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Amen.

He is with God.

The throne of the Holy See
is vacant.

-Aldo.
-Hmm?

Hey. Do you think that anybody
would mind if I took that?

- As a keepsake.
- Of course. Take it.

He would have wanted you
to have it.

Because we used to play
quite often in the evenings.

He said it helped him
to relax.

- And who won?
- Oh, he did.

He was always
eight moves ahead.

Mm.

Aldo, I'm sorry.

Mm.

What happened?

Do you know?

No. They say
a heart attack, but...

There had been warnings.

Oh, I hadn't heard that.

Yeah. He didn't want
anyone to know.

He was afraid that if word
got out that they would start

circulating rumors
that he was going to resign.

The Curia.

Yes.

Okay.

Janusz.

I know this is hard for you,

but we will have to prepare
a-a detailed statement.

Who discovered
the Holy Father's body?

I did, Your Eminence.

And then what did you do?

I called
the Holy Father's doctor.

Mm-hmm.

- But it was too late.
- Mm.

And what time was this?

At around 11:30, Eminence.

We would have called you
earlier, but...

Thomas, I'm so sorry.

I know His Holiness had

no colleagues closer than
you and Aldo,

but I asked Janusz
to hold off calling you.

I wanted to ascertain
all the facts.

You know how rumor spreads.

I-I've prepared a time line
of His Holiness's last day.

And these
are the Holy Father's
most recent medical records.

And who was the last to have

a scheduled meeting with him?

I believe
that may have been me.

Father Wozniak,
I was the last one?

You were, Eminence Tremblay.

Put in all
the meetings he had that day.

It will show how hard he was
working right to the very end.

Well, it might look like

we were placing a huge burden
on a sick man.

The papacy is a huge burden.

Especially for an older man.

Mm.

Well, Dean, it seems
the responsibility
for the conclave

falls upon you.

Seal the room.

Security say they'd like
to test the electronic jammers

one last time, Your Eminence.

Well, then they'd better
be quick.

I mean, is this
really necessary, Willi?

Apparently so.

They say eavesdroppers
can use lasers

to read the vibrations
on the glass.

Really? Well, let's hope
none of our brothers

suffer from claustrophobia.

And who knows how long
we're going to be in here?

Can you reassure me that
we will be finished on time?

They will work through
the night if they have to.

It will be fine,
Your Eminence. It always is.

- Italy, you know.
- I'm sorry to fuss.

Well, Eminence,
I'd say this is a pretty fair
vision of hell.

Well, don't be
blasphemous, Ray.

Hell arrives tomorrow when
we bring in the cardinals.

Now, how do I pronounce this?

Kahl-koh, Your Eminence.
He's Indian.

Oh, Kahl-koh. Thank you.

Archbishop Wozniak
has asked if he might
have a word, Eminence.

Well, I don't think
that's possible.

The cardinals will be arriving
in an hour.

- What's it about?
- Uh, he didn't say.

I-I wouldn't
have brought it up.

It's just, he seemed so upset.

Ray, we're going to be
sequestered from 6:00.

He should've
come to me earlier.

Yes, Your Eminence.
I'll let him know.

No, Ray, tell him
that I will see him

after I've met the cardinals.

The poor fellow will be
worrying about his future.

So how many is that, Willi?

103, Eminence Lawrence.

Well, I wonder
where Tedesco has got to.

Perhaps he's not coming.

Well, that'd be
too much to hope for.

We could wait inside
if you prefer.

No, let's stay out here

and get some fresh air
while we can.

Ah.

Father Bellini.

Aldo.

- Am I the last?
- Not quite. How are you?

Oh, well, you know,
fairly dreadful.

- Have you seen the papers?
- Mm-hmm.

Apparently, it's already
decided it's to be me.

And I happen
to agree with them.

What if I don't want it?

No sane man
would want the papacy.

Some of our colleagues
seem to want it.

What if I know in my heart
that I am not worthy?

- You are more worthy
than any of us.
- I'm not.

Well, then tell
your supporters
not to vote for you,

to pass the chalice.

And let it go to him?

I could never
live with myself.

Eminence Tedesco.

Dean Lawrence!

How are you?

I'm well, Goffredo.

Ah. Sorry, my train
was delayed from Venice.

- We've missed you.
- Yes.

No doubt.

But don't worry.

My friends have kept me
well-informed.

Are you well?

Mah.

No one is ever well
at our age, no?

True.

And you?

Huh? How do you feel
with your new-- huh?--

responsabilita?

Everything under control?

Yes, I believe so.

Eminence Tedesco, may I?

No!

See you later.

You're welcome.
See you later, Eminence.

Dear Lord.

That's enormous.

Apparently, Pope John the 23rd

was too fat to fit into
the biggest cassock,

so they had to split the seam
at the back

for him to get into it.

You look tired.

Well, all this is

a duty I never thought
I'd have to perform.

I thought he would
outlive all of us.

We didn't part well.

I asked for his permission
to resign as dean.

Join an order.

What did he say?

He refused my resignation.

Said some were chosen
to be shepherds

and some to manage the farm.

Apparently, I am a manager.

He told me about
your crisis of faith.

But you should know
that he had his own doubts
towards the end.

Well, the pope had doubts
about God?

