When Pope Francis was elected in 2013, the fictitious fictitious work for the Vatican intrigue was “Part III of the godfather”. The latest film in the crime of Francis Ford Coppola was inspired by the sudden death (some suspects) of the newly elected Pope Jean-Paul I in 1978, as well as the Banco Ambrosiano scandal in the early 1980s. There was nothing suspect in the selection of Pope Francis as chief of the Catholic Church, but guys who are funny guys John Paul II occupied this holy position for 27 years). So when there is a new election, it’s fun to dive into the dark papal plot.

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For any reason, however, there has been an increase in the pope’s fiction in the past 12 years. When Pope Francis fell sick earlier in 2025, there was also a renewed interest in Edward Berger Cinematic adaptation acclaimed by the criticism of Robert Harris’s novel “Conclave.“Suddenly, a large part of the public (including non-Catholics) had an understanding of the ball inside the base of the selection of a new Pope. If you are on social networks, you know very well that this has resulted in an apparently endless flood of” conclave “references in recent months.

Today, while white smoke came out of the sixtine chapel chimney, people around the world have parked in front of their viewing devices and awaited the name of its brand new holiness. The big winner was Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis, 69, Robert Francis. From Chicago. It is true, for the first time in the history of the Catholic Church, we have a (probably) fan of the cubs which directs the Vatican.

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We always learn the views of Pope Leo XIV (we know that He criticized US vice-president JD Vance after his insensitive visit to the Vatican last month and Indignation expressed During the murder of George Floyd in 2020), but the novelty of an American pope sweeps throughout the country. We finally have one! Interestingly, the very idea of ​​an American pope was considered wild enough to serve as a basis for a HBO series with Jude Law nine years ago. How is this fiction up to our reality?

Hopefully Pope Leo XIV is nothing like Pope Pius XIII “The Young Pope” by Paolo Sorrentino. As described by law, Pius (alias Lenny Belardo from New York) is an avian pope who does not believe that ordinary people are able to settle down on his holiness. He assumes control of the Vatican political affairs and installs the sister Mary (Diane Keaton), the nun who raised her after being abandoned by her “hippies” parents at the age of 11, to protect him from his Rivals from the Vatican. In the end, he becomes so powerful that he can influence the election of the Italian Prime Minister. He is about to become a global mastodon to man at the end of season 1 when a torsion of the wild intrigue throws everything in doubt.

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Season 2, entitled “The New Pope”, is even more daring in its plot. I will not spoil anything, but you should know that the two seasons have received raves for the soapy soapy narration of Sorrentino and the remarkable performance of Law.

So, if you are looking for a papal suspense, you no longer have to get your solution to “The Godfather Part III” (that Coppola Recovered in 2020 as the superior “The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone”). Pope Lenny is there to show you how a cheeky New Yorker would throw his weight around the Vatican. Don’t like my man. He’s popin ‘!