What’s it like outside the conclave? OC residents share experience

Annette Walker watched the movie “Conclave” on her flight to Rome to witness — you guessed it — the real conclave.
She and her husband, Chuck, both lifelong Catholics living in Orange County, booked tickets to Rome the day Pope Francis died, Monday, April 21.
“I woke up at three in the morning that day and read that he had passed away,” said Walker, president of City of Hope Orange County. “By the time Chuck woke up at seven, I said, ‘We have to go