What author Robert Harris learned about choosing a pope while writing “Conclave”

By Home - CBSNews.com May 2, 2025 | 8:19 PM

More than 130 Catholic cardinals will soon sequester inside the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave to select the next pope. Robert Harris, author of the 2016 novel “Conclave,” joins to discuss.

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What author Robert Harris learned about choosing a pope while writing “Conclave”