No.

Never about God.

What he had lost faith in
was the Church.

Father Wozniak?

In the name
of the Father, the Son

and the Holy Ghost.

- My last confession
was four weeks ago.
- Janusz.

Janusz, I haven't got time
to hear your confession.

There's still so much to do.

Have you been drinking?

What's troubling you? Tell me.

I should have
come to you before.

But I promised
not to say anything.

- Promised who?
- Cardinal Tremblay.

Janusz, the doors close soon
and you'll have to leave.

Now, if you promised
Cardinal Tremblay,

then perhaps it isn't right
that you're...

The day the pope died,

the last person to have an
official appointment with him

was Cardinal Tremblay.

Yes, I know. It's on
the official time line.

At that meeting,
the Holy Father dismissed him.

What?

He sacked him.

Why?

For gross misconduct.

And you tell me this now?

We're about to be
sequestered, Janusz.

Forgive me, but it wasn't
until the last few days

when I started to hear
the rumors.

What rumors?

He may be elected pope.

Oh, and you see it
as your duty
to prevent that, do you?

I-I no longer know
what my duty is.

Were you there
at this meeting?

No, Your Eminence.

The Holy Father told me
about it afterwards,

when we had supper.

Did he tell you why he had
dismissed Eminence Tremblay?

No.

He said the reasons
would become clear
soon enough.

Ah. Dean Lawrence.

An issue.

Oh, dear God.

One of them's died?

- I'm sorry?
- Have we lost a cardinal?

No, Your Eminence.
We seem to have acquired one.

I mean it literally.

Another cardinal
has just turned up.

Well, then we left someone
off the list.

He was never on our list,
Eminence.

He says he was created
in pectore.

Oh, no, then he has to be
an imposter, surely.

Well, that's what I thought,
Eminence.

But Archbishop Mandorff has
spoken to him and thinks not.

Well, what's this I'm hearing?

His name is Vincent Benitez,
Your Eminence.

He's the archbishop of Kabul.

Archbishop of where?

Kabul.

But he is Mexican.

The Holy Father
appointed him last year.

Last year?
So how has this been
kept a secret for so long?

I thought perhaps you would be
aware of his elevation.

No, I'm not.

Ray, ask Eminence Bellini
to join us.

Maybe he knows
something of this.

- Yes, Your Eminence.
- Thank you.

He has a letter of appointment
from the pope

addressed to
the Archdiocese of Kabul,

which they kept secret
at the Holy Father's request.

Mm-hmm.

You don't think
he could have forged it?

Uh, where is he now?

A cardinal in Afghanistan?

-Mm.
- It's absurd.

How many Catholics are there
in Afghanistan?

Uh, he was head of
the Catholic mission there

until his elevation.

But how can we possibly
ensure his safety?

Well, presumably,
that's why the Holy Father

wanted it kept a secret.

- Well, it won't be
in pectore now.
- Mm.

I don't think we have
any choice but to admit him.

Wait, wait. Thomas.

Are we sure
that the Holy Father

was entirely competent

when he made this appointment?

I believe this man is
legally a cardinal, Aldo,

and I...
I think he has a right
to take part in the election.

Eminences, before we eat,

I'd like to introduce, uh,
a new member of our order,

whose existence was
not known to any of us,

uh, until only
a few hours ago.

This is because our brother
was made a cardinal

by the perfectly
legitimate procedure

known as creation in pectore.

Now, the reason why
it had to be done this way

is known only to God
and to the late Holy Father.

But I think
we can guess well enough,

as our new brother's ministry
is an extremely dangerous one.

Welcome to our order,
Vincent Benitez,

cardinal archbishop of Kabul.

Eminence, please,
would you bless our meal?

Of course.

Bless us, O Lord,
and these, your gifts,

which we are about to receive
from your bounty.

Amen.

Bless all those

who cannot share this meal with us

and help us, O Lord,
as we eat and drink,

to remember the hungry,

the thirsty,

the sick,

and the lonely,

and the sisters who prepared
this food for us.

Through Christ Our Lord,

Amen.

Amen.

Please come.

This is your...

Here, come.

Dean!

Lawrence!

Oh, I have...

- Goffredo.
- Tommaso.

Come.

Take some wine.

Thank you.

Grazie.

You look anxious.

And we haven't even begun yet.

Our new brother...

Did I hear correctly, Afghanistan?

Yes.

A marvelous testament to
the Universal Church,

don't you think?

So many men of different cultures, races,

bound together by their faith in God.

Hmm?

Look around you.

Notice how everyone gravitates
to their fellow countrymen.

Italians over here.

Spanish speakers there

- English there.
- Yes.

French.

Divided by language.

Ecco...

When we were boys and the Tridentine Mass

was still the only true liturgy
of the world

we would all have been speaking Latin.

But then your fellow liberals
insisted we get rid of that

"dead" language.

Without Rome, without
the tradition of Rome...

Things fall apart.

The center cannot hold.

So what, the next Pope must be Italian?

Why not?

We haven't had an Italian Pope
for more than forty years.

Forty years, Tommaso.

Mm.

Can you seriously imagine the alternative?

Excuse me, I must circulate
amongst our brothers.

The abyss calls out.

