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Amen.

He is with God.

The throne of the Holy See
is vacant.

Aldo.

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.

Aldo, I'm sorry.

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 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.

But it was too late.

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've prepared a timeline
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.

Well, Dean, it seems
the responsibility for the conclave

falls upon you.

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?
- He didn't say.

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.

Father Bellini.

Aldo.

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

Oh, well, you know,
fairly dreadful.

Have you seen the papers?

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.

Sorry, my train
was delayed from Venice.

But don't worry.

My friends have kept me
well-informed.

No one is ever well
at our age, no?

And you?

How do you feel
with your new...?

Responsabilita?

Everything under control?

No!

See you later.

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 timeline.

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 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.

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.

You don't think
he could have forged it?

Where is he now?

A cardinal in Afghanistan?

It's absurd.

How many Catholics are there
in Afghanistan?

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.

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

Eminences, before we eat,

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

whose existence was
not known to any of us,

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.

Amen.

Please come.

This is your...

Here, come.

Lawrence!

Oh, I have...

- Goffredo.
- Tommaso.

Take some wine.

Grazie.

You look anxious.

Our new brother...

Divided by language.

Ecco...

Things fall apart.

The center cannot hold.

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...

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...
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...
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.

You can ask
Monsignor Morales.

He was at the meeting.

Well, I would,
but at the moment,

we happen to be sequestered.

Can you think
of any reason why

Archbishop Wozniak would
circulate such a story?

No, I can't.

I really...
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, 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'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, my apologies.

No, not at all.

I completely understand.

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.

Oh, we are neighbors, Joshua.

It appears so.

I thought that I should...

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.

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 grow together,

we must be tolerant.

No one person 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.

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.

If...
If there's nothing else.

- Grazie. Grazie.
- Eminence.

Yes...

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.

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.

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.

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?

Look into that,
would you, Ray?

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

Of course.

And the...
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.

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.

I'll 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 feel wretched that
my meager tally of votes

may have come
at your expense.

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.

You talk as if you are
the only alternative.

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

Adeyemi? Adeyemi?

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.

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 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.

Does a single...
single mistake 30 years ago

disqualify me?

Thomas, please.
I was a different man.

Please, I beg you,
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.

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?

Cardinal Benitez.

His health problems.

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 wondered,

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

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!

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 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.

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 withdraw your 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 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.

How many copies
do you require?

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.

Blacked out!

If Cardinal Tremblay
requested their votes

in return for the money...

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.

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.

- You should be ashamed.
- Ashamed?

- Ashamed.
- We should all be ashamed!

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.

Amen.

Bellini.

Benitez.

Lawrence.

Tedesco.

Lawrence.

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 hospital in Geneva, yes?

It wasn't a hospital.

It was a clinic.

A clinic for what?

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

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...

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.