Will the next pope embrace synodality—or reject it?

Welcome to America magazine’s Conclave Podcast. Our editors are on the ground in Rome covering the conclave to elect the next pope.

In today’s episode from Rome, the team discusses:

• The security measures being taken at Casa Santa Marta, where the cardinal electors will stay during the conclave, including lock inspections and sealed windows
• The history and recent rise of betting on who will be the next pope, as well as Fantasy Football-style apps for building your conclave team
• The influence of the Synod on Synodality for the conclave—and what the result of the conclave might mean for the future of synodality

This episode features:

• Sebastian Gomes, America’s executive editor of audio and video
• Colleen Dulle, co-host of America’s “Inside the Vatican” podcast
• Ashley McKinless, executive editor and co-host of America’s “Jesuitical” podcast
• Anna Rolands, a professor of theology at Durham University

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Links from the show:

• The conclave is a referendum on synodality
• Over $10 million in bets placed on who will be the next pope
• Vatican guesthouse secured and sealed ahead of secret papal election
• Interview: Cardinal Müller on if Pope Francis was a heretic and what he wants in the next pope
• Hong Kong’s Jesuit Cardinal Chow on the conclave, the next pope and Francis’ legacy
• How will the next pope strengthen safeguards against sex abuse?
• Pope Francis and the future of Catholic moral theology
• Is it time for the second Latin American pope?