The appreciated film in which Pope Leon XIV looked before he was elected leader of the Catholic Church, revealed by his brother: “Now he has an overwhelming responsibility”
Ralph Fiennes played an important Catholic cardinal in the movie “Conclove”, photo: Focus Features / Backgrid UK / Profimedia Images
John Prevost, the brother of the new Pope Leon XIV, revealed more details about how he was preparing for the conclave who would choose him leader of the Catholic Church, including the fact that he was watching an appreciated film last year, reports People magazine.
John Prevost spoke about his last conversation with his brother, Robert Francis Prevost, before he was elected Thursday the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church.
Speaking of how the new Pope, 69, has prepared for the voting sessions in the Sistine Chapel, John revealed that his brother watched the Oscar awarded film Conclave And he played a popular online game.
“We first do Wordle, because it's a daily habit, then we play Words with Friends. It is something that helps him not to think about the life in the real world, “John said in an interview with NBC News.” And then we talk about what's going on and I said, “Well, you have red socks [de cardinal]? » This joke doesn't work every time. And then all kinds of things like this, “said the brother of the Pontiff.
“And I said,” Are you ready for that? ” I said, «You saw the movie Conclaveto know how to behave? “, The brother recalled their conversation.” And he had just finished watching the movie Conclave“He revealed.
John added: “So he knew how to behave. There are things like this, because I wanted him to stop thinking about it. Let's have fun, because he now has an overwhelming responsibility,” he explained.
“Conclave” was one of the most appreciated films last year
With distribution on Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, Isabella Rossellini and John Lithgow, Conclave Tell a fictional story inspired by the actual process of choosing a new pope. Fiennes interprets Lawrence, the dean of the Cardinal College, who organizes the vote of the prelates eligible for the choice of the new Pope in the Sistine Chapel.
“He soon discovers a series of deep secrets that could shake the Roman-Catholic Church from the ground,” notes the official description of Conclavewhich was one of the most appreciated feature films in 2024 by film critics. At this year's edition of the Oscars he won the Oscar for best adapted scenario.
Meanwhile, the real conclave, which started on May 7, lasted two days, and the new pope made history becoming the first American to take over this function.
Thursday supporting his first speech as Pope, shortly before 7:30 pm, Pope Leon spoke in Italian and Spanish in front of the people gathered in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican and also paid tribute to his predecessor, Pope Francis, who died on April 21.
On Friday, Pope Leon XIV officiated his first liturgy as a leader of the Catholic Church. He has mourned the decline of faith in favor of “other certainties such as technology, money, success, power.”
“These are environments in which it is not easy to confess and proclaim the gospel and in which those who believe are ridiculed, persecuted, despised or, at best, tolerated and compassionate,” he said.
The first American pope in history has also mourned “the contexts in which Jesus, although appreciated as a man, is reduced to a kind of charismatic or superman.”
