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Beautiful baby, your nephew.

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Thank you, Holy Father, um...

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Appreciate that.

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Oh, uh sorry...

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I brought a gift for you,
a painting that I did.

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Thank you.

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- Interesting, thank you.
- You're welcome.

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So...

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You look a bit older,
it might just be the beard.

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I had a beard since I was 31.

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Well, I remember this amazing speech
that you gave in Venice

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but I don't remember
you having a beard then.

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That was Pius XIII.

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Oh.

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So, who are you?

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I'm John Paul III.

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Oh... oh...

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Oh...

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Please forgive me, Holy Father,
you gotta understand

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I've been in the studio
holed up for months

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and I don't really keep track
of the news, so...

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What helps?

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Potassium phosphate

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mixed with a capsule of Xablon.

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So you're quite
the pharmaceutical adventurer.

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So, you're not Pius XIII?

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No, I'm the new Pope.

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May I ask what happened
to the old Pope?

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He's in coma

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and he had a successor,
Francis II

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and he died.

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Wow...

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Have you gone to visit him?

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- Who?
- The Pope in a coma.

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No, not yet.

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Maybe you should.

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Brothers!

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Many...

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far too many members of the clergy

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believe that love is an infinite meadow

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and they're allowed to pick
all the flowers they want.

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But they are not picking flowers

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they are ripping plants from the earth

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and assuring by their actions

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that in the scorched and barren soil
they've defiled

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nothing more will ever grow.

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This is what our church risks becoming.

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The world wants to see
paedophile priests hanged.

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But Jesus would not want this,
Jesus is civility

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and the Church cannot,
must not abandon her children

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especially if they are ill.

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But...

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if they are ill...

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she must distance them

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from the heart
of ecclesiastical life, forever.

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Forever!

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I know it sounds trite

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but seeing you surrounded
by all these men

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makes me swell with pride.

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Is that what we're calling it now?

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Pride?

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Your Holiness...

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when you have a minute,
I would like to show you something.

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A gift from me to you, Your Holiness.

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They told me you only love Bentleys.

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So this is the way the real world works.

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Yes, this is how it works.

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I hope that you are not offended,
Your Holiness, it is only a welcome gift

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one that expects nothing in return.

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What could I possibly
give in return, Eminence?

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I'm only primus inter pares.

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To be concrete, you need
to make appointments.

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I am never concrete.

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Do you remember, Your Holiness when...

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when we slept in the same room
after the seminary?

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What happy memories!

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We were young then.

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All I remember about my youth
is my brother Adam.

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Do you still sleep with that silver box
next to your bed?

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Actually, you're right, of course.

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We did sleep in the same room.

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I recall you had an endless stream
of young visitors

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day and night, no?

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If you'll allow me, Holy Father,
I would be happy to inform you

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sometime,
of certain habits inside the Vatican.

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I very much allow you, Eminence.

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Do it now, do tell, straightaway.

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I'm curious.

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In the Vatican, the choice is between
blackmail and benevolence.

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I always prefer the second option.

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Don't you?

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I never answer important questions
in the evening, Eminence.

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Especially after three glasses
of champagne.

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Matter resolved.

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A quid pro quo
in the chain of command.

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- May I swear?
- Just once.

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Like fuck it is!
The matter's not resolved at all.

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Reverend Mother,
Don Cavallo informed me

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that you had requested 200 euro

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in order to take Lisette's mother
to Lourdes.

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And I have just given you 200 euro.

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What we want now is not
what we wanted before.

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Our requests have changed.

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You don't understand.

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I understand everything,
Reverend Mother.

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But you need to be more clear.

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We sisters have joined together
and we now understand the difference

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between charity and rights.

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I am all ears.

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We...

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demand respect, social, moral

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and economic recognition
for the duties we sisters perform.

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We want to be welcomed
into the bosom of the Church

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to be granted a more active ministry

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including administering the sacraments.

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And, in general,
we expect the male clergy

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to adapt a psychologically mature attitude
in its relations with us female members.

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Please, clarify this last point for me.

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Do you really need me to elaborate

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on the sort of things
your brothers are capable of?

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No, not now, I don't have time.

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But a detailed written account
would prove most useful.

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- That you shall have?
- No! You won't.

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It's a trap, Reverend Mother.