It was shrewd of him
to stay away from Rome

until today.

One outspoken
newspaper interview

could have written
Tedesco off.

But instead, he will do well
tomorrow, I think.

Which means?

I would say...

he's worth 15 votes
on the first ballot.

And Bellini?

Why do I feel like
a cow being priced
by the farmer?

First ballot?

Between 20 and 25.

But it is tomorrow night
that the real work begins.

Somehow we have to get him
a two-thirds majority.

By "real work,"
you mean what exactly?

But, Eminence Bellini,

those who seek the papacy...

I don't seek the papacy. I...

Thank you, Sisters.

Listen, you don't
have to do anything.

Just leave it to us.

Tell them I stand for
a commonsense approach

to such issues as
gays and divorce.

Tell them I stand for
never returning to the days

of the Latin liturgy

or families of ten children
because mama and papa

didn't know any better.

That was an ugly
and repressive time,

and I'm glad that it's over.

Tell them I stand for
respecting other faiths,

for tolerating other views
within our own Church,

and tell them that I believe

women should play
more of a role in the Curia.

Let's, uh...
let's not mention women.

Why?

Brother, I have no intention
of concealing my views

or pretending to be anything
other than I am

in order to sway any of
our number who are undecided.

So...

if you want to canvass
on my behalf,

then make sure
that my message is clear.

I stand for everything
that Tedesco does not.

Okay. If you'll excuse me.

All right.

Rocco, you talk
to the Americans.

Villanueva, I leave
the South Americans to you.

Gianmarco,
you take the Africans.

Aldo doesn't want it.

Any of it.

You know that, don't you?

Of course I do.
That's why I support him.

The men who are dangerous
are the ones who do want it.

I'm enjoying
all this mystery, Thomas.

And I suppose you should tell
me what you want
to talk about.

Your last meeting
with the Holy Father.

Oh, what about it?

Well, I've been told
it was difficult.

- Was it?
- Difficult? No.

Not that I can recall.

Well, I'm sorry
to have to ask you this, Joe,

but to be specific, I was told

that the Holy Father
demanded your resignation.

What?

That's absurd. I...

I don't know what--
Wh-Who told you that?

- Archbishop Wozniak.
- Why would he say
such a thing?

So there isn't any truth
in the allegation?

Oh, God, no, of course not.
It's absurd.

You don't think that...

- No, well, I-I had to ask.
- Oh, I understand, but no.

Y-You can ask
Monsignor Morales.

He was at the meeting.

Well, I would,
but at the moment,

we happen to be sequestered.

Oh.

Can you think
of any reason why

Archbishop Wozniak would
circulate such a story?

No, I can't.

I really...
D-Do you want a coffee?

No.

I'm shocked.

- He told you this himself?
- Yes.

You don't think...

What?

The drinking.

I don't like to bring it up,
but we both know

his drinking has been
getting much heavier.

And perhaps it's affecting
his judgment, h-his mind even.

And...

I know my name has been
mentioned as a future pope,

and if the archbishop
doesn't approve of that idea,

maybe he's...

I don't know. I-I'm just
trying to make sense of this.

And the poor man.

He was shattered by
the Holy Father's death.

Yes, indeed.

Again, Joe, uh, my apologies.

No, not at all.

I completely understand.

Um...

What did you discuss
with the Holy Father

in that final meeting?

Forgive me, Thomas.

It was a private conversation.

And very precious.

Those were the last words
I ever exchanged

with the Holy Father.

Yes, of course.

Good night, Joe.

Good night, Thomas.

-Decano.
- Ah.

Oh, we are neighbors, Joshua.

Ah. It appears so.

I thought
that I should, uh...

do a little more work
on my homily for tomorrow.

Ah, yes, of course.

I look forward to it.

I understand the trick is
to offend no one.

You're a manager.

Manage.

Decano Lawrence?

- Eminenza.
- Tutto bene, grazie.

Dear Brothers in Christ,

at this moment of great uncertainty

in the history of the Holy Church,

we must think first of
the late Holy Father,

whose brilliant pontificate
was a gift from God,

now we must ask our Lord to
send us a new Holy Father

through the pastoral solicitude
of the cardinal fathers.

And we must pray to God for
that loving assistance,

and ask Him to guide us

to the right choice.

But you know all that.

Let me speak from the heart
for a moment.

Saint Paul said,
"Be subject to one another

out of reverence for Christ."

To work together,
to, uh, to grow together,

we must be tolerant.

No one person or-or faction
seeking to dominate another.

And speaking to the Ephesians,

who were of course a mixture
of Jews and gentiles,

Paul reminds us
that God's gift to the Church

is its variety.

It is this variety, this
diversity of people and views,

which gives our Church
its strength.

And over
the course of many years,

in the service of our mother
the Church, let me tell you,

there is one sin which I have
come to fear above all others.

Certainty.

Certainty is
the great enemy of unity.

Certainty is the deadly enemy
of tolerance.

Even Christ was not certain
at the end.

My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?

He cried out in his agony
at the ninth hour
on the cross.

Our faith is a living thing

precisely because it walks
hand in hand with doubt.

If there was only certainty
and no doubt,

there would be no mystery.

And therefore
no need for faith.

Let us pray that God will
grant us a pope who doubts.

