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Extended interview: "Conclave" author Robert Harris on secretive process of choosing a pope

Name: Extended interview: "Conclave" author Robert Harris on secretive process of choosing a pope
Uploaded: 2025-05-02T18:22:00-0400
Duration: 8 min 18 s
Description: Robert Harris, author of the 2016 novel "Conclave," spoke with "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John Dickerson about what he learned while writing a book with a plot centered on the death of a pope and the secretive process of choosing his successor.

Robert Harris, author of the 2016 novel "Conclave," spoke with "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John Dickerson about what he learned while writing a book with a plot centered on the death of a pope and the secretive process of choosing his successor.