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We will be dismissed as tattlers

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and he will have a record
of all his accomplices' depravities

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the better to blackmail them with.

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Spectacular, the talent!

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This will be a long war

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though it will end as they all do,
with my victory.

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But you, Sister Lisette

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will make a formidable adversary.

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You can bet on that.

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- Now what are you doing?
- I'm dismissing you.

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- And we will carry on with our strike.
- Fine.

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And we priests will learn how to cook
and wash and iron our robes.

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It's about time.

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Be careful, Sister Lisette

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your rights are one thing

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the rites of the Church are another.

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The former are negotiable,
for they belong to men.

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The latter are not,
for they belong to God.

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That's better.

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You haven't joined
your sisters' protest?

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No.

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Me no.

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Why not?

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Because I decided to believe in you.

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What are your sisters asking for?

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Respect.

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Don't you need respect?

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I have always had it.

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I work with popes.

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Are you mad at me?

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I couldn't.

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You're just a Sunday morning Christian.

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What does that mean?

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Ready to do good only if
you don't have to get your hands dirty.

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You're like those philanthropists
who think they'll go to heaven

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if they give away a tiny fraction
of their dirty money.

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You're being unfair, I tried.

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No, you didn't try, Ester.

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You just deluded some people
who are truly suffering.

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When will I see you again?

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Here I am, Holy Father,
forgive me for being a little late

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but the Napoli coach's press conference
dragged on and on.

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Brevity of speech
is not his strong point.

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You, Voiello, have the great gift
of informing me

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of things that would not
interest me even if I were you.

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So, what is this about the nuns

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occupying the Sistine Chapel?

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Every six months or so,
the sisters remember

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that somewhere
in some parallel universe

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they too could say Mass, but don't worry

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I have the situation under control.

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Don't be too hard on them, Voiello.

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The proper amount, that way
they will not be too hard on me.

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Marilyn Manson doesn't know who I am.

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Marilyn Manson doesn't know
who he is.

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The Church I have in mind
must be better at informing people.

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Every Marilyn in the world should know
reflexively who the Pope is.

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This is not vanity, this is necessity.

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As for them knowing who they are,
there's always time for that.

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Emory Kitsworth wants to interview you.

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An in-depth, wide-ranging conversation

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exclusive coverage on
the Times website, live

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then re-broadcast an hour later
on every TV channel in the world.

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So, voila, now every Marilyn
in the world will know you.

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Hmm, an appealing idea.

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I have another one.

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I wish to pay a visit to Pius XIII.

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- Dutiful.
- Dangerous.

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00:18:13,625 --> 00:18:14,957
To have two Popes

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Pius XIII and John Paul III,
together in one photograph

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wouldn't do much
to clear up the confusion.

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That photograph will never be taken.

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My visit to Pius XIII
will be strictly private.

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My face will only be seen in public

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on my way to and from the hospital.

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In storytelling that is called
"powerful deference".

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My admiration for well-read women
will never fade.

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Perhaps that's why I don't miss Megan.

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00:20:34,391 --> 00:20:36,257
Is there any possibility

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he could wake up?

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Based on the knowledge
we have now, no.

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No possibility.

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His hand was so warm.

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I found that comforting.

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He is still alive...

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even though he doesn't know it.

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00:23:06,126 --> 00:23:11,292
In Venice, my authority did not turn
into authoritativeness.

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If I may, Your Holiness,
it is actually the opposite.

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Your authoritativeness
did not turn into authority.

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- What should I have done?
- Never mingle with idolaters.

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00:23:23,310 --> 00:23:27,429
Had you asked my advice
that is what I would have told you.

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What do you think, Sofia?

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00:23:31,276 --> 00:23:33,393
You cannot please everyone,
Holy Father.

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If I do not please, I cannot seduce.

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00:23:36,531 --> 00:23:39,490
If I do not seduce, I cannot influence.

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If I do not influence, I repent.

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Of what?

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Of everything.

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- Do I please you?
- Immensely.

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May I ask you an indiscreet ques...

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I will never tell you what the woman
whispered in my ear, Eminence.

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Appointments.

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Our dear Sofia reconfirmed
as Director of Communications.

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00:24:15,487 --> 00:24:19,902
The masterful Voiello reconfirmed
as Secretary of State.

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Gutierrez will be my adviser.

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And now an innovation...

