Inside the election of the first American pope

On this episode, The Washington Post's Libby Casey, Rhonda Colvin and James Hohmann are joined by religion newsman Michelle Boorstein and Rome bureau main Anthony Faiola to sermon the papal conclave and the predetermination of the archetypal American pope, Leo XIV. The unit breaks down the process the cardinals followed, past dives into the authorities of the conclave: How cardinals marque themselves candidates, and however they effort to elevate their positions down the scenes portion adhering to the strict traditions surrounding the process. And finally, the unit breaks down whether the cardinals instrumentality American politics, oregon satellite politics, into relationship astatine each erstwhile choosing a caller person for the Catholic Church.