And let him grant us
a pope who sins

and asks for forgiveness
and who carries on.

Dean Lawrence,

your homily has caused
quite the stir.

I don't think
anyone expected you to...

What, to say
something interesting?

- I'll have a transcript made
of the recording.
- Mm-hmm.

If, uh...
if there's nothing else.

- Grazie. Grazie.
- Eminence.

Yes, um...

I, uh, I need you
to do something for me.

Monsignor Morales.

I'm sure he's still in Rome.

- Could you try and see him?
- Today? Well, I...

Use my authority.

I'd like to know what happened
in the final meeting

between Cardinal Tremblay
and the Holy Father.

What happened?

Specifically,
did anything occur

that might render Tremblay
unfit for the papacy?

Of course, Your Eminence.

Bless you.

And I, Irumbus Cardinal Nakitanda

I promise, I vow and I swear,
so God will help me

and these Holy Gospels of God,
which I touch with my hand.

Out, everyone.

Cardinal brothers,

we will now proceed to the first ballot.

You will find in front of you
your ballot paper.

On the top half is written,
I elect as Supreme Pontiff.

Please make sure your
hand-writing is legible.

I call as my witness Christ
the Lord who will be my judge

that my vote is given to
the one who, before God,

I think should be elected.

The first vote is cast for
Cardinal Tedesco.

The second vote is cast for
Cardinal Tedesco.

Cardinal Tremblay.

Cardinale Tremblay.

Cardinale Tedesco.

Cardinale Adeyemi.

Cardinale Lawrence.

Cardinale Bellini.

Cardinale Bellini.

Cardinale Villanueva.

Cardinale Tremblay.

Cardinale Adeyemi.

Cardinale Tremblay.

Cardinale Tedesco.

Cardinale Bellini.

Cardinale Adeyemi.

And finally, Cardinal Benitez.

The results of the first ballot are...

Cardinal Adeyemi, twenty-one votes.

Cardinal Tedesco, eighteen votes.

Cardinal Bellini, seventeen votes.

Cardinal Tremblay, sixteen votes.

Cardinal Lawrence, five votes.

Other cardinals assigned
a single vote, thirty-one votes.

My brother cardinals,

that concludes the first ballot.

No candidate having achieved

the necessary majority
of seventy-two votes,

we shall adjourn for the evening,

and resume voting in the morning.

Thank you.

The media have noticed
the presence of a cardinal

who doesn't appear
on the official list, Dean,

Cardinal Benitez,

so I've taken the liberty
of putting together

a draft statement.

I've also put together
some biographical details

for yourself.

Ministries in Veracruz,
the Congo,

where he established
a hospital

for the female victims
of genocidal sexual violence

during the first
and second wars.

- Then Baghdad and finally
the mission in Kabul.
- Right.

There was some question of his
resigning on health grounds,

but apparently the Holy Father
convinced him to continue.

He's certainly served
his ministry

- in some terrible places.
- Yes.

Health grounds?

Uh, look into that,
would you, Ray?

It's the kind of thing
the press like to get hold of.

Of course.

And the, um...
the other matter, the...

Yes.

I spoke to Monsignor Morales.

He was emphatic
that he knows of no reason

why Cardinal Tremblay
should not be pope.

- Thank you.
- However,

will you forgive me if I say

I did not entirely believe
the good monsignor?

He was just...

so emphatic.

My Spanish is quite poor,
and I may have accidentally

given him the impression
that you had seen a document

that contradicts that,
and he said

you weren't to worry, that--
and his exact words were...

A report? A report about what?

Withdrawn when?

That I couldn't say, Eminence.

Mm.

Third place.

Not what we had hoped.

Your sermon didn't exactly
help us, and your five votes.

You have
far too little support

to emerge as
a serious candidate.

Well, my position is
an embarrassment to me.

If I find out
who my supporters are,

I'll plead with them
to vote for someone else.

I'll tell them
I'll be voting for Aldo.

All right.

That leaves
31 votes available.

We simply have to pick up
most of them.

The Holy Father's turtles.

He was very fond of them.

A gift from Angola.

I thought
I was imagining them.

I love them.
They're so clever.

Well, here they keep escaping
and being run over.

We should go back.
The evening curfew.

And your health,
how are you bearing up?

My health is perfect.
Thank you.

I only meant have you
recovered from your journey?

- I have indeed.
- Good.

And in the Sistine,
you found someone to vote for?

Yes. I voted for you.

Forgive me.
Am I not supposed to say?

No, no, it's not that you...

No, I'm honored,
but, my dear Vincent--

May I call you Vincent?

I'm not a serious candidate.

My vocation lies
in a different...

After the conclave,
I hope to resign as dean

and then
leave Rome altogether.

Why?

I've been
experiencing difficulties.

With your faith?

Prayer.

I only mention it
to illustrate

my point that I'm in no way
worthy to be pope.

Come.

Aldo.

Aldo?

I-I feel wretched that
my-my meager tally of votes

may have come at your expense.

Hmm.

I had no idea
you were so ambitious.

Oh, that's
a ridiculous thing to say.

Is it?

Is it?

I thought we had your support.

If we liberals are not united,
Tedesco will become pope.

You have no idea
how bad it became, Thomas.

