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Bedtime. Now!

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Good night.

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THE NEW POPE
Episode 1

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Okay. We're ready.

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Hand me the heart!

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You wanna hear something funny?

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This heart belonged to an Egyptian,
a Muslim.

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Pray!

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Have you been praying here
all night?

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It didn't work.
The transplant didn't take.

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- How do you know?
- I don't need to know.

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I feel it.

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It was not God.
It was the Church.

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Our hatred is concrete.
Our enemy is obvious.

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It's Iblis. It is the Christian.

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And, as the Koran says:

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"I will fill Hell with you all,
you and all those after you."

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Our Hatred is concrete
and our enemy is obvious.

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It is Iblis. It is the Christian.
And as the Koran says:

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"I will fill Hell with you all,
you and all those after you."

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The latest conciliatory words
from the caliph.

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A raving lunatic
is not a priority of mine.

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Everything is your priority right now,
My Most Eminent Secretary of State.

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You've got terrorism at your gates,

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you've got
an overdose of sexual scandals

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that democratically touches
the entire ecclesiastical hierarchy,

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and you've got a pope who is
no longer loved but idolized.

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Three failed heart transplants later,
he is still in a coma,

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so you can't exactly
squash the idolatry

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and you know all too well
how dangerous idolatry is.

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Idolatry is the prelude to war.

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My compliments
for your expository clarity.

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Thank you for the compliment.
Expository clarity

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is one of the prerogatives
of an Ambassador to the Holy See.

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I have often asked myself
if you are merely an ambassador,

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or if you also perform other,
more delicate roles, for governments?

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Nine months ago
Pius XIII fell into a coma.

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He is still alive,
but at the same time he is dead.

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You need a new pope.

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Pius XIII is our Pope.

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Have you no compassion,
no Christian charity?

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I don't even know what they are.
I am been paid not to have them.

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I thought they also paid you
never to be moved.

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True.
I'm only moved in my free time.

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Let me say it again,
you need a conclave.

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You're moving too fast, Bauer.
The world is moving too fast.

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In the Vatican,
we move at our own pace.

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Which is why
we have lasted so long.

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Our procedures are our power.

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Power!

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Your empire is collapsing, Voiello.
And you know it.

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A new pope.

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For the role in question, humbly
permit me to propose Hernández.

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Or how about Sir John Brannox?

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You know Pope Pius XIII so well,

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you even claim that Lenny Belardo
granted you a miracle.

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So what do you think
of this conclave?

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A new pope while the other one
is still alive, albeit, alas, in coma?

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Doesn't this all seem
a little strange to you?

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No, it's not strange.
It's criminal.

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I know the Vatican.

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It's a den of snakes and scoundrels,
blackmailers and perverts.

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And they can't wait to expel

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the only pure soul who has ever
set foot in there: Pius XIII.

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But they've miscalculated.
Pius XIII is a saint.

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And to do good,
a saint only has to breathe.

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Did you hear her?
Did you hear her, Girolamo?

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She has it in for me.

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But what does she know
about my work and its meaning?

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There are those
who serve God in contemplation

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and those who serve him
contemplating their own actions.

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That's me. She has always seen me
as a man of the sewers.

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She will never understand
that rats like me are needed

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to prepare fertile ground
for holiness.

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And you, Girolamo, will you still be
at my side in this new war?

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I need to know, Girolamo.

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You, my guardian angel,
will you be there?

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I was sure of it.

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So, brethren, have we given
the matter some thought?

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- I like Cardinal Paoletti.
- You mean physically?

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I would refrain from making
sexual innuendos these days.

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This is no time for joking,
brethren.

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We are deciding our own fate
and that of the Church.

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But at any rate,
I fear Paoletti has Parkinson's,

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so we'd be back to square one
in three months.

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- Steinbeck?
- Another American?

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And besides,
they've just discovered

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a nasty little something
in his prostate.

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The legendary Sir John Brannox?

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I've never known a cardinal who
could convert Anglicans to Catholicism.

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Too much of a snob.

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He didn't want the crimson cap,
and didn't attend to the consistory.

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Why don't you just give us the list
of whoever's in good enough health?

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That would help us narrow down
the list and speed things up.

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Hernández?

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He's in an excellent health,
and is an extraordinary priest.

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I don't trust extraordinary priests.

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Under their robes
hides an ordinary man.

