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Why were you crying?
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My sister is dying.
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Where is your sister?
- At home, in Sri Lanka.
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What's wrong with her?
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She's dying.
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Have you gone to see her?
- I don't have the courage.
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Why did you become a nun?
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I met the Lord.
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Where?
- In a bar.
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I was poor.
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A drunk German came up to me and said,
"God helps the poor."
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Are you strong?
- I do my best.
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But I'm little.
- You must be strong, for your sister.
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I shall be.
- And pray. Pray till you can't pray any more.
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I always do.
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And if your sister were to die,
would you go to Sri Lanka for the funeral?
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No.
- Why not?
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Because when I go home
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I'm overcome with such
terrible memories
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that I end up doubting
whether God exists.
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And I don't want to doubt
whether God exists.
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You're not the only one who doubts.
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Excuse me?
- I said I understand.
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All right, that's enough.
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Would Young Esther like an espresso?
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Are you sure?
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I even arranged to buy some cane sugar.
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I know that you young people
go crazy over cane sugar.
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Let's come to the point, Estherina.
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First of all, you should stay calm
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and rest assured that we only want
what's best for you.
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We are your friends.
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Now, I've come upon this report
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of which only the people in this room
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are aware.
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I'm pleased to tell you
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that you had an extramarital
relationship with Valente
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the pope's assistant.
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You understand without being told
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that this is an awkward matter.
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Because of the rank
of the people involved.
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Because of the fear of gossip.
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Because of how badly
this might disappoint the Pope
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Because of the terrible repercussions
that might ensue
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if news of this matter were to get out.
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Shouting, dramatic scenes, transfers...
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...firings. And of course it's especially
embarrassing in moral terms:
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Catholics united in holy matrimony
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swear to be faithful to their spouses.
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You have sinned, Esther.
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We know and we understand
that this was a moment of weakness.
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It happens.
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As a boy, whenever Napoli,
my favourite soccer team
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was in serious trouble
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don't you think I found myself being
a little sympathetic toward Avellino?
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Yes I did.
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In your sin we don't detect
the marks of unbridled lust
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but the fact remains
that the act you committed
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was gravely wrong.
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Very gravely wrong.
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Fine. Now
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I'm ready to guarantee that not a word
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of that disagreeable episode
will ever leave this room.
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And what do you
guarantee me in return?
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Don't worry.
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It's me.
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Voiello.
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Why does sin bring sorrow?
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Why does sin bring starvation?
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Why does sin bring arrogance?
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Why does sin bring coercion?
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You remind me of my
first and only girlfriend, Esther.
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Only you're much prettier.
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One should be neither ashamed
nor proud of one's beauty.
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Because God asks us to rejoice in it.
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Do you rejoice in your beauty?
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I'll bet that you don't let your husband
rejoice in your beauty either.
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I think that's a mistake.
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The punishment of God is
never over beauty. Never!
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Now tell me what your problem is?
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Then I'll do it for you.
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Esther, is a fervent
Roman Catholic woman
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who is happily married to Peter
and childless.
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She enjoys spending her mornings roller skating
with the children of the other Swiss Guards.
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But it's not roller skating
that Esther loves.
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She loves what she can't have.
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You ask me what my problem is
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but you already know
because you are so profound.
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I'm not profound, I'm presumptuous.
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What matters is that you
talk about your problem.
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Yes, Holy Father...
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...I'm sterile.
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And Peter is sterile, too.
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I'd like to listen to a child's voice.
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Pray to Mary,
our Mother of miracles, who intercedes for us.
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She knows what to do.
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Pray to Mary
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our Mother of miracles
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who intercedes for us.
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She knows what to do.
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My sister is dead, Holy Father.
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Let's pray for her.
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I'd like to go to Sri Lanka
for her funeral.
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Don't go chasing the dead, Suree
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or else the dead
will chase after you.
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Elena.
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She takes after you.
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Vis baptizare
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Elena, ego te baptizo
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in nomine Patris
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et Filii
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et Spiritus Sancti.
