Are you pope-pilled? Here's your guide to the 2025 Conclave.

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🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Have you been feeling a little Conclave-pilled lately? Well, you're not alone. In the aftermath of of Pope Francis' passing, the world is buzzing at the eligible bachelors who could lead the Catholic Church. So what should we expect for the real-life Conclave? And why does it matter even if you're not Catholic?

Brittany is joined by Jason DeRose, NPR's Religion Correspondent, Antonia Cereijido, host of the LAist's Imperfect Paradise podcast. Together they discuss how the Conclave works and what impact Pope Francis' legacy will have on the direction of a church with over 1.4 billion followers worldwide.

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0:26.9	Hello, hello. I'm Brittany Luce, and you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR, a show
0:32.6	about what's going on in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident.
0:44.0	Yeah. going on in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident. This week, we're connecting the dots between Hollywood, Vatican City, and La Padoosa.
0:49.8	I know, I know.
0:51.2	How are all of these places connected?
0:53.6	Well, we're going to find out with NPR's
0:55.3	religion correspondent, Jason DeRose, and the LAist's Antonia Sarahito. Jason, Antonio, welcome to it's
1:01.2	been a minute. Hello. Thanks so much for having us. All right. Second question, if you were a cardinal
1:05.9	in the Vatican right now, would you be one of the chain vapors, like everyone's, like, third favorite cardinal from
1:12.5	the 2024 film Conclave? Would you be chain vaping right now in the Vatican?
1:18.6	Jason, would you? I would not be. I love that principled answer. What about you, Antonia?
1:23.2	I've never vaped, but I feel like it looks cool when the Cardinals do it, so maybe I'd be compelled by the vibe.
1:29.0	I was a definite yes.
1:30.1	I actually don't vape myself at this point in my life.
1:33.2	If I was doing something that consequential, I could see myself getting a little jewel.
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