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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've 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.

Hmm.

Aldo...

I'm sorry.

Hmm.

No, go on. What
happened, do you know?

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

there had been warnings.

I don't know. 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 rumours

that he was going to resign.

The Curia.

Yes.

Okay.

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.

Mm-hmm.

But it was too late.

Mm-hmm.

And what time was this?

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 rumour 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.

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.

Is this really necessary, Willi?

Apparently so.

They say eavesdroppers
can use lasers

to read the vibrations
of 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... I wouldn't
have brought it up,

it's just he seemed so... upset.

Ray, we're going to be
sequestered from six o'clock.

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.

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.
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.

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?

No one is
ever well at our age.

True.

And you, huh?

How do you feel with your new,

er, responsibility?

Everything under control?

Yes, I believe so.

- Eminence Tedesco, may I?
- No.

See you later.

You're welcome.
See you later, Eminence.

Tell you
what, 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.

No.

You look tired.

Well, all this is...

a duty I thought I'd
never 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.

Wow, 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...
- Janusz.

- Four weeks ago.
- 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 rumours.

What rumours?

That 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?

Err... 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've 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 he thinks not.

Er, 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's 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, 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've forged it?

Well, err, where is he now?

A cardinal
in Afghanistan?

- Hmm.
- 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...

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

erm, 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, oh 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 wat 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...

Dean!

Goffredo.

Thomas.

Come.

Take some wine.

Thank you.

You look anxious.

Oh...

And we
haven't even begun yet.

Our new brother...

Did I hear
correctly, Afghanistan?

Yes.

A marvellous testament
to the Universal Church,

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,

Mm-hmm.

English there.

Yes.

French.

Divided by language.

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 centre cannot hold.

So what, the
next pope must be Italian?

Why not?

We haven't had an Italian pope for
more than 40 years. 40 years, Tommaso.

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 ballet.

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, hmm?

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 common-sense 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, um...

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
canvas 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.

Alright.

Rocco, you talk
to the Americans.

Villanueva, I'll 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... 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 we...
who... 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.

Hmm.

- You don't think that...
- No, well, I... I had to ask.

I understand, but no.

You... 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... do you want a
coffee?

No.

I'm shocked.

He told you this himself?

Yeah.

You don't think...?

Well, 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
judgement, hi-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, er, my apologies.

No, not at all.

I completely understand.

Erm...

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.

Goodnight, Joe.

Goodnight Thomas.

- Decano.
- Ah!

Oh, we're neighbours, Joshua.

Ah, it appears so.

I thought that I should,
er...

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?

Dear
Brothers in Christ,

at the 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.

St Paul said, 'Be
subject to one another

out of reverence for Christ.'

To work together, and to, er...

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 are 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...

To say something interesting?

I'll have a transcript
made of the recording.

Mm-hmm.

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

Eminence.

Yes, erm...

I... 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? I... 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
handwriting 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, 21 votes.

Cardinal Tedesco, 18 votes.

Cardinal Bellini, 17 votes.

Cardinal Tremblay, 16 votes.

Cardinal Lawrence, 5 votes.

Other cardinals assigned
a single vote, 31 votes

My brother cardinals,

that concludes the first ballot.

No candidate having achieved

the necessary
majority of 72 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.

The 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,
a 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.

Look into that, would you, Ray?

It's the kind of thing

the press like to get hold of.

Of course.

And the, erm...
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,

'El informe ha sido retirado.'

A report? A report about what?

Withdrawn when?

That... I couldn't
say, Eminence.

Hmm.

Third place.

Not what we had hoped.

Your sermon didn't exactly help
us and you have 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.

Alright.

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 honoured,
but... my dear Vincent,

may I call you Vincent?

I'm not a serious candidate.

My vocation lies in
a different... um...

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 meagre tally of votes

may have come at your expense.

Hmm.

I had no idea you
were so ambitious.

Well, 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're
the only alternative,

but Adeyemi has the
wind behind him.

- Adeyemi?
- Mm-hmm.

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.

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.

Oh, oh, Mother, an evil...

The results
of the second ballot are...

Cardinal Adeyemi, 34 votes.

Cardinal Tedesco, 25 votes.

Cardinal Bellini, 18 votes.

Cardinal Tremblay, 16 votes.

Cardinal Lawrence, 9 votes.

Cardinal Benitez, 2 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, 52 votes.

Cardinal Tedesco, 30 votes.

Cardinal Tremblay, 10 votes.

Cardinal Bellini...

Brothers.

Please.

Thank you.

Cardinal Bellini, 9 votes.

Cardinal Lawrence, 5 votes.

Cardinal Benitez, 4 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, but
no talk of fatalities.

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 judgement.

- You understand?
- Of course, Your Eminence.

This is exactly what I mean.

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 would be all condemning him

as more reactionary
than Tedesco?

It's only because
he's not white...

It's too late for all that.

It's too late.

What happened?

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.

With respect, Joshua,
ow 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.

Do... does a single...
single mistake 30 years ago

disqualify me?

Thomas, please, I
was a different man.

Please, I... I beg you, do...
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 rumours,

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, 40 votes.

Cardinal Tedesco, 34 votes.

Cardinal Bellini, 13 votes.

Cardinal Lawrence, 11 votes.

Cardinal Adeyemi, 9 votes.

Cardinal Benitez, 6 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?

Erm...

Oh, Cardinal Benitez...
who has 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'.

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

The ticket was
cancelled, he never went.

Alright. Thank you.

Forgive me, Your Eminence.

I know you said we should
forget about the matter

of the withdrawn report.

But I... I wondered...

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

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

No, I'm not a witch-finder.

It's not my job to go
hunting for secrets

in my colleagues' pasts.

Forgive me.

Please, no more
investigations, I...

I think we've heard
enough secrets.

Let God's will be done.

Yes, of course.

Goodnight then, Your Eminence.

Was 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.

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.

- 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've had a Pope who
was in the Hitler Youth

and fought for the Nazis.

We've had Popes accused of

colluding with
communists and fascists.

We've had Popes who
have ignored reports

of most appalling sexual
abuse of children!

Shh. Okay. Shh-shh!

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 arrangements
were made in Paris.

You should 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.

Err, 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.

Er, 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.

Will you deny asking our
Superioress to transfer

one of her sisters to Rome?

- No. I asked her.
- Hmm.

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

The Holy Father's.

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 offence 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 twelve 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 have seen
their 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 naïve!

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?

Er, 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.

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.

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.

It seems that
we're running out of favourites.

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 Louvain 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. 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 50 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...

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 wondered,

Christian and Muslim.

Would you say we have to fight?

What is it you think
we're fighting?

Do you think it's
those deluded men

who had 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 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 total dedication.

For Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Bellini.

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 will 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 realised 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, erm...

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.

Hmm.