Welcome to America magazine’s Conclave Podcast. Our editors are on the ground in Rome covering the conclave to elect the next pope.
In today’s episode from Rome, the team discusses:
The security measures being taken at Casa Santa Marta, where the cardinal electors will stay during the conclave, including lock inspections and sealed windows
The history and recent rise of betting on who will be the next pope, as well as Fantasy Football-style apps for building your conclave team
The influence of the Synod on Synodality for the conclave—and what the result of the conclave might mean for the future of synodality
This episode features:
Sebastian Gomes, America’s executive editor of audio and video
Colleen Dulle, co-host of America’s “Inside the Vatican” podcast
Ashley McKinless, executive editor and co-host of America’s “Jesuitical” podcast
Anna Rowlands, a professor of theology at Durham University
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Links from the show:
The conclave is a referendum on synodality
Over $10 million in bets placed on who will be the next pope
Vatican guesthouse secured and sealed ahead of secret papal election
Interview: Cardinal Müller on if Pope Francis was a heretic and what he wants in the next pope
Hong Kong’s Jesuit Cardinal Chow on the conclave, the next pope and Francis’ legacy
How will the next pope strengthen safeguards against sex abuse?
Pope Francis and the future of Catholic moral theology
Is it time for the second Latin American pope?
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