Life Imitating Art? The Uncanny Parallels Between Conclave and the Election of Pope Leo XIV
By Emman Usman Shehu During a much needed down-time in Abuja, two weeks after the death of Pope Francis on April 21, 2025, I finally sat down to watch Conclave (2024), the Oscar-winning film adapted from Robert Harris’s 2016 novel. Like millions worldwide, I was drawn to this cinematic window into the Vatican’s secretive papal election […]