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my new personal secretary
in charge of creativity...

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the most eminent Cardinal Spalletta.

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What would you have me do, Holy Father?

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Everything I do not wish to do

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which I can assure you
will be rather a lot.

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In terms of creativity,
what do you propose, Spalletta?

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I would commission Christo
to make a gigantic contemporary cross

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to be exhibited in St Peter's Square.

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A classic extemporary operation,
Holy Father

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and also quite costly

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nor is it devoid of the age-old stench
of corruption.

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00:25:10,625 --> 00:25:12,537
So, not a good idea?

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00:25:14,003 --> 00:25:15,039
Spalletta?

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00:25:16,631 --> 00:25:17,631
Hmm...

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00:25:18,133 --> 00:25:20,500
A momentous diplomatic visit
to North Korea.

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00:25:21,261 --> 00:25:24,720
That's already been done,
I would be the second.

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00:25:24,806 --> 00:25:28,015
I've been playing
the second fiddle my whole life, so...

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00:25:28,351 --> 00:25:30,593
not a good idea, Spalletta.

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A smashing success, Spalletta!

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And now I will instruct

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my personal secretary in private.

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- Disappointed?
- No.

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00:25:51,541 --> 00:25:53,373
Not in the least, Holy Father.

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00:25:55,545 --> 00:25:58,583
I won't deny that I aspired
to become Secretary of State

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but personal secretary

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00:26:00,758 --> 00:26:03,171
allows me to work closely with you

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which is what really matters.

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I'm only thinking of your own good,
Holy Father.

259
00:26:14,647 --> 00:26:18,140
For your good coincides
with the good of the Church.

260
00:26:23,281 --> 00:26:26,900
So, Francis II's death...
what do you make of it?

261
00:26:27,619 --> 00:26:30,578
Did he really die of natural causes?

262
00:26:35,877 --> 00:26:37,914
Do you really want to know what I think?

263
00:26:38,755 --> 00:26:39,755
Hmm...

264
00:26:42,091 --> 00:26:43,298
Probably not.

265
00:26:45,303 --> 00:26:48,091
Voiello probably had a hand in it.

266
00:26:49,682 --> 00:26:54,143
So we share the same suspicions.
What do you say we look into it?

267
00:26:55,438 --> 00:26:58,272
Just to keep ourselves
from getting bored

268
00:26:58,358 --> 00:27:01,226
and to keep me
from meeting the same fate.

269
00:27:03,947 --> 00:27:06,781
May I offer you
some impartial advice, Holy Father?

270
00:27:07,033 --> 00:27:08,069
Of course.

271
00:27:09,619 --> 00:27:11,281
I would let it drop.

272
00:27:14,499 --> 00:27:15,499
Hmm?

273
00:27:19,712 --> 00:27:23,831
I will not deny
my longstanding antipathy for Voiello

274
00:27:24,676 --> 00:27:28,420
yet I feel I must warn you
that making enquiries about him

275
00:27:28,721 --> 00:27:31,304
would mean setting yourself
against him.

276
00:27:33,476 --> 00:27:36,560
Which is the last thing
you want to do here in the Vatican.

277
00:27:37,689 --> 00:27:39,305
Even the walls know that.

278
00:27:40,692 --> 00:27:42,684
What makes him so dangerous?

279
00:27:44,696 --> 00:27:45,937
No one really knows.

280
00:27:47,532 --> 00:27:48,773
But the fact is...

281
00:27:49,909 --> 00:27:52,947
every time someone tries to oppose him

282
00:27:53,371 --> 00:27:56,239
he has ended up in pieces, literally.

283
00:27:59,377 --> 00:28:00,618
Literally.

284
00:28:03,631 --> 00:28:06,715
Voiello is helped by the Lord

285
00:28:07,260 --> 00:28:08,467
Holy Father.

286
00:28:09,596 --> 00:28:10,632
But...

287
00:28:11,222 --> 00:28:13,384
what is difficult to understand is...

288
00:28:15,143 --> 00:28:16,884
who is this Lord?

289
00:28:20,273 --> 00:28:22,139
Is he divine...

290
00:28:24,611 --> 00:28:26,773
or is he human?

291
00:29:23,169 --> 00:29:24,169
John!

292
00:30:14,429 --> 00:30:15,590
Sir John...