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I hardly ever understand you,
Voiello.

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I feel such tenderness for you,
Aguirre.

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Please don't ever stop
not understanding me.

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Then you suggest someone, Voiello.
A strong candidate,

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because Hernández
has an impressive array of supporters.

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Don't you think that, after all
these years, my time has come?

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I am in perfect health.
To that end, I have prepared

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a copy of my latest test results
for each of you.

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Let me introduce you Don Luigi Cavallo,
my new right hand man.

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An expert in making the world
feel uneasy. He will be invaluable.

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I encourage you to think of me
not as the Vatican Secretary of State,

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who may at times have been
wily, despotic, and brutal.

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As pope, I would be different:
warm, moderate, prudent,

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and respectful
of all sexual orientations.

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Finally, an ordinary pope,
having been an extraordinary man.

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Just look at him
and picture him as pope.

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Who is more ordinary than him?
A stocky build, a forgettable face,

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except for one detail,
which emphasizes its mediocrity.

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I would wage a war against
eccentricity wherever it lurks.

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"Living in the norm"
would be a fitting title

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for a new book that could be
released to mark the occasion.

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Everybody out.

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He's the spitting image of Voiello.

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- Hernández?
- Yes, actually he looks just like him.

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Brannox.

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Hernández.

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Brannox.

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Voiello.

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Hernández.

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Brannox.

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We've finished.

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Sabatini: 1.

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Pavlovski: 1.

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Henderson: 2.

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Paoletti: 6.

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Brannox: 15.

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Voiello: 37.

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Hernández: 50.

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It's going to be a long run.

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I don't think it's easy
to win a two-thirds majority.

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What do you think, Hernández?

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I think Voiello
is too short to be Pope.

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Paoletti: 6.
Brannox: 25.

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Voiello: 25.
Hernández: 60.

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It's not looking good.
Voiello is not breaking through.

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Hernández is in the lead.

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If he manages to draw
another 30 or so votes,

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he's the new pope.

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Paoletti: 6.
Brannox: 20.

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Voiello: 25.
Hernández: 65.

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Who the heck is Brannox?

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You have something on your cheek.

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I would like a pope
who allows priests to marry.

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I'd like him to officiate
my wedding to Luisa.

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I'm sure he'd like her.

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Who wouldn't like a woman
blessed with grace and warmth?

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I'd like to come out of hiding.

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A condition that has made me
a squalid, miserable, anxious man.

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I would like a pope like me.

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I would like a pope who feels
compassion for homosexuals.

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Who would smile affectionately
and say, "Homosexuality?"

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"Do as you please, brothers,
I have other things to think about."

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I would like a pope
with wide open arms,

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and when he says "let us love
one another", he says it to all.

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I would like a pope who believes
a bit less in God and a bit more in me.

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I would like a pope who believes
in the right to be presumptuous.

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I would like a pope
who resembles my father,

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whom I never knew.

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I would like the new Pope
to show me my place in the world.

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To nail me with the same nails

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with which Christ
was nailed to the cross.

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I would like a pope with no mercy,
a pope who rejects liberals,

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pedophiles, homosexuals,
exploiters and infidels.

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A pope who says:

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"Enough, now we shall
only deal with two things,"

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"God and poverty."

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For me, Holy Father,
they are the same thing.

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I would like a pope who lays
his hand on my head and says:

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"I forgive you for everything
you did to those innocent souls."

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"Let us start again together."

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"I'll stand by you without asking
when and why you went wrong."

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I would like a pope

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who could save all the children
we distroyed, tormented, abandoned.

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A pope who would
send me straight to Hell.

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Because, Holy Father,
I can't take it any more.

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I'd like a pope that was me, because
only I am capable of understanding you.

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Paoletti: 2.

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Brannox: 15.

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Voiello: 32.

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Hernández: 67.

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He's stalled.
We're not going to break through.

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After the thirty-fourth vote Hernández
will take it with a simple majority.

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Assente, I know how it works.

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Eminence, I keep voting for you,
is that right?

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I'm doing what you told me.

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Have you noticed that Hernández
is the spitting image of you?

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You're wrong,
I don't resemble anyone.

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Where is Aguirre?

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He's already repositioned himself
in Hernández's room.

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The irresistible call of a maracas.

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- You can't seem to break through.
- I noticed.

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- Better luck next time.
- Next time I will be 114 years old.