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Allegra.
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She takes after you.
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Ego te baptizo, in nomine Patris
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et Filii
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et Spiritus Sancti.
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Aida.
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She takes after you.
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Yes, it's perfectly clear she is been adopted
but this doesn't change a thing
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She still takes after you.
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Carolus.
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Holy Father, I beg your pardon
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I really had no idea
I was in the men's bathroom.
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Actually, this is neither the men's bathroom
nor the women's.
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This is the Pope's bathroom.
- I'm so sorry.
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Do you mind if I finish
applying my lipstick?
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Even if I did mind,
a woman like yourself
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would find a way to go on
applying it anyway.
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So please, go right ahead.
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You know women, Holy Father!
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Mmm... That's a reckless
statement, Signora.
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Come take a look.
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Who is that man who has
caught the interest of half the curia?
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The personal assistant to
the prime minister of Greenland.
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Is he gay?
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Openly so.
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And that woman is the prime minister?
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That's right.
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And she has an
audience with you, Holy Father.
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Doesn't that strike you as odd?
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What, Your Holiness?
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After all, wouldn't etiquette require
that we entertain
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the prime minister, not her assistant?
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The Cardinal Secretary of State
is entertaining her.
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What about the fact that
such a sizable group of men
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have eyes only for a handsome man
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and pay no attention to such
stunning feminine beauty?
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Holy Father...
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I know exactly how to answer that question.
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How?
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With silence.
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Why?
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Because you should never stick your nose
into other people's business.
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Especially not in the Vatican.
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The prime minister of Greenland
is waiting for you.
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I know.
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I'm incredibly handsome
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but please,
let's try to forget about that.
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What have you brought for me?
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The best our country
has to offer, Holy Father.
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This is the largest halibut
caught in all of Greenland last week.
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This is very good poached in a light broth,
just like pezzogna.
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Pezzogna?
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Sea bass.
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And this is a beautiful song
by an Italian singer
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who is pretty popular in our country.
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She is called Nada and the song is
entitled "Senza un perché".
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Thank you.
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This is from me, for you.
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Thank you, Holy Father.
It's... wonderful.
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Holy Father...
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First of all, I bring you the greetings
of the Catholic community of Nuuk, in Greenland.
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Yes, I know all about Nuuk.
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It's a small Catholic community
that you have, in Greenland, am I right?
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Yes, you are.
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The predominant faith in Greenland
is evangelical Lutheran.
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And you have a female bishop,
if I'm not wrong.
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Exactly.
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Sofia Petersen, an estimable woman.
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All bishops are estimable.
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Did you know that Pope Pasquale II
appointed the first bishop to Greenland;
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a place that, as you know very well,
is technically part of North America -
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four full centuries before
Christopher Columbus?
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I do know that, Holy Father.
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The Catholic church was the first
to arrive in Greenland.
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But it's not always the case
that the first to arrive remains first.
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I agree, Holy Father.
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In Greenland, we Catholics
are like the native Americans.
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We got there first and then
we were confined to reservations.
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I agree, Holy Father.
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You are a woman who tends to agree.
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Oh, don't worry,
Madame Prime Minister.
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I'm not asking you for anything
for our small community in Greenland.
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I just wanted to remind you
that we Catholics were there first.
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Everyone else is a guest.
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I don't want you to forget that.
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I won't, Holy Father.
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Very good!
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Now, I ask you, please satisfy
my morbid curiosity:
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since your country never thaws
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I have to wonder...
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what's under all that ice?
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The experts believe that Greenland is not
an island, but an archipelago of islands.
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But that's strictly a matter of supposition.
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As you say: the country never thaws
and no one can see what's under there.
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I think the experts are wrong.
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Really, Holy Father?
- Yes.
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Under all that ice...
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could be God.
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Full of grace
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The Lord is with you
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blessed are you among women
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and blessed is the fruit of your womb, injured.
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Holy Mary, mother of God
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pray for us sinners
now and at the hour of our death.
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Amen.
