Pope Crave

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Pope Crave
FormationDecember 2024;9 months ago (2024-12)
TypeSatire news account
Official language
English
OwnerSusan Bin
Website popecrave.com
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Handle @ClubConcrave
Followers100 thousand
Last updated: August 7, 2025

Pope Crave (@ClubConcrave) is a Twitter fan account for the 2024 film Conclave. The account attracted widespread attention following the death of Pope Francis and the subsequent conclave, which it covered at length. [1]

History

Susan Bin, a fan of Conclave, created a fan account for the film in December 2024. Conclave is a 2024 political thriller film about a fictional conclave, the selection of a new pope of the Catholic Church. [2] [3] Since its founding, the account has posted memes about the film. [2] [3] The account's name—with the display name Pope Crave and the username @ClubConcrave—is inspired by Pop Crave (a celebrity news account) and ClubChalamet (a Timothée Chalamet fan account). [4]

In February 2025, the account created a charity Conclave fanzine to fundraise for the Intersex Human Rights Fund, the Freedom Fund, and Librarians & Archivists With Palestine. [5]

Pope Francis died on April 21, 2025; Pope Crave received many direct messages about his death. [6] There were memes about the real-life conclave following Francis' death; the rise in memes was partially attributed to Pope Crave. [7] [8] [9] The account received attention for its coverage of the 2025 conclave, with administrators posting updates from Vatican City throughout the process. [10] The Tab reported that Pope Crave 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. One of the administrators of the account wrote: "Our new Pope has spoken against 'Western' leniency towards LGBTQ+ individuals and against 'gender ideology' in Peru. As a lesbian Catholic, I am disappointed." [12]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ Klee, Miles. "'Pope Crave' Meme Artist Explains How 'Conclave' Fan Account Became a Real Vatican News Feed". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ 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.
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