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Tomorrow will be
the 35th round of voting.

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At which point, Hernández will
only need 58 votes to become pope.

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In truth, he already has them.
And with Aguirre, he'll have 59.

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We might as well align ourselves
with him as well.

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- Not on your life.
- Voiello, it's over.

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No, it's only just begun.
Under pressure,

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a good Secretary of State
must be flexible and tactical.

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We don't understand.

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You don't understand because
you have given in to your emotions.

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But we must listen
to the Holy Spirit.

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And a little while ago,
the Holy Spirit came to me and said:

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"Voiello, why can't you
break through?"

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"Because the cardinals voting for
Paoletti and Brannox don't trust you."

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"They might trust someone who is,
shall we say, more docile,"

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"more malleable."

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"In which case you
would already recover 26 votes,"

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"which, added to your 38,
make 64."

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That is what that mathematician,
the Holy Spirit, told me.

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Besides, cardinals love weak,
manipulable popes.

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The weak candidate theory,
one of your golden oldies.

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And who is this new candidate?

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Hernández...

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Hernández.

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Hernández.

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Hernández.

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Hernández.

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Hernández.

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Viglietti.

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Viglietti.

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Viglietti.

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Viglietti.

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Viglietti.

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Viglietti.

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Viglietti.

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Viglietti.

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Viglietti.

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Viglietti.

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Viglietti.

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Viglietti.

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Hernández: 49.

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Viglietti: 67.

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Habemus papam.

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Do you accept
your canonical election

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as Supreme Pontiff?

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00:34:44,845 --> 00:34:45,925
I accept.

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00:34:47,245 --> 00:34:48,845
By what name
do you wish to be called?

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00:35:01,565 --> 00:35:03,005
Francis II.

248
00:35:11,485 --> 00:35:13,085
Have you ever had...

249
00:35:14,045 --> 00:35:18,685
an histological exam
done on that mole?

250
00:35:19,645 --> 00:35:21,605
Yes, it's benign.

251
00:35:22,885 --> 00:35:28,405
This thing I have on my cheek
is my supplementary brain.

252
00:35:29,805 --> 00:35:35,445
It only kicks in when there is some
minor problem. Like today.

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00:35:38,445 --> 00:35:40,845
"Administer justice every morning;

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00:35:41,005 --> 00:35:45,125
rescue from the hand of the oppressor
the one who has been robbed,

255
00:35:45,605 --> 00:35:49,845
or my wrath will break out
and burn like fire

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00:35:50,285 --> 00:35:54,925
because of the evil you have done,
burn with no one to quench it."

257
00:35:55,925 --> 00:36:02,525
No. Too apocalyptic, too political.
It will terrorize the faithful.

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00:36:03,765 --> 00:36:07,445
"Even the stork in the sky
knows her appointed seasons,

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00:36:08,805 --> 00:36:11,525
and the dove, the swift
and the thrush

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00:36:12,085 --> 00:36:14,485
observe the time
of their migration.

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00:36:15,245 --> 00:36:19,445
But my people do not know
the requirements of the Lord."

262
00:36:21,045 --> 00:36:22,165
Enchanting.

263
00:36:23,085 --> 00:36:28,805
Eminence, doesn't it seem a bit too
sugary for the pope's first homily?

264
00:36:31,765 --> 00:36:33,885
Are you embarrassed
about your teeth,

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00:36:34,045 --> 00:36:35,925
covering your mouth like that
when you laugh?

266
00:36:37,845 --> 00:36:41,725
My dear Cavallo,
let me present Sofia Dubois.

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00:36:42,565 --> 00:36:45,125
A woman
who will never feel uneasy.

268
00:36:47,005 --> 00:36:50,525
Now, too sugary? Not at all.

269
00:36:51,685 --> 00:36:57,725
That passage is sweetness and candor,
just like our new Pope.

270
00:36:59,045 --> 00:37:01,325
Do you know what really moves me?

271
00:37:02,565 --> 00:37:07,405
We've elected a pope
who doesn't realize he is a pope.

272
00:37:09,405 --> 00:37:13,205
- And that's a good thing?
- No. Clams, that's a good thing.

273
00:37:15,325 --> 00:37:16,765
What a superior woman!

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00:37:57,405 --> 00:37:59,965
- My blood pressure's off the charts.
- Why are you crying?

275
00:38:00,605 --> 00:38:04,445
- Don't you ever cry?
- Only when I get beaten up.