293
00:30:17,181 --> 00:30:19,969
what did that woman in Venice
say to you?

294
00:31:40,014 --> 00:31:42,973
Good day, sisters.
You wanted to see me?

295
00:31:43,351 --> 00:31:46,719
Actually, we wanted to see you
five hours ago.

296
00:31:46,938 --> 00:31:49,726
Forgive me for having kept you waiting.

297
00:31:50,107 --> 00:31:54,442
The consequences of the strike,
everything is moving more slowly now.

298
00:31:55,238 --> 00:31:56,945
So, what can I do for you?

299
00:31:57,114 --> 00:31:59,606
To start, fix the Wi-Fi.

300
00:32:00,910 --> 00:32:03,778
If only I could, but the server is down.

301
00:32:04,330 --> 00:32:08,415
That happens occasionally
and the nun usually repairs it

302
00:32:08,709 --> 00:32:11,702
but that nun is currently on strike.

303
00:32:12,129 --> 00:32:16,169
Are you saying we have to suspend
our strike if we want internet?

304
00:32:16,384 --> 00:32:17,966
It would seem that I am.

305
00:32:18,594 --> 00:32:20,802
Why don't you call in
an outside technician?

306
00:32:21,013 --> 00:32:24,256
Because here in the Vatican
we don't like waste

307
00:32:24,433 --> 00:32:27,972
and because we can live just fine
without Wi-Fi.

308
00:32:28,396 --> 00:32:32,936
We are the oldest institution
in the world, Sister Lisette

309
00:32:33,234 --> 00:32:35,726
not the Apple campus.

310
00:32:37,822 --> 00:32:41,736
Reverend Mother, you seem tired.
So am I.

311
00:32:42,577 --> 00:32:45,365
I am not sleeping well, are you?

312
00:32:45,997 --> 00:32:49,206
Try this.
Chamomile, it helps, I've found.

313
00:32:58,509 --> 00:33:00,296
If we suspend our strike

314
00:33:01,137 --> 00:33:02,497
what will you give us in exchange?

315
00:33:03,806 --> 00:33:04,806
Wi-Fi.

316
00:33:05,725 --> 00:33:08,012
And our other demands? How about them?

317
00:33:08,603 --> 00:33:11,721
I will bring them
to the Holy Father's attention

318
00:33:11,856 --> 00:33:16,317
as I do with every request
that comes across my desk.

319
00:33:16,861 --> 00:33:20,070
Do not overestimate my power,
Sister Lisette

320
00:33:20,156 --> 00:33:22,113
I am merely a paper pusher.

321
00:33:25,995 --> 00:33:29,955
We wish to meet with the Holy Father
ourselves to explain our position.

322
00:33:30,458 --> 00:33:31,915
A sacrosanct right.

323
00:33:32,752 --> 00:33:36,041
You merely need to file
an official request to see him.

324
00:33:37,673 --> 00:33:39,460
- File with whom?
- With me.

325
00:34:50,329 --> 00:34:54,790
I'm confused, what exactly
is the purpose of this meeting

326
00:34:54,875 --> 00:34:59,245
which you have defined as both urgent
and highly confidential?

327
00:35:00,297 --> 00:35:02,380
We are repealing
the eight per thousand law.

328
00:35:08,305 --> 00:35:11,969
The tax the Italian people pay
to maintain the clergy.

329
00:35:12,727 --> 00:35:15,686
This is a declaration
of war on the Church.

330
00:35:15,813 --> 00:35:21,309
No, no, no, it's a necessary step
towards saving the Italian people.

331
00:35:21,569 --> 00:35:22,569
How?

332
00:35:22,653 --> 00:35:26,363
One, our finances
are in incredible disarray.

333
00:35:27,450 --> 00:35:31,490
- The EU won't grant us any relief.
- A surmountable problem.

334
00:35:31,829 --> 00:35:33,695
I will talk with the EU.

335
00:35:34,373 --> 00:35:37,241
Two, we were elected on the basis

336
00:35:37,334 --> 00:35:41,169
of a clear and simple platform,
to do away with privilege.

337
00:35:41,797 --> 00:35:43,834
Which is exactly what we have done.

338
00:35:45,551 --> 00:35:47,713
We've put the Church
at the bottom of the list

339
00:35:48,888 --> 00:35:50,345
but now your time is up.

