In March 2013, the eyes of the full planet were directed at the Vatican. After Benedict XVI's unexpected abdication, 1 of the most closed and mysterious events in the Catholic Church began – the conclave. It was then that past wrote a fresh chapter: Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina – the first pope from South America was elected as pope.
Today, after years, a documentary ‘Conclave Diary’ It sheds light on what could truly have happened behind the walls of the Sistine Chapel.
The Pope Who amazed the World
Video available on channel White Raven TV was created on the basis of Adam Sosnowski's book – a valued Vaticanist and author of many publications on the Church. Thanks to his work, the viewer receives rare chance to look at conclave eyes of participants, witnesses and commentators.
It is not a dry paper – it a communicative full of tensions, facts and unexplained questions. What decided to choose Bergoglio? What were the talks and voting among cardinals? Were there receipts, deals, unexpected returns?
Silence, prayer and white smoke
"Conclave diary" leads the viewer through successive stages of Vatican voting – from the closing of the Sistine Chapel door to the appearance of white smoke.
The movie doesn't run distant from tough questions. He puts them with journalistic courage, but without sensationality – with respect to the spiritual dimension of this choice. Shows conflicting tradition with the expectations of the modern world, tensions between factions in the Church and the uniqueness of the situation in which the surviving pope gave way to his successor.
Was it a choice “from the end of the world” – or a carefully planned scenario?
Card selection. Bergoglio was a surprise for many, but besides a fulfillment of the dream of a fresh opening. But was he completely unplanned? Was it the Holy Spirit who decided – or was it the logic of cardinal arrangements?
Adam Sosnowski's movie does not give simple answers, but forces reflection. It shows Pope Francis not only as a clergyman, but besides A man shaped by Argentine reality, spiritual poorness and profoundly rooted South American theology.
Watch the video "Conclave Diary" on YouTube – only on White Crow TV:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/NKADYZ2EUdo