276
00:38:04,925 --> 00:38:07,965
Fortunately, it's rare that anybody
beats up the Secretary of State.

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00:38:08,365 --> 00:38:11,245
I'm scared.
What should I say?

278
00:38:12,645 --> 00:38:16,325
You only have to read
the magnificent speech my staff

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00:38:16,405 --> 00:38:19,845
have drawn up with self-abnegation,
spiritual rigor and love.

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00:38:36,725 --> 00:38:38,565
Good day, brothers and sisters.

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00:38:43,525 --> 00:38:45,685
Before I introduce myself to you,

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00:38:45,765 --> 00:38:49,125
let us pray
for our beloved Pius XIII.

283
00:38:56,245 --> 00:38:59,365
You're doing great.
Stick to the speech.

284
00:39:08,685 --> 00:39:12,205
In the Bible Jeremiah says:

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00:39:14,405 --> 00:39:17,925
even the stork in the sky
knows her appointed seasons...

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00:39:19,205 --> 00:39:25,565
The turtle dove, the swift, the thrush
observe the time of their migration.

287
00:39:26,285 --> 00:39:28,885
But my people do not know
the law of the Lord.

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00:39:30,725 --> 00:39:33,205
But what can we do?

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00:39:46,725 --> 00:39:48,485
Say this: we can pray.

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00:39:49,325 --> 00:39:52,485
God prays in the face
of the migrants' tragedies.

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00:39:52,925 --> 00:39:58,165
Go on, Tommaso. Say this,
then say goodbye and come away.

292
00:40:02,885 --> 00:40:03,925
No!

293
00:40:06,245 --> 00:40:07,565
Good God, no!

294
00:40:08,245 --> 00:40:09,925
He's beginning to realize it.

295
00:40:12,165 --> 00:40:13,805
Beginning to realize what?

296
00:40:17,085 --> 00:40:18,325
That he has power.

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00:40:21,005 --> 00:40:24,045
What can we do?

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00:40:42,965 --> 00:40:44,125
We can pray.

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00:40:46,125 --> 00:40:47,565
For those who suffer,
those forced to flee.

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00:40:48,685 --> 00:40:50,605
But we can do even more.

301
00:40:51,845 --> 00:40:54,605
We can open the Vatican

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00:40:55,965 --> 00:40:58,885
and take in the poor,
desperate migrants.

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00:41:05,325 --> 00:41:06,965
Come, come!

304
00:41:07,125 --> 00:41:10,005
From tomorrow,
the Vatican gates shall remain open!

305
00:41:21,205 --> 00:41:22,805
And what else can we do?

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00:41:24,365 --> 00:41:26,845
We can give our wealth
to the poor!

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00:41:31,245 --> 00:41:32,445
I...

308
00:41:34,125 --> 00:41:36,045
My name is Francis II,

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00:41:37,605 --> 00:41:41,405
because I do what
St. Francis of Assisi would do!

310
00:41:41,965 --> 00:41:43,565
What the fuck are you saying?

311
00:41:48,807 --> 00:41:51,367
Eminence, everyone wishes
to confer with you.

312
00:41:52,167 --> 00:41:54,687
Hernández wants
a private meeting.

313
00:41:54,927 --> 00:41:58,247
The Italian Prime Minister
is alarmed about security,

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00:41:58,327 --> 00:42:02,127
hundreds of migrants are descending
on Rome, and he wants a meeting.

315
00:42:03,487 --> 00:42:06,047
Managing directors, CEOs

316
00:42:06,127 --> 00:42:09,047
that have dealings
with our financial structures

317
00:42:09,167 --> 00:42:11,167
want an explanation.

318
00:42:11,447 --> 00:42:14,447
- Bauer?
- He didn't show up.

319
00:42:15,447 --> 00:42:16,967
Bad. Very bad.

320
00:42:17,687 --> 00:42:23,287
- What do I tell these petitioners?
- To speak directly to the Pope.

321
00:42:27,967 --> 00:42:29,007
The Pope is dead.

322
00:42:30,847 --> 00:42:34,647
Mother, would you please
bring me some Easter cake?

323
00:42:35,767 --> 00:42:37,567
The one made by Alemagna.

324
00:42:41,087 --> 00:42:44,927
Holy Father, Easter cake
is only made at Easter time.

