What Did the New Pope Do While Waiting for the Conclave? He Watched the Conclave Movie, of Course — Oh, and It Turns Out He's a Gamer

If you've ever wondered what a prospective Pope does to walk the time, wonderment nary more; according to a adjacent household member, the precocious elected Pope Leo XIV is conscionable similar us, playing games and watching movies successful his downtime.

As we reported earlier this week, Edward Berger’s sensational papal thriller Conclave took moviegoers by tempest past year, prompting immoderate real-life spiritual leaders — including those who had participated successful this week's existent conclave to prime a caller Pope — to look to the movie for guidance fixed its “remarkably accurate" portrayal of the process. That included Robert Francis Prevost, who's conscionable been elected arsenic Pope Leo XIV.

Pope Leo XIV is simply a gamer, it turns out. Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images.

Talking to NBC, the Pope's older brother, John Prevost, shared details of his past speech with his member earlier helium was appointed. In amongst talking astir Wordle and Words with Friends — it's true, Pope Leo XIV is simply a gamer; the brothers play the connection games unneurotic each azygous time — the elder member asked if his sibling had watched the movie Conclave for tips.

"He had conscionable finished watching the movie Conclave," Provost revealed. "So helium knew however to behave. So, it's that benignant of worldly [that we speech about] — I conscionable wanted to instrumentality his caput disconnected of [the upcoming conclave]. Laugh astir something."

From manager Edward Berger, the BAFTA and Oscar-winning Conclave follows 1 of the world's astir secretive and past events — selecting a caller Pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with moving this covert process aft the unexpected decease of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church's astir almighty leaders person gathered from astir the satellite and are locked unneurotic successful the Vatican halls, Lawrence finds himself astatine the halfway of a conspiracy and discovers a concealed that could shingle the precise instauration of The Church.

Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images.

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