In this immediately out-of-date episode, Daniel and Jack discuss the 2024 movie Conclave in light of the (at the time of recording) underway 2025 Conclave in the Vatican to choose a new Pope.  Both your hosts talk a little about their own religious backgrounds, review the film, and then get onto the politics of the Catholic Church, particularly the integration of right-wing US bishops with American reactionaries.

Episode Notes:

https://www.ncronline.org/culture/book-reviews/playing-god-traces-history-catholic-conservatism-gone-extreme

https://publicseminar.org/2024/08/the-catholic-new-right-and-project-2025/

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/catholic-right-celebrity-conversion-industrial-complex?srsltid=AfmBOooTq0kt0MevV9R8VfOMTL3vn5n2JBO1URs0O1qbA9760WPUWsRa

https://www.politico.eu/article/vaticans-church-catholic-pope-francis-hard-right/

https://sojo.net/magazine/march-2019/rise-catholic-right

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/28/maga-catholics-vatican-pope-conclave

https://youtu.be/Mb3zYyhrUWg?si=d1UG7bpGi16WAaRo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKW-0fIDHdw&t=220s

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