325
00:42:46,127 --> 00:42:50,007
- That's months away.
- I don't care.

326
00:42:51,047 --> 00:42:54,727
You would do well to get me some,
otherwise I will get upset.

327
00:42:56,327 --> 00:43:00,407
And it's not good
if the pope gets upset.

328
00:43:15,567 --> 00:43:17,887
What happened
to the Venus of Willendorf?

329
00:43:18,807 --> 00:43:21,727
I imagined that you want to sell it,
Holy Father,

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00:43:22,207 --> 00:43:24,287
and donate the proceeds
to the poor.

331
00:43:24,407 --> 00:43:28,247
So I sent it to London,
to be auctioned at Christie's.

332
00:43:29,527 --> 00:43:32,447
And were you sorry
to part with her?

333
00:43:33,007 --> 00:43:34,767
Attachment to material things

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00:43:34,887 --> 00:43:39,127
is an emotion that does not appertain
to the Vatican Secretary of State.

335
00:43:39,327 --> 00:43:43,807
Nor at to the pope. In fact, we will
divest ourselves of everything.

336
00:43:45,247 --> 00:43:49,607
- Even the refugees, Holy Father?
- No, they will stay.

337
00:43:52,767 --> 00:43:57,847
It was a brilliant move on my part,
a charitable media triumph.

338
00:43:59,287 --> 00:44:05,967
My papacy will be one long,
luxurious manifestation of poverty.

339
00:44:07,607 --> 00:44:11,127
- Which has us all worried, Holy Father.
- Yes, I can imagine.

340
00:44:12,127 --> 00:44:16,927
The time of privilege is over
but I'm not afraid of your reactions,

341
00:44:17,367 --> 00:44:20,207
or that of the Curia,
and do you know why?

342
00:44:21,327 --> 00:44:27,127
The people, the press are on my side.
The leftist press in particular.

343
00:44:27,407 --> 00:44:30,807
Which is exactly why I invite you
to be prudent, Holy Father.

344
00:44:31,687 --> 00:44:34,247
The leftist press
never gets anything right,

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00:44:34,527 --> 00:44:37,567
they've even lost ground
in nursing homes.

346
00:44:38,727 --> 00:44:41,927
By the way, as soon as possible,

347
00:44:42,407 --> 00:44:46,007
we must consider the selection
of the new Secretary of State.

348
00:44:46,287 --> 00:44:49,087
May I have a word with you
in private, Holy Father?

349
00:44:49,807 --> 00:44:53,727
You may speak with me in public.
I have no secrets.

350
00:44:53,807 --> 00:44:55,007
But I do, Holy Father.

351
00:45:03,087 --> 00:45:06,887
No! What are you doing here?
It's full!

352
00:45:09,127 --> 00:45:12,847
We mistakenly thought
we could have some lunch here.

353
00:45:14,087 --> 00:45:16,727
You have to go to the Sistine Chapel.

354
00:45:16,927 --> 00:45:22,287
Now. Francis II is going
to address his brother cardinals.

355
00:45:31,647 --> 00:45:32,807
It's full!

356
00:45:38,527 --> 00:45:41,527
It's full!

357
00:46:03,887 --> 00:46:05,407
Brother Cardinals...

358
00:46:09,807 --> 00:46:10,887
Thank you.

359
00:46:12,447 --> 00:46:18,207
Thank you for having placed
a poor, ignorant,

360
00:46:19,687 --> 00:46:21,967
awkward monk
on the papal throne.

361
00:46:25,127 --> 00:46:29,087
I would like to address you today,
but who am I to speak to you?

362
00:46:30,647 --> 00:46:31,927
I'm just a poor man.

363
00:46:33,447 --> 00:46:36,487
Far better that I speak to you
in the words of the saint

364
00:46:37,287 --> 00:46:42,127
who, as of today,
shall be an inspiration to us all.

365
00:46:48,527 --> 00:46:50,007
It's no looking good.

366
00:46:52,447 --> 00:46:55,207
From the Testament of St. Francis:

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00:46:57,287 --> 00:47:00,527
"And those who came
to embrace this life

368
00:47:01,367 --> 00:47:04,567
gave as much
as they could to the poor;

369
00:47:05,487 --> 00:47:08,367
they were content
with a single tunic

370
00:47:09,647 --> 00:47:12,367
patched within
and without at will...

371
00:47:14,647 --> 00:47:17,807
Or...

