Cardinals are watching Conclave in order to prepare for the impending selection of a new Pope, a report reveals. Directed by Edward Berger, the papal thriller hit theaters last October, with Ralph Fiennes starring as Cardinal Lawrence, a cardinal who becomes entangled in a Catholic Church conspiracy as he leads the secretive ritual of the papal conclave to select a new Pope. The film, which also stars John Lithgow, Stanley Tucci, Lucian Msamati, and Isabella Rossellini, proved prescient. With Pope Francis having passed away on April 21, a real papal conclave approaches.

According to Politico, a selection of the 133 clerics poised to enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, May 7, for the papal conclave have watched Conclave, the film, in order to get a better idea of what awaits them. A cleric told the publication: "Some have watched it in the cinema." The cleric goes on to explain that the film is...