The way he and his circle

attacked the Holy Father
towards the end.

The smears,
the leaks to the press.

It was savage.

He fought him every single day
of his pontificate.

And now that he's dead,

he wants to destroy
his life's work.

If Tedesco becomes pope,

he will undo
60 years of progress.

Y-You talk as if you are
the only alternative.

- Well...
- But Adeyemi has
the wind behind him.

- Adeyemi? Adeyemi?
- Mm-hmm.

The man who believes
that homosexuals should be

sent to prison in this world
and hell in the next?

Adeyemi's not the answer
to anything, and you know it.

If you want
to defeat Tedesco...

"Defeat"?
This is a conclave, Aldo.

It's not a war.

It is a war!

And you have to commit
to a side!

Save your precious doubts
for your prayers.

You can't seriously believe

that I have the slightest
desire to become pope.

Oh, come on!

Every cardinal
has that desire.

Every cardinal, deep down,
has already chosen the name

by which he would like
his papacy to be known.

Well, I haven't.

Deny it if you like.

But search your heart,
and then tell me it isn't so.

The results of the second ballot are...

Cardinal Adeyemi, thirty-four votes.

Cardinal Tedesco, twenty-five votes.

Cardinal Bellini, eighteen votes.

Cardinal Tremblay, sixteen votes.

Cardinal Lawrence, nine votes.

Cardinal Benitez, two votes.

My brothers, in accordance with
the Apostolic Constitution

we proceed immediately to the next vote.

Thank you.

The results of the third ballot are...

Cardinal Adeyemi, fifty-two votes.

Cardinal Tedesco, thirty votes.

Cardinal Tremblay, ten votes.

Cardinal Bellini...

Brothers.

Please.

Thank you.

Cardinal Bellini, nine votes.

Cardinal Lawrence, five votes.

Cardinal Benitez, four votes.

Well, I take it
something has happened.

There's been an explosion,
Your Eminence,

in the Piazza Barberini.

- A bomb?
- It's unclear at the moment.

There are injuries.

No talk of fatalities, though.

We must say nothing

to the cardinal electors
about this, Ray.

We are sequestered,
and they must be shielded

from all news that may
influence their judgment.

- You understand?
- Of course, Your Eminence.

This is exactly
what I believe.

What am I supposed
to tell them in Milan

when they start to discover
our new pope's social views?

Tell your
congregation that they
should celebrate

the first African pope
in the history of the Church.

If Adeyemi was white,

we'd be all condemning him as
more reactionary than Tedesco.

Just only because
he's not white...

It's too late for all that.

It's too late.

What happened?

Oh, good afternoon, sister.

I would like
to speak to the nun

- who dropped her tray
just now.
- She's safe with me.

I'm dealing with
the situation, Dean.

I'm sure you are,
Sister Agnes,
but I must see her myself.

I hardly think a dropped tray

should concern the dean
of the College of Cardinals.

Even so, I...

The welfare of the sister
is my responsibility.

And this conclave is mine.

Please sit, my child.

My name is Cardinal Lawrence.

How are you feeling?

She's feeling much better.

Could you tell me your name?

Shanumi. Her name is Shanumi.

Please, please do sit down.

I-I really think
it would be better

if you let me deal
with the situation...

Would you be so good as to
leave us now, Sister Agnes?

Sister Shanumi,

I want you to understand
that, first of all,

you are not
in any kind of trouble.

The fact of the matter is
that I have a responsibility

before God to ensure
that the decisions
that we make here

are the right ones.

Now, it's important
you tell me anything
that is in your heart

or that is troubling you,

insofar as it relates
to Cardinal Adeyemi.

Can you do that for me?

Even if I give you
my assurance

it will go no further
than this room?

Would you like me to hear
your confession?

I'll be ready
in a moment, Dean.

- Shouldn't we be going?
- In a moment.

That sounds ominous.

If this is about
the incident downstairs,

I have no desire
to talk about it.

I am the victim
of a disgraceful plot

to ruin my reputation.

Someone brought
that woman here
and staged this melodrama.

She'd never left
Nigeria before,

and suddenly she's here
in the Casa Santa Marta...

Well, with respect, Joshua,
how she came here is secondary

to the issue of
your relationship with her.

I have no relationship to her!

I hadn't set eyes on her
in 30 years

until she turned up
outside my room last night!

It was a lapse, Dean.

A lapse.

"Let God grant us
a pope who sins

and asks forgiveness
and carries on."

- Your words.
- And the child?

The child?

The child was raised
in a Christian household.

And to this day,
he has no idea
who his father is,

if indeed it is me.

That is the child.

We were very young.

No, no, no, Joshua.

She was very young.
She was 19 years old.

- You were 30.
- Thomas.

Thomas.

Listen to me. Please.

I sensed the presence of
the Holy Spirit this morning,

I swear it.

I am ready
to take this burden.

D-Does a single...
single mistake 30 years ago

disqualify me?

Thomas, please.
I was a different man.

Please, I-I beg you,
d-do not use this to ruin me.

Joshua, that thought's
not worthy of you.

Shanumi will say nothing
to protect her son.

And I am bound by
the vows of the confessional.

So I still have hope.

No.

There is no hope.