372
00:47:17,967 --> 00:47:19,007
Who is he?

373
00:47:22,927 --> 00:47:24,047
The new pope.

374
00:47:24,767 --> 00:47:27,847
Or this,
the last wishes to Saint Clare:

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00:47:30,407 --> 00:47:34,167
"And I counsel you to live always

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00:47:34,407 --> 00:47:39,527
in this most holy life of poverty."

377
00:47:46,127 --> 00:47:50,647
My dear brethren Cardinals,
starting today,

378
00:47:51,487 --> 00:47:55,807
we will all live according
to the rules of Saint Francis.

379
00:47:57,007 --> 00:48:00,367
Poverty will be our uniform.

380
00:48:02,207 --> 00:48:07,287
And so, as we intone together
the Canticle of Creatures,

381
00:48:08,127 --> 00:48:10,487
some friars will move among you,

382
00:48:11,367 --> 00:48:15,287
inviting you to place
your gold crosses

383
00:48:16,167 --> 00:48:20,607
and your precious,
bejeweled rings in the baskets.

384
00:48:21,247 --> 00:48:25,007
All your finery will be sold,

385
00:48:26,047 --> 00:48:28,487
the proceeds given to the poor.

386
00:48:29,647 --> 00:48:32,007
I know you will obey me in this,

387
00:48:32,847 --> 00:48:35,647
that you will not cause your pope
to become upset.

388
00:48:38,207 --> 00:48:43,727
In exchange,
I will embrace each of you.

389
00:48:45,967 --> 00:48:47,087
Canticle!

390
00:49:51,407 --> 00:49:52,727
- How did it go?
- Very well.

391
00:49:52,887 --> 00:49:56,887
We've changed the passwords, only you
can log on to the bank accounts.

392
00:49:57,327 --> 00:49:59,487
The vault too,
only you can get in.

393
00:50:00,567 --> 00:50:02,367
Tomorrow they'll be crying.

394
00:50:16,447 --> 00:50:19,487
I'll take care of it!
You all just relax.

395
00:50:23,687 --> 00:50:28,207
- What are you playing at?
- Doing my job, my dear Voiello.

396
00:50:29,127 --> 00:50:30,847
We'll close the accounts.

397
00:50:30,927 --> 00:50:34,767
We'll liquidate our financial structure,
because we don't need it.

398
00:50:34,847 --> 00:50:37,287
We'll donate all our wealth
to the poor.

399
00:50:37,367 --> 00:50:39,647
We'll go back
to where Peter started from.

400
00:50:39,727 --> 00:50:43,167
Do you want to destroy
a 2,000-year-old state, Tommasino?

401
00:50:43,287 --> 00:50:45,687
Destroy? Not at all.

402
00:50:46,367 --> 00:50:49,247
I want to restore it
to its original mission, charity.

403
00:50:49,367 --> 00:50:51,607
Next to which
I shall place chastity.

404
00:50:51,727 --> 00:50:54,927
I shall eliminate not only
the protagonists of sexual abuse,

405
00:50:55,047 --> 00:50:57,847
but all sexual acts,
even those performed on oneself.

406
00:50:58,607 --> 00:51:02,087
I shall install cameras everywhere,
even in the toilets.

407
00:51:02,167 --> 00:51:04,927
Why not decapitate onanists
in the public squares?

408
00:51:05,327 --> 00:51:08,687
- Tommasino, you're crazy.
- No, I am the Pope.

409
00:51:09,727 --> 00:51:13,567
You may not call me by name
and you will never again say I'm crazy,

410
00:51:13,647 --> 00:51:16,247
because I don't need staff,
I can make mistakes all by myself.

411
00:51:17,047 --> 00:51:19,207
I only need remote operatives

412
00:51:19,847 --> 00:51:22,767
to create a hiatus
between me and evil: the Curia.

413
00:51:23,407 --> 00:51:26,207
Hence, you are no longer
Secretary of State.

414
00:51:28,047 --> 00:51:31,127
See how things change?
You were powerful, now you're harmless.

415
00:51:31,367 --> 00:51:35,447
Why don't you take another pill for your
blood pressure? You're overwrought.

416
00:51:36,327 --> 00:51:40,327
I'm fine, you're the one who's feeling
unwell, even though you're hiding it.

417
00:51:43,127 --> 00:51:47,007
- You're right. I beg your pardon.
- Good.