340
00:35:53,517 --> 00:35:57,227
I see, so the issue is not my confusion

341
00:35:57,271 --> 00:35:58,807
but your conviction.

342
00:36:00,524 --> 00:36:04,393
- I take that as a compliment.
- Take it as a threat.

343
00:36:05,946 --> 00:36:09,690
Your conviction conveys
a distinct lack of respect

344
00:36:09,784 --> 00:36:14,529
for the only thing that matters to us
here in the Vatican.

345
00:36:16,540 --> 00:36:17,540
What is that?

346
00:36:18,501 --> 00:36:19,501
Mystery.

347
00:36:21,754 --> 00:36:25,418
If they go through with it,
it will be the end of us.

348
00:36:26,717 --> 00:36:28,174
The Church would be poor.

349
00:36:30,930 --> 00:36:33,138
What do you advise we do, Holy Father?

350
00:36:37,770 --> 00:36:38,770
Nothing.

351
00:36:39,647 --> 00:36:42,264
As the great Cardinal Newman
used to say

352
00:36:42,399 --> 00:36:44,641
"Christian virtues are poetic.

353
00:36:45,569 --> 00:36:46,980
Gentleness and grace,

354
00:36:47,530 --> 00:36:49,897
compassion, joy and modesty.

355
00:36:50,950 --> 00:36:55,536
Whereas common, coarse sentiments
are rhetorical tools.

356
00:36:55,955 --> 00:36:59,995
Anger, indignation, emulation,
combative spirit

357
00:37:00,668 --> 00:37:02,660
the love of independence."

358
00:37:03,045 --> 00:37:04,911
We must fly high.

359
00:37:05,714 --> 00:37:08,252
We shall hold onto the poetry

360
00:37:08,551 --> 00:37:11,043
and leave the rhetoric to others.

361
00:37:11,679 --> 00:37:14,467
Holy Father, with all due respect

362
00:37:16,225 --> 00:37:19,138
I'm afraid Newman may not be enough.

363
00:37:19,687 --> 00:37:21,974
What a shame, Eminence.

364
00:37:23,149 --> 00:37:24,435
What a shame.

365
00:37:26,110 --> 00:37:28,523
The world once again confirms

366
00:37:28,737 --> 00:37:30,729
it has no use for poetry.

367
00:37:33,159 --> 00:37:34,570
But I am not the world.

368
00:37:36,620 --> 00:37:38,156
That is not me.

369
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:42,161
You're back.

370
00:37:49,508 --> 00:37:52,091
Yes, Ester, I came back

371
00:37:54,013 --> 00:37:56,471
to test your righteousness.

372
00:39:11,674 --> 00:39:15,213
I should have stayed at home
to loll about my own house

373
00:39:15,302 --> 00:39:18,591
rather than having
to loll about in someone else's.

374
00:39:20,724 --> 00:39:22,056
This is your house

375
00:39:22,935 --> 00:39:25,393
and I will make it
more comfortable for you.

376
00:39:27,731 --> 00:39:28,847
Listen...

377
00:39:29,692 --> 00:39:32,810
I can convince the Minister of Economy

378
00:39:33,654 --> 00:39:35,020
to delay the measure

379
00:39:35,656 --> 00:39:38,444
delay it until the government falls.

380
00:39:39,994 --> 00:39:42,156
At which point we will be safe.

381
00:39:43,580 --> 00:39:45,947
Holy Father, the eight per thousand

382
00:39:46,292 --> 00:39:49,410
is not the only source of the money
Guicciardini needs.

383
00:39:49,753 --> 00:39:51,335
It can be found elsewhere.

384
00:39:52,006 --> 00:39:53,006
Where?

385
00:39:53,382 --> 00:39:55,419
In our own backyard.

386
00:39:56,510 --> 00:39:58,718
We have our own financial organisation.

387
00:40:00,472 --> 00:40:03,340
Which is free and easy, I gather.

388
00:40:06,020 --> 00:40:09,559
See, Holy Father, you can be concrete
when you want to be.

389
00:40:10,858 --> 00:40:12,599
Don't alter my nature.

390
00:40:13,110 --> 00:40:15,853
- It may kill me.
- So give me a free hand.

391
00:40:16,113 --> 00:40:18,947
I will continue to deal
with the stench of the body

392
00:40:19,533 --> 00:40:21,775
and you with the perfume of the spirit.