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Hail Mary
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full thanks
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The Lord is with you
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benedicta tu in mulieribus
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et benedictus fructus ventris tui, lesus.
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Sancta Maria, mater Dei
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ora pro nobis peccatoribus,
nunc et in hora mortis nostrae.
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Amen.
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Holy Father.
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Would you teach me to pray?
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Start praying aloud.
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Let me see how you do it.
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Blessed Virgin Mary...
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give me the grace
of becoming pregnant.
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Prayer shouldn't be
a list of requests, Esther
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it should be an occasion
for understanding.
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While we pray, we reflect
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in the most elevated way we can
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so that someone can whisper
thoughts into our ears.
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We call that someone God.
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Or, in the present case,
the Madonna of Lourdes.
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Alright.
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Then let me try again.
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Blessed Virgin Mary
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God does not punish beauty, as a person
who is very dear to You once told me.
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That phrase opened my eyes.
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And...
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it made me understand that perhaps,
by making a gift of beauty
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I might perhaps receive some in return.
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And what if making a gift
of my beauty meant
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receiving the beauty that I so desire?
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The beauty of a new life, of a little child?
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Yes, now you're praying.
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What if it was
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an intolerable burden to me
to donate my beauty to the person I promised
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to love in sickness and in health?
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What if...
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I wanted to donate my beauty
somewhere else?
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If you give your beauty elsewhere,
you would not receive the beauty of a new life
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but only sorrow
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and the unbearable burden of guilt.
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You know, Esther, Spinoza set us
the most daunting challenge of them all.
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He said:
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"He that loves God...
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does not demand that God
should love us in return."
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I don't understand.
264
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I know.
265
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But in time you will.
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Holy Father...
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the truth is...
268
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I know to whom I'd like
to donate my beauty.
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I'd like...
- Now, Esther, continue to pray in your head.
270
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There are certain secrets
you must share only with God.
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Stop crying, Suree!
272
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That's enough!
273
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Believers don't cry!
274
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That's not right!
275
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It's time we stop crying at funerals.
276
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You don't believe!
277
00:26:28,161 --> 00:26:30,121
Suree, you don't believe!
278
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Holy Father
279
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I brought you a gift to improve
our relationship a little.
280
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Thanks.
281
00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,000
These are supposed to be worse for you
than real cigarettes.
282
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I was told that they're good for you.
283
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It doesn't matter.
284
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It's a substitute for the real thing.
285
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What I want, always,
is the whole truth.
286
00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:02,480
Then you've come to the wrong place.
287
00:27:02,961 --> 00:27:04,121
Holy Father
288
00:27:04,161 --> 00:27:05,560
don't call me repetitive
289
00:27:05,601 --> 00:27:09,121
but when is your speech to the cardinals
going to take place?
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00:27:09,161 --> 00:27:11,480
In due time.
- Yes, but when?
291
00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:13,760
You really don't understand, do you?
292
00:27:14,361 --> 00:27:16,641
What am I supposed to understand?
293
00:27:16,681 --> 00:27:19,881
That I'm creating.
- What are you creating?
294
00:27:19,921 --> 00:27:21,320
Anticipation.
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00:27:21,921 --> 00:27:25,161
Holy Father, shall we look into
the Kurtwell case a little?
296
00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,121
Your Eminence, the answer is yes.
297
00:27:28,161 --> 00:27:30,401
I want to look into the Kurtwell case
298
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but from a broader point of view.
299
00:27:34,921 --> 00:27:38,240
The individual case is always
an indicator of a larger issue.
300
00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:39,240
I agree.
301
00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:43,201
Let's pursue all the cases of pedophilia
that are infesting our church.
302
00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:44,760
Let's widen the circle.
303
00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:49,560
Let's prosecute all the cases of homosexuality
that are infesting our church.
304
00:27:50,201 --> 00:27:53,401
Let's root out all the homosexuals
305
00:27:53,441 --> 00:27:58,361
and expel them and prevent any new
gay priests from entering our church.