418
00:51:48,807 --> 00:51:50,967
- Am I still Secretary of State?
- No.

419
00:51:51,167 --> 00:51:54,007
Soon you won't even be a cardinal,
I'm going to defrock you.

420
00:51:56,287 --> 00:52:02,607
Holiness, don't overreact, even a pope
must set boundaries for himself.

421
00:52:03,687 --> 00:52:08,327
Is that a threat? That's the difference
between you and me.

422
00:52:09,127 --> 00:52:11,527
You threaten, I get things done.

423
00:52:12,487 --> 00:52:15,927
When you plotted
to have me elected,

424
00:52:16,127 --> 00:52:20,807
didn't take all the elements
into account, you only considered one:

425
00:52:20,887 --> 00:52:24,207
my naiveté which makes me
easy to manipulate.

426
00:52:24,287 --> 00:52:26,287
And you would have been
the manipulator.

427
00:52:27,167 --> 00:52:30,287
An error, because
I lost my naiveté years ago.

428
00:52:30,967 --> 00:52:34,247
Listening to horrendous sins,
a confessor loses his candor.

429
00:52:35,047 --> 00:52:38,967
In your haste to defeat Hernández,
you forgot something fundamental:

430
00:52:39,047 --> 00:52:41,847
I wasn't only
the confessor for Pius XIII,

431
00:52:41,927 --> 00:52:44,287
but for the whole Curia,
especially you.

432
00:52:44,847 --> 00:52:46,687
I know the irregularities,

433
00:52:46,767 --> 00:52:48,967
the scandals,
the sins, the sinners...

434
00:52:49,167 --> 00:52:51,927
I know everything the head of the
modern Church should not know.

435
00:52:53,327 --> 00:52:56,127
You keep saying my actions
are dangerous.

436
00:52:56,327 --> 00:52:59,767
But there's only one dangerous thing
for you here today:

437
00:53:00,127 --> 00:53:01,807
me knowing everything.

438
00:53:02,807 --> 00:53:05,687
Because I do know everything, Voiello.

439
00:53:17,847 --> 00:53:19,087
Hello, hello.

440
00:53:34,527 --> 00:53:37,727
And here
is the feeling of the world

441
00:53:38,807 --> 00:53:41,967
that Saint Francis
would have liked:

442
00:53:44,607 --> 00:53:45,767
harmony.

443
00:53:53,127 --> 00:53:57,767
He has taken control of the vault.
He plans to give it all away.

444
00:53:58,767 --> 00:54:00,887
All the money,
all the gold to the poor.

445
00:54:00,967 --> 00:54:04,567
The secret files to the press.
We will all end up in jail.

446
00:54:04,767 --> 00:54:09,447
He has heard the word of God
and decided to follow literally.

447
00:54:10,247 --> 00:54:14,047
- God was emotional.
- We are expected to be far-sighted.

448
00:54:14,367 --> 00:54:18,287
Half of the cardinals vote for you.
The other half for me.

449
00:54:19,247 --> 00:54:21,807
Neither one of us
will ever become pope.

450
00:54:22,687 --> 00:54:25,407
I know.
We have to find a third choice.

451
00:54:26,247 --> 00:54:27,527
Who do you have in mind?

452
00:54:27,607 --> 00:54:30,767
The person who got the most votes
after you and me.

453
00:54:34,047 --> 00:54:35,167
Sir John Brannox?

454
00:54:35,327 --> 00:54:38,727
Yes, him,
the great advocate for the middle way.

455
00:54:38,927 --> 00:54:41,847
- I have never even met him.
- You'll like him.

456
00:54:42,607 --> 00:54:46,487
A compelling individual.
There is only one problem:

457
00:54:46,927 --> 00:54:49,807
it will not be easy
to convince him to accept.

458
00:54:50,127 --> 00:54:53,807
But you, Voiello,
are enormously persuasive.

459
00:54:54,967 --> 00:55:00,647
Why is it that you and I have never
been able to tolerate each other?

460
00:55:01,887 --> 00:55:03,367
We are too different.

461
00:55:07,007 --> 00:55:12,127
But there is an obstacle between our
intention and Brannox becoming pope.

462
00:55:13,247 --> 00:55:16,287
Francis II.
How shall we proceed?

463
00:55:17,127 --> 00:55:20,407
With the power of prayer
and good will.