393
00:40:22,745 --> 00:40:25,954
An admirable poetic utterance, Eminence.

394
00:40:26,790 --> 00:40:28,201
What must I do?

395
00:40:28,876 --> 00:40:30,037
Thomas Altbruck...

396
00:40:30,878 --> 00:40:32,335
Sofia Dubois' husband.

397
00:40:34,673 --> 00:40:38,917
Appoint him head
of our financial organisation.

398
00:41:04,787 --> 00:41:08,906
Thank you, Holy Father,
for receiving me at this late hour.

399
00:41:09,958 --> 00:41:14,248
I shall always have time for you,
Gutierrez, you're dear to my heart.

400
00:41:22,346 --> 00:41:25,134
I am ready to hear your confession.

401
00:41:28,352 --> 00:41:31,686
Freddie was dressed nicely tonight.

402
00:41:33,690 --> 00:41:36,774
When we were in the hallway,
he took out his keys and...

403
00:41:37,861 --> 00:41:39,352
with the calmness of youth

404
00:41:40,114 --> 00:41:41,776
he opened the door to his room

405
00:41:42,533 --> 00:41:43,944
but first...

406
00:41:45,244 --> 00:41:47,236
he turned and looked at me.

407
00:41:52,584 --> 00:41:54,075
Once inside, he knew what to do.

408
00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:57,996
I didn't.

409
00:41:59,091 --> 00:42:00,673
His confidence excited me.

410
00:42:03,178 --> 00:42:05,340
He got undressed in front of the mirror.

411
00:42:09,393 --> 00:42:11,385
He wasn't looking at me, but...

412
00:42:12,980 --> 00:42:14,767
he knew I was looking at him.

413
00:42:19,111 --> 00:42:20,568
His back...

414
00:42:21,155 --> 00:42:22,316
His bare back...

415
00:42:28,787 --> 00:42:29,994
It was too much...

416
00:42:31,331 --> 00:42:35,200
I could barely bring myself
to look at it, it excited me so.

417
00:42:36,670 --> 00:42:38,377
But at the same time I wanted more.

418
00:42:46,305 --> 00:42:47,305
And it was as...

419
00:42:48,140 --> 00:42:50,006
if there was a wall between us.

420
00:42:57,232 --> 00:42:59,098
But it wasn't an obstacle, that wall.

421
00:42:59,985 --> 00:43:02,022
Please, that's enough.

422
00:43:02,988 --> 00:43:04,104
Yes, enough.

423
00:43:05,491 --> 00:43:06,732
Holy Father, enough.

424
00:43:09,870 --> 00:43:11,657
Freddie satisfied my body.

425
00:43:13,415 --> 00:43:15,407
God satisfies my spirit.

426
00:43:16,793 --> 00:43:17,793
So...

427
00:43:19,755 --> 00:43:21,747
Why do I always feel so empty?

428
00:43:22,132 --> 00:43:24,840
But you are not alone, my friend,
you are not alone.

429
00:43:25,052 --> 00:43:27,339
That is all I can say to you.

430
00:43:29,181 --> 00:43:31,264
This constant sense
of feeling inadequate...

431
00:43:31,475 --> 00:43:34,309
Makes us constantly nervous, I know.

432
00:43:36,271 --> 00:43:38,809
I absolve you of all your sins.

433
00:43:41,109 --> 00:43:44,068
But now you will have to hear
my confession.

434
00:43:55,249 --> 00:44:00,085
In order to stoke my pride,
soothe my insecurities

435
00:44:00,295 --> 00:44:04,380
satisfy my vanity
and salvage my limping papacy

436
00:44:07,177 --> 00:44:09,419
I have taken the first step

437
00:44:10,597 --> 00:44:14,466
in the everlasting garden of sin.

438
00:44:16,478 --> 00:44:18,640
And, coward that I am

439
00:44:19,815 --> 00:44:22,398
I pretended not to see

440
00:44:23,694 --> 00:44:25,310
not to understand

441
00:44:26,697 --> 00:44:27,938
and not to know.

442
00:44:29,241 --> 00:44:30,573
But I do see.

443
00:44:31,868 --> 00:44:33,325
I do understand...

444
00:44:36,582 --> 00:44:37,582
I know.