On this episode, The Washington Post's Libby Casey, Rhonda Colvin and James Hohmann are joined by religion reporter Michelle Boorstein and Rome bureau chief Anthony Faiola to discuss the papal conclave and the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/08/conclave-vote-pope-news-results/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=can-he-do-that" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">election of the first American pope, Leo XIV</a>.The crew breaks down the process the cardinals followed, then dives into the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2025/05/08/conclave-history-longest-pope/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=can-he-do-that" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">politics of the conclave</a>: How cardinals make themselves candidates, and how they try to elevate their positions behind the scenes while adhering to the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/05/06/conclave-movie-accuracy-new-pope-pietro-parolin/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=can-he-do-that" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">strict traditions</a> surrounding the process.And finally, the crew breaks down whether the cardinals take American politics, or world politics, into account at all when choosing a new leader for the Catholic Church.

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