Pope Crave
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| Formation | December 2024 |
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| Type | Satire news account |
Official language | English |
| Owner | Susan Bin |
| Website | popecrave |
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| Handle | @ClubConcrave |
| Followers | 100 thousand |
Last updated: August 7, 2025 | |
Pope Crave is a Twitter account, co-founded by Susan Bin. Created based around the 2024 film Conclave. It attracted widespread attention following the death of Pope Francis and the subsequent conclave, co-founded by , which it covered at length.[1] It is based off of Pop Crave, a celebrity news Twitter account.[2]
History
The account was first created by Susan Bin, a fan of Conclave, a film that focused on a fictional conclave, the selection of a new pope. After the account was created in December 2024, it posted various memes based on the film.[3][4] In February 2025, the account created a charity zine to fundraise for the Intersex Human Rights Fund, Freedom Fund, and Librarians & Archivists With Palestine.[5] After Pope Francis died on April 21, one of the account managers was asleep and first heard of the news through the large number of direct messages that the account had received in that time.[6] The account was attributed to the rise in memes about the conclave.[7][8][9]
The account received attention for its coverage of the 2025 conclave, posting updates from Vatican City throughout the process.[10] The Tab reported that it was considered the go-to account for news about the conclave.[11]
When Pope Leo XIV was confirmed to be the next pope, the account expressed concern over his previous comments on LGBTQ affairs.[12]
References
- ^ Kircher, Madison (8 May 2025). "Meet the Meme Maker Behind the Conclave's Most Viral Moments". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 7 August 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ Klee, Miles. "'Pope Crave' Meme Artist Explains How 'Conclave' Fan Account Became a Real Vatican News Feed". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ Donaldson, Clare. "'Conclave' Memes Take Over the Internet After Pope Francis' Death". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 7 August 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ Allen, Samantha (26 February 2025). "How "Pope Crave" Went From Conclave Memes to Raising Thousands for Intersex Rights". them. Archived from the original on 7 August 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ Encinias, Joshua (7 February 2025). "Conclave Producer Michael Jackman on the Art of Invisible Compromise". MovieMaker. Archived from the original on 28 March 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ Ruderman, Jess. "'We'll be on shifts like this is the army, except it's the conclave': How Pope Crave is preparing for the real-life papal conclave". PRWeek. Archived from the original on 27 July 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ Castillo, Rebecca (8 May 2025). "Pope Crave and the conclave meme craze". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 7 August 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ Smith, Raven (7 May 2025). "The Real-Time Memeification of the Real-Life Conclave". Vogue. Archived from the original on 9 May 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ Zukin, Meg (8 May 2025). "How Pope Crave Went From Conclave to the Conclave". Time. Archived from the original on 24 July 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ Khan, Nisa (7 May 2025). "Zillennial 'Conclave' Stans Are Reporting From the Vatican for People Who Love Mess". KQED. Archived from the original on 22 May 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ Galpin, Kieran (9 May 2025). "The rise of Pope Crave: The meme page that's now the go-to for Conclave news". The Tab. Archived from the original on 24 July 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ Hansford, Amelia (9 May 2025). "Pope Crave interrupts usual service to condemn Pope Leo's past anti-LGBTQ+ remarks". PinkNews. Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.