CV NEWS FEED // Bishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, is advising people not to watch the new movie “Conclave,” describing it as “a film about the Catholic Church that could have been written by the editorial board of the New York Times”.
Bishop Barron posted the review on his X account November 4, saying the film portrays Church hierarchy as “a hotbed of ambition, corruption and desperate egotism.”
A fictional story, based on a novel by Robert Harris, about the election of a new pope, the movie has drawn criticism from others in the Church as well. As CatholicVote previously reported, a Catholic priest from Indiana warned in a video message that the movie “is a mockery of our faith.”
In his X post, Bishop Barron criticized the movie’s final twist, which is that the so-called cardinal who is elected pope is revealed to be a woman.
In the movie, “Conservatives are xenophobic extremists and the liberals are self-important schemers. None can escape this irredeemable situation,” he wrote. “The only way forward is the embrace of the progressive buzz words of diversity, inclusion, indifference to doctrine, and the ultimate solution is a virtue signaling Cardinal who takes the Papal name of Innocent and who is a biological female.”
He concluded with a word of advice.
“Since it checks practically every woke box, I’m sure it will win a boatload of awards,” he wrote, “but my advice is to run away from it as fast as you can.”
