Pope Leo XIV watched Conclave movie to prepare, brother says

In a new interview, the new pope's brother reveals he knew how to behave' because he had seen the 2024 hit thriller

Vatican watchers weren't the only ones consulting the movie Conclave before the pivotal election of a new pope.

The new pontiff himself - Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who took the name Leo XIV - watched the 2024 movie dramatizing the Vatican's selection process ahead of the sequestration of cardinals that chose him to lead the Catholic church, according to his older brother.