What is the crime of simony, the sin committed by an aspiring Pope in the film ‘Conclave’?

The Pope has died and the search for a new successor to St.Peter marks the beginning of ‘Conclave’ (2024), the religious thriller set in Vatican City that combines political intrigue, the struggle for power and the secrets that threaten the Catholic Church.The film, directed by Edward Berger and based on Robert Harris’s homonymous novel, focuses on the ultra-secret process in which the Church’s most powerful leaders are confined in the Sistine C…