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