306
00:27:58,401 --> 00:28:00,000
Let's do it for real
307
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,681
without exceptions and without hypocrisy.
308
00:28:02,721 --> 00:28:03,840
Holy Father
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00:28:03,881 --> 00:28:07,681
pedophilia and homosexuality
are two very different things.
310
00:28:07,721 --> 00:28:12,201
Two very different things that are both
equally unacceptable to the Catholic church.
311
00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:17,560
It would be a war that would leave the ground
littered with corpses, Holy Father.
312
00:28:17,601 --> 00:28:21,201
Do you want to know how many corpses
would litter the ground?
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Two thirds of the clergy.
314
00:28:22,881 --> 00:28:23,721
Then...
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00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,280
what becomes of Mother Church's
capacity for forgiveness?
316
00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:33,881
Our abuse of forgiveness...
We've become a laughing stock, Your Eminence.
317
00:28:33,921 --> 00:28:37,401
As unreliable as some miserable little
third-world country.
318
00:28:37,441 --> 00:28:40,320
With your methods, on the other hand
319
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we're likely to become as reliable as,
say, North Korea.
320
00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:47,121
No.
321
00:28:47,921 --> 00:28:49,681
Do you wanna know
what the difference is?
322
00:28:51,601 --> 00:28:54,681
We don't imprison ours,
we set them free.
323
00:28:54,721 --> 00:28:56,921
We pardon every one of them
324
00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:59,681
but one second later
we kick them out the door.
325
00:29:01,161 --> 00:29:03,641
Alright, Holy Father, as you command.
326
00:29:06,641 --> 00:29:08,441
I have a question for you.
327
00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:10,520
Holy Father
328
00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:13,240
I have a great many shortcomings
329
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:17,361
but there can be no doubt
about my heterosexuality.
330
00:29:17,961 --> 00:29:21,520
Even if I can't bring you any
direct testimony on the matter.
331
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,040
- That wasn't the question.
- Oh, sorry.
332
00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:25,161
What was the question?
333
00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,721
Would you tell me about your calling?
334
00:29:29,681 --> 00:29:30,681
Holy Father
335
00:29:31,201 --> 00:29:32,641
I'll tell you the truth.
336
00:29:32,681 --> 00:29:36,681
If you expect me to tell you
a tale of blinding illuminations
337
00:29:36,721 --> 00:29:38,681
or dazzling conversions
338
00:29:38,721 --> 00:29:41,240
you're going to be disappointed.
339
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,201
Quite simply, I had a predisposition.
340
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,921
A predisposition to become a priest
341
00:29:46,961 --> 00:29:51,840
the way others have one
to become a painter or a cricket player.
342
00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:55,320
What about you, Your Holiness?
343
00:30:33,361 --> 00:30:34,840
It's for you.
344
00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:36,641
Holy Christ!
345
00:30:39,961 --> 00:30:41,361
If only I were!
346
00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:45,040
How did you get in here?
347
00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:47,320
With a duplicate of your keys.
348
00:30:49,601 --> 00:30:50,760
Now what do you want?
349
00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:53,721
Everything you were supposed to do
but haven't done yet.
350
00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:54,921
I've tried.
351
00:30:57,201 --> 00:30:58,520
But it's impossible.
352
00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:00,441
That gentleman is the Pope
353
00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:03,800
he's the man of the greatest virtue
and rectitude on the planet
354
00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:06,161
and I've never been much
of a seductress myself.
355
00:31:06,201 --> 00:31:08,480
Neither was the Virgin Mary.
356
00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:11,881
But that didn't keep her from becoming
357
00:31:11,921 --> 00:31:15,441
the most attractive
and desired woman on earth.
358
00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:18,520
But I'm just a good Catholic girl.
359
00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:23,161
Good Catholic girls,
especially the married ones
360
00:31:23,201 --> 00:31:25,201
don't cheat on their husbands.
361
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:29,641
But I didn't come here to threaten you
362
00:31:29,681 --> 00:31:31,721
nor to remind you of your sins.