After such a public scene,
there will be rumors,

and you know
what the Curia is like.

Nothing terrifies
our colleagues more than

the thought
of yet more sexual scandals.

I am more sorry
than I can say.

You will never be pope.

You must begin again.

But you are a good man.

I know you to be a good man,

and you will find a way
to atone.

Will you pray with me?

Yes, of course.

The results of the fifth ballot are...

Cardinal Tremblay, forty votes.

Cardinal Tedesco, thirty-four votes.

Cardinal Bellini, thirteen votes.

Cardinal Lawrence, eleven votes.

Cardinal Adeyemi, nine votes.

Cardinal Benitez, six votes.

My brothers...

My brothers, that concludes
the fifth ballot.

No candidate having achieved
the necessary majority

we shall resume voting tomorrow morning.

Yes, Ray?

The incident
this morning,
Your Eminence.

I have more information if...

No, I, too, must be shielded
from any knowledge which could

act as an interference in
the process of this conclave.

Of course, Your Eminence.

- Anything else?
- Uh...

Oh. Cardinal Benitez.

- His health problems.
- Mm-hmm.

He was issued
a round-trip ticket to Geneva,

paid for by
the pope's own account.

I checked
his visa application.

The purpose for travel was
given as "medical treatment."

Anyways, whatever it was,
it can't have been serious.

The ticket was canceled.
He never went.

All right. Thank you.

Forgive me, Your Eminence.

I know you said we should
forget about the matter

- of the withdrawn report.
- Yes.

But I-I wondered,

in light
of Cardinal Tremblay's
current position...

...I-I could see
if I could find out...

No, no,
I'm not a witchfinder.

It's not my job
to go hunting for secrets

in my colleagues' pasts.

Forgive me.

Please,
no more investigations.

I...

...think we've heard
enough secrets.

Let God's will be done.

Yes, of course.

Good night then,
Your Eminence.

Well,
is this really necessary?

I feel as if I'm at some
American political convention.

Well, it isn't
going to take long.

Our friend here doesn't have
sufficient support

amongst our colleagues
to be elected pope.

Well, it isn't over yet.

Well, I'm afraid,
as far as I'm concerned,
it is.

So, now the question arises:

If I can't win,

whom do I advise my supporters
to vote for?

Thomas, I am
no more an enthusiast

for Tremblay than you are.

But we have to face
the fact that...

We have to face the fact

that he has demonstrated
broad appeal.

- Maybe he'll be
a unifying force.
- No, no.

- What?
- Is this what
we're reduced to?

Considering
the least worst option?

But the field has narrowed.

If we don't change our vote,
we will be here for weeks.

And that's exactly
what Tedesco wants.

We had a pope
who was in the Hitler Youth

and fought for the Nazis.

We had popes
accused of colluding

with communists and fascists.

We had popes
who have ignored reports

of most appalling
sexual abuse of children!

Shh. Okay, shush.

We take the point.

The point is
we will never find a candidate

who doesn't have any kind
of black mark against them.

We're mortal men.

We serve an ideal.

We cannot always be ideal.

Then we're agreed.

We urge all our supporters
to back Tremblay.

Good.

The other night,
you were kind enough

to say that
you had voted for me.

Now, I don't know
if you've continued to do so,

but if you have, then I must
repeat my plea to you to stop.

Why?

Well, firstly, I lack
the spiritual depth
to be pope.

Secondly,
I couldn't possibly win.

A long, drawn-out conclave
would be seen by the media

as proof that
the Church is in crisis.

You have come
to ask me to vote
for Cardinal Tremblay?

Yes, I have and to urge
your supporters
to do the same.

Cardinal Tremblay already
spoke to me about this.

Oh, well, I'm sure he has.

You want me to vote for a man
you see as ambitious?

I do not want to see
Tedesco as pope.

He would take our Church back
to-to an earlier era.

I'm sorry,
but I cannot vote for a man

unless I deem him
the most worthy to be pope.

And for me,
that is not Tremblay.

It's you.

I don't want your vote!

Nevertheless, you have it.

Sister Shanumi is
on her way home to Nigeria.

There was a flight to Lagos
this evening,

and I thought it was best
for everyone if she was on it.

How did
Sister Shanumi
come to be in Rome?

I received notification

from the office
of the Superioress General

that she would be joining us.

The arrangement
were made in Paris.

You should ask Rue de Bac,
Your Eminence.

I would except, of course,

I am sequestered for
the duration of the conclave.

Then you should
ask them afterwards.

Uh, the information is
of value to me now.

Sister Agnes, I know that you
were close to the Holy Father.

When I tried
to resign as dean,
he wouldn't let me.

I couldn't understand
why at the time,
but now I think I do.

I think the Holy Father
knew he was dying,

and for some reason, he wanted
me to run this conclave.

Which is what
I'm trying to do.

For him.

I would like you
to withdrawyour name
from the next ballot.

You are not the right man
to be pope.

Well, 40 of our colleagues

would disagree with you
on that.

That's because
they don't know you as I do.

This is sad, Thomas.

I shall pray for you.

I know there was some kind of
report into your activities.

