PopeCrave, brat fancams and 7m views: how Gen Z went wild for the papal conclave - As the whole world waited for white smoke to billow out of the Sistine Chapel, no one appeared quite as enraptured as ...

Gen Z's intrigue with the papal conclave surged because they'd had a juicy primer in the film "Conclave." The movie offered a fictional glimpse into the secretive papal selection process.

And also, the tweets and memes are absolutely amazing. So here are some of the funniest and best pope memes in the mix as gen z turn conclave into a frenzy of viral hits.

The actual conclave meant that, unlike dramas such as "Succession" or "Game of Thrones," the movie crossed a little bit into reality; Gen Z came in with an acute, gossipy understanding of what might ...

But among Gen Z, it’s done just that, igniting a fascination with Vatican politics that’s made its way from cinema screens to TikTok feeds, memes, livestreams, and even mock betting pools. So, how did ...

But not this year. Gen Z – the first generation made up entirely of digital natives born between 1997 and 2012 – are taking the papal conclave into the algorithm age, turning the process of ...