On May 7, the world will put, again, his eyes in the city state to witness one of the oldest and most sacred rites for the Catholic Church: the conclave. Here we leave you some cinematographic recommendations to follow the historic process.
This Wednesday, May 7, within the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, the conclave of the Catholic Church is expected to begin, where the cardinals must choose the successor of Pope Francis.
It is one of the oldest and most sacred protocols of the Catholic Church and its name comes from the key cum key (locked), since the cardinal electors gather behind closed doors, under strict conditions of isolation and secret.
It should be noted that only cardinals under 80 are entitled to vote. On this occasion, the number of voters is around 133. Most was named by Pope Francis himself, which could influence the choice of a successor with a vision similar to his.
“At this time there are positions found within the Church, with conservatives, moderate and reformist. I think there is still an important crisis of faith. For the same, the Church has to be shown as something relevant and useful for the population, since, in the end, that is relevant for its survival,” said Cristóbal García-Huidobro, historian, and academic of the Faculty of Law of the University of Santiago de Chile.
For the common of mortals, this rite is only known through files, since no means of communication is allowed inside the Sistine Chapel, so in Diario Usach they wanted to collect a series of books and films that have been inspired by this process and thus understand the rite that will be most discussed in the world this week.
For José Rementeria Piñones, academic of the Department of Advertising and Image of the University of Santiago de Chile, one of the recommended books is “Francisco and Benedict, the Vatican before the global crisis” by José Fernández Vega.
“The book is a comparative analysis of the responses that the Holy See had under the leadership of Benedict XVI and Francis What is called the post -truths, ”said the expert, who says that the text makes clear the conflicts that are lived in the Vatican’s interior due to the different tendencies of the cardinals.
“The author enters the conceptual framework that supports him, identifying the continuities and above all the substantial divergences between the thought of the praxis of Joseph Ratzinger, as Benedict XVI, and Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who is Pope Francis,” said the academic.
-Another book that has given to talk, and that was taken in recent years to the big screen is “Conclave” by Robert Harris. The text speaks of the secrets, corruption and internal struggles that exist within the Church of Rome, and that make the Vatican a black novel stage.
The cinema and the theme The conclave of the Catholic Church
«The two potatoes» (2019, Netflix): although it is more a fiction based on real events, it shows very well ideological tensions within the church between conservatives and progressive, something that greatly influences the conclaves.
«Habemus Papam» (2011, by Nanni Moretti): a human and even comic vision of what happens when an unexpectedly cardinal is chosen Pope and does not feel prepared. Very good to understand personal and collective pressure.
«Angels and demons» (2009, based on Dan Brown’s novel): although exaggerated and conspiracy, the rituals of the conclave recreate (the Sistine Chapel, the secret votes, the white/black smoke).
«Inside The Vatican» (2019, BBC): documentary that shows daily life in the Vatican and gives an intimate look at the functioning of the curia, essential to understand the context of any conclave.
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