I know the Holy Father
raised the matter with you

hours before he died

and that he dismissed you
from all your posts,

and I know that
somehow you discovered

Adeyemi's surrender
to temptation 30 years ago

and that you arranged
for the woman involved

to be brought to Rome
with the express intention

of destroying Adeyemi's
chances of becoming pope.

I deny that accusation.

Well, you deny asking
our superioress

to transfer
one of her sisters to Rome?

No. I asked her.

- But not on my own behalf.
- Well, on whose behalf, then?

The Holy Father's.

Oh, you would libel
the Holy Father
in his own home?

It isn't libel.

It's the truth.

The Holy Father gave me
the name of a sister

and asked me to make a private
request to bring her to Rome.

I have no idea why,
and now you have chosen to...

You should be careful, Thomas.

Your own ambition
has not gone unnoticed.

This might be seen
as a tactic to blacken
the name of a rival.

Well, that's
a despicable accusation.

Is it?

I wonder...

if you really are
so very reluctant

to have the chalice
passed to you.

I shall pretend this
conversation never took place.

But it has taken place!

It's the report
on the activities of Tremblay.

It's an overwhelming
prima facie case

that he is guilty of simony,
which of course

is an offense stipulated
in the Holy Scriptures...

I'm aware of
what simony is. Thank you.

He only obtained all those
votes in the first ballot

because he bought them.

Cardenas, Diene,
Figarella, Baptiste.

And all this
in the last 12 months

when he must have guessed
the Holy Father's pontificate

was-was coming to an end.

How do we know that
this money wasn't used

for completely
legitimate purposes?

Because I've seen
no bank statements.

Dear God.

Seems the Holy Father
was spying on all of us.

He didn't trust anyone.

Where did you get this?

You broke the seals.

I felt I didn't have a choice.

I suspected Tremblay

of bringing
that poor woman from Africa
to embarrass Adeyemi.

You must continue
with your candidacy, Aldo.

Put them back.

Put them back.

Or burn them or...

Just put them back.

I could never become pope
in these circumstances.

A stolen document,
the smearing
of a brother cardinal?

I'd be
the Richard Nixon of popes.

Then stay clear of this.
Leave it to me.

I'm willing to handle
the consequences.

You know who's gonna benefit
most from this?

Tedesco.

The whole basis
of his candidacy

is that the Holy Father
led the Church to disaster

by his attempts at reform.

If you reveal this report,

it isn't Tremblay's reputation
that's going to suffer.

It's the Church's.

Accusing the Curia
of institutional corruption.

I thought we were here
to serve God, not the Curia.

Oh, don't be naive.

Put them back.

And have Tremblay as pope?

We've had worse.

What has he offered you?

Secretary of state?

Five times I cast my vote
for you, Aldo.

But I was wrong.

You lack the courage required
to be pope.

I will do that for you,
Your Eminence.

Oh.

How many copies
do you require?

Uh, 108.

You are responsible
for this, I believe.

No, Eminence. You are.

This report
is entirely mendacious!

It would never have seen
the light of day
if you had not

broken into the Holy Father's
apartment to remove it!

If the report is mendacious,
then why did the Holy Father,

in his last official act
as pope, ask you to resign?

He did no such thing.

As Monsignor Morales,
who was at the meeting...

And yet Archbishop Wozniak
insists the Holy Father...

The Holy Father,
may his name be numbered

among the high priests,

was a sick man
toward the end of his life,

as those of us who saw him
regularly can attest.

If I may join this amiable dialogue.

I want to remind you that

the names of eight cardinals
have been obscured.

Blacked out!

I assume the dean can tell us
who they are?

Let them tell us themselves

here and now.

Here and now!

If Cardinal Tremblay
requested their votes

in return for the money...

No, I won't do that.

Let each man examine
his conscience as I have.

I have no desire to create
bitterness in this conclave,

and I will be happy
to stand down as dean.

You see? You see?

Eminenze!

Eminenze!

Eminences.

Although we sisters are
supposed to be invisible,

God has nevertheless given us
eyes and ears.

I know what prompted
the dean of the College

to enter
the Holy Father's rooms.

He was concerned
that the sister from my order

that made
that regrettable scene

might have been
brought to Rome
with the deliberate intention

of embarrassing
a member of this conclave.

His suspicions were correct.

She was indeed here
at the specific request

of Cardinal Tremblay.

My brothers,

it's true.

But the Holy Father
asked me to.

I had no knowledge
who this woman was,

I swear to you.

Judas.

Traitor.

Seems that we're running
out of favorites.

You must take over
the supervision

of this election, Aldo.

Oh, no, thank you.

You are steering
this conclave.

Exactly where, I do not know.

But that firm hand of yours
has its admirers.

Thomas, I've come to ask
for your forgiveness.

I had the temerity

to tell you
to examine your heart,

when all the time,
it was my own that...

It's shameful.

To be this age
and still not know yourself.

Ambition,
the moth of holiness.

I'm sorry.

So, perhaps it's time
you decided upon a name.

As the next most senior member
of this conclave,

it will fall to me to ask you

how you wish
to be known as pope.

For better or for worse,

it would seem
that Tremblay is finished.

This is a contest
between Tedesco and you.

You're the only one
who can stop him now.

John.

I would choose John.

Everyone has been taken back

to the Casa Santa Marta,
Your Eminence.