363
00:31:32,401 --> 00:31:35,520
You are an intelligent woman
and you should know.
364
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:38,401
What should I know?
365
00:31:41,361 --> 00:31:47,201
That you're beautiful, you're attractive,
and the Pope has a particular interest in you.
366
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,560
He only cares about my sorrow.
367
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:52,601
Peter and I can't have children.
368
00:31:52,641 --> 00:31:54,401
That's not the way it is.
369
00:31:54,441 --> 00:31:58,800
What I'm about to tell you is confidential,
eternally so...
370
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:00,840
Esther...
371
00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:07,520
the Holy Father's faith isn't as solid
as we like to think.
372
00:32:08,441 --> 00:32:10,560
What are you saying?
- I insist!
373
00:32:10,601 --> 00:32:13,840
Moreover, he's had dozens of girlfriends.
374
00:32:14,601 --> 00:32:15,961
He's a loose man.
375
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:20,040
Your job is to seduce the Holy Father.
376
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,320
We will take care of everything else.
377
00:32:23,361 --> 00:32:25,520
I wouldn't know how to go about it.
378
00:32:28,921 --> 00:32:32,040
And I don't want to wind up tangled
379
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:37,000
in a public scandal that would ruin my life.
- Silly girl!
380
00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:39,401
There won't be any public scandal.
381
00:32:39,961 --> 00:32:44,441
All that's needed is the threat
of scandal to turn things around.
382
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:46,000
What things?
383
00:32:46,601 --> 00:32:49,721
The Holy Father intends
to issue new measures
384
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:53,760
that could lead irreversibly
to the extinction of the church.
385
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:58,721
Do you understand what vastly
significant stakes we're talking about?
386
00:32:59,121 --> 00:33:04,201
Me, you, all of us have
the sacrosanct duty to stop him
387
00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:05,161
in God's name.
388
00:33:06,401 --> 00:33:10,161
But I could try to talk to him.
He respects me.
389
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:17,361
Sorry
390
00:33:17,921 --> 00:33:20,121
I was about to laugh,
but I stopped myself
391
00:33:20,161 --> 00:33:22,320
because I have a certain class.
392
00:33:23,721 --> 00:33:28,800
We seriously doubt that Pius XIII
even respects God.
393
00:33:29,961 --> 00:33:31,560
You don't know him at all.
394
00:33:32,721 --> 00:33:34,601
He's an extraordinary person.
395
00:33:37,361 --> 00:33:40,040
That's why you are so seductive, Esther.
396
00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:42,560
Because you don't know a thing.
397
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:46,080
Now, go and seduce him.
398
00:33:49,881 --> 00:33:51,480
I don't want to sin anymore.
399
00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:56,601
If only that were possible, Esther. If only.
400
00:39:10,201 --> 00:39:11,001
Jump.
401
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:19,681
Jump.
402
00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:32,721
Something odd has been happening
in the last few hours.
403
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:35,400
Let's hear it.
404
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:41,800
During confession,
for reasons that escape me
405
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:48,481
people have suddenly started
recounting their exploits with women
406
00:39:50,521 --> 00:39:55,400
offering up the most intimate,
embarrassing details.
407
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:01,001
Strange, isn't it?
408
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:08,360
Someone must been spreading a rumor
that the Pope is out to punish the homosexuals.
409
00:40:10,240 --> 00:40:11,240
Oh, yes.
410
00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:15,280
The famous calumnies of our little state.
411
00:40:17,001 --> 00:40:18,800
What if they weren't calumnies?
412
00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:16,601
Goodnight, Holy Father.
413
00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:32,081
Let's go in the bedroom.
414
00:42:39,041 --> 00:42:40,001
No.
415
00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:53,440
Where?
416
00:42:54,561 --> 00:42:55,641
Here.
417
00:43:00,041 --> 00:43:01,280
Alright.
418
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:43,041
Virgin Mary, Mother of God
419
00:44:44,041 --> 00:44:47,601
Peter's successor has a specific grace
to ask of You.
