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SHOCKING: Real conclave was nothing like the film says cardinal | Mind Blowing Facts

Cardinal Vincent Nichols said the conclave was nothing like the film (Andrew Medichini/AP) - (AP)

The conclave to elect Pope Leo XIV was “fraternal” in atmosphere without the high drama of the award-winning film of the same name, a cardinal on the inside has said.

Conclave, released late last year just months before the real-life secret meeting of cardinals in Rome this week, imagined the tension, bureaucracy, twists and turns behind the secret meeting to elect a new leader of the Catholic Church.

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