No one was seriously hurt.
Some cuts, that's all.

Outside in the city,
how bad is it?

Oh, dear God.

At 11:20 this morning,

a car bomb exploded in

the Piazza del Risorgimento.

Shortly afterwards, as people
were fleeing the scene,

an individual with explosives
strapped to his body

detonated himself.

There are reports
of further attacks

in Leuven and Munich.

The current death
toll stands...

at 52.

Hundreds have been injured.

Well then.

Here at last we see the result of
the doctrine of relativism

so beloved by our liberal brothers!

A relativism that sees all
faiths and passing fancies

accorded equal weight.

So that now, when we look
around us, we see the homeland

of the Holy Roman Catholic Church

dotted with the mosques and minarets

of the prophet Muhammad!

- You should be ashamed.
- Ashamed?

- Ashamed.
- We should all be ashamed!

We tolerate Islam in our land,

but they revile us in theirs.

We nourish them in our homelands.

But they exterminate us.

How long will we persist in this weakness?

They are literally at our walls right now.

What we need now is a leader
who understands

that we are facing a true religious war.

Do not touch me!

Yes, a religious war.

We need a leader who will
put a stop to the drift

that has gone on almost ceaselessly
for the past fifty years.

How long will we have to
persist in this weakness,

how long?

We need a leader...

...who fights these animals!

Is this the man
you want to lead us?

My brother cardinal.

My brother cardinal.

With respect...

...what do you know about war?

I carried out my ministry
in the Congo.

In Baghdad, in Kabul.

I've seen the lines
of the dead and wounded,

Christian and Muslim.

When you say we have to fight,

what is it you think
we're fighting?

You think
it's those deluded men

who have carried out
these terrible acts today?

No, my brother.

The thing you're fighting is here...

inside each and every one of us,

if we give in to hate now,

if we speak of "sides"

instead of speaking
for every man and woman.

This is my first time here, amongst you,

and I suppose it will be my last.

Forgive me, but these last few days

we have shown ourselves to be
small petty men,

we have seemed concerned
only with ourselves,

with Rome,

with these elections, with power.

But these things are not the Church.

The Church is not tradition.

The Church is not the past.

The Church is what we do next.

We pray,

O Father, so that we may guide

and watch over Your Church.

Give to us, Your servants,

the blessings of intelligence,
truth and peace,

so that we may strive to know
Your will,

and serve You with total dedication.

For Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Bellini.

Benitez.

Lawrence.

Tedesco.

Lawrence.

Do you accept your canonical
election as Supreme Pontiff?

Do you accept your canonical
election as Supreme Pontiff?

I accept.

And by what name do you wish to be called?

Innocent.

Monsignor.

I'm sorry to interrupt.

Ray.

I think you should gather up
the cardinals' notes.

The sooner we light the stove,

the sooner the world will know
we have a new pope.

What is it?

It wasn't...

wasn't the outcome I expected.

No, but it's wonderful
all the same.

If it's my position
you're worried about,

I can reassure you
I feel nothing but relief.

Our new Holy Father will make
a much better pope

than I would ever have done.

I wonder if I could have
a word in private.

I should have told you
this morning when I found out,

but with everything that--

and I didn't dream

that Cardinal Benitez
would become...

Ray, please tell me
what's troubling you.

I found out...

Switzerland.

Cardinal Benitez's trip
to Switzerland.

Switzerland. The-the hospital
in Geneva, yes?

It wasn't a hospital.

It was a clinic.

A clinic for what?

Eminence, His Holiness won't get robed.

With permission.

- May I speak to you alone?
- Of course.

Gentlemen, let's clear the room.

I was waiting for you to come.

You must tell me
about this treatment

at the clinic in Geneva.

- Must I, Dean?
- Yes, you must.

Within the hour, you'll be the
most famous man in the world,

so please tell me.

What is your situation?

My situation, as you put it,

is the same as when
I was ordained a priest.

And when
I was made a cardinal.

But the treatment in Geneva?

There was no treatment.

I considered it.

I prayed for guidance
and decided against it.

But what would it have been,
this treatment?

It was called
a laparoscopic hysterectomy.

You have to understand.

When I was a child,
there was no way of knowing

my situation was
more complicated.

And life in the seminary is,
as you know,
a very modest one.

The truth is, there simply
was no reason to think

I was physically different
from the other young men.

Then, in my late 30s,

I had a surgery
to remove my appendix.

And that was
when the doctors discovered

that I had a uterus.

And ovaries.

Some would say
my chromosomes would define me

as being a woman.

And yet I'm also
as you see me.

It was a very
dark time for me.

I felt as if
my entire life as a priest

had been lived
in a state of sin.

Of course, I offered
my resignation
to the Holy Father.

I flew to Rome,
and I told him everything.

He knew?

Yes. He knew.

And he thought it acceptable
for you to continue

as an ordained minister?

We considered surgery
to remove the female parts
of my body.

But the night before
I was due to fly,

I realized I was mistaken.

I was who I had always been.

It seemed to me more of a sin
to change his handiwork

than to leave my body
as it was.

So you are still, um...

I am what God made me.

And perhaps
it is my difference
that will make me more useful.

I think again of your sermon.

I know what it is to exist

between
the world's certainties.