420
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:51,601
Now, right now, those two young people
in their home, Peter and Esther
421
00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:56,440
have only one wish.
You must grant it to them.
422
00:44:58,121 --> 00:44:59,240
You must.
423
00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:01,521
You must.
424
00:45:02,481 --> 00:45:03,681
You must.
425
00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:05,721
You must.
426
00:45:06,201 --> 00:45:07,440
You must.
427
00:45:08,201 --> 00:45:09,601
You must.
428
00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:10,760
You must.
429
00:45:11,041 --> 00:45:12,481
You must.
430
00:45:13,121 --> 00:45:14,081
You must.
431
00:45:14,681 --> 00:45:15,521
You must.
432
00:45:16,201 --> 00:45:17,121
You must.
433
00:45:17,561 --> 00:45:18,601
You must.
434
00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:20,121
You must.
435
00:45:21,001 --> 00:45:22,201
You must.
436
00:45:22,760 --> 00:45:24,001
You must.
437
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:25,960
Please, you must.
438
00:45:37,201 --> 00:45:38,240
Amen.
439
00:46:22,521 --> 00:46:24,201
They're taking their afternoon nap.
440
00:46:26,201 --> 00:46:27,920
The fat one is snoring.
441
00:46:28,561 --> 00:46:29,561
Yes...
442
00:46:30,121 --> 00:46:31,440
...she is Mother Letizia.
443
00:46:35,041 --> 00:46:37,121
She's the metronome of sleep.
444
00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:42,041
I've made an important decision.
445
00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:43,280
What?
446
00:46:44,760 --> 00:46:47,681
You will go to New York
to investigate the Kurtwell case.
447
00:46:48,561 --> 00:46:50,681
Why do you want to punish me,
Holy Father?
448
00:46:51,081 --> 00:46:53,481
This is no punishment,
this is a promotion.
449
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:55,840
I trust you.
450
00:46:57,681 --> 00:46:59,280
Holy Father, spare me.
451
00:47:01,721 --> 00:47:03,840
I'm a modest,
limited man, believe me.
452
00:47:04,681 --> 00:47:07,601
The Kurtwell case
is something far too big for me
453
00:47:07,641 --> 00:47:08,920
beyond my scope.
454
00:47:08,960 --> 00:47:11,920
Quit selling yourself short.
You're going to New York.
455
00:47:14,561 --> 00:47:15,721
You'll investigate.
456
00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:20,561
You'll gather the necessary evidence,
and you'll put Kurtwell into my hands.
457
00:47:20,840 --> 00:47:23,880
My papacy won't let the harm done
to even a single child
458
00:47:24,561 --> 00:47:26,121
slip away into indifference.
459
00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:28,880
And you will help me,
because I trust you.
460
00:47:30,521 --> 00:47:31,481
Blindly!
461
00:47:32,081 --> 00:47:33,161
Holy Father
462
00:47:35,161 --> 00:47:36,360
I am a recluse.
463
00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:39,280
I only know how to live
inside these walls.
464
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:43,400
In all these years,
I've left here only twice
465
00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:45,920
both times to go to the hospital.
466
00:47:47,001 --> 00:47:48,960
I don't know how to cross the street.
467
00:47:49,320 --> 00:47:51,240
I don't know how to get a hotel room.
468
00:47:52,041 --> 00:47:54,240
I don't know how to order
a meal in a restaurant.
469
00:47:54,280 --> 00:47:56,440
I'm like those canaries in cages.
470
00:47:56,760 --> 00:47:57,920
If you free them
471
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:00,240
they die.
472
00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:01,800
You're afraid.
473
00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:04,481
I was afraid too
474
00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:06,400
before I accepted my destiny.
475
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:08,360
as head of the church.
476
00:48:10,641 --> 00:48:12,280
How do you overcome fear?
477
00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:19,561
By giving in to the complex
and unfathomable architecture that God
478
00:48:20,081 --> 00:48:21,400
has designed for us.