Lakota, political prisoner 1 03592R.
Report to commandant's office.
Political prisoner 1 03592R.
Report to commandant's office.
Theodor.
Prisoner 1 03592R. Report!
Mr. George Faber, Eminence.
It was good of you to come, Mr. Faber.
A summons from the Vatican is a very important event.
-PIease, sit down. -Thank you.
Mr. Faber, we wouId Iike to offer you a story.
An excIusive story.
-With the usuaI strings, Eminence? -And a few more this time.
WeII, I'd Iike to know what they are first.
The story's poIiticaI. Very poIiticaI.
We need a certain reserve, a certain discretion in its presentation.
We've known each other a Iong whiIe. I stand on my reputation.
Oh, it's a good reputation, Mr. Faber.
But you have to take the story as I give it to you, or Ieave it.
If you Ieave it, I'II hand it to the French.
I'd Iike it to break from an American source...
...preferabIy on teIevision.
-It's an interview, then? -That's right.
You can't bind me too cIoseIy, Eminence.
I can't aIways controI what a person might say.
Yes or no?
If that's the best you can do, Eminence.
The very best.
KiriI PavIovich.
Piotr IIych Kamenev.
Good evening, premier.
It's a Iong way from the Lubianka prison, isn't it, KiriI?
Sit down, pIease.
Thank you.
WiII you drink with me?
If you wish.
Why have you brought me here?
I was curious to know how the years had treated you.
-Is that aII? -No.
You have haunted me, KiriI, for 20 years.
Think back to the Lubianka.
It was a kind of mutuaI heII, wasn't it?
I, the tormentor. You, the tormented.
The man in the mirror...
...the man who Iooked into the mirror.
At the end, neither of us knew which was which, correct?
Correct.
I took you to pieces Iike a watch...
...and put you together again.
It was a very intimate experience.
I have never been abIe to forget it.
May I ask you a question?
You never hesitated before.
That's true.
This is you.
PoIiticaI prisoner 1 03592R, KiriI PavIovich Lakota.
AII of you is here, from the day you were born untiI now.
Except the answer to one question.
What you have Iearned in 20 years of confinement.
That is a big question, Piotr IIych.
The answer is important to me, you now.
What I have Iearned?
I have Iearned that without some kind of Ioving...
...a man withers Iike a grape on a dying vine.
Is that aII?
I'm trying to Iearn more.
Have you Iearned enough to face freedom?
I have been free for a Iong time.
Not entireIy, perhaps.
But you stiII haven't answered my question.
Why have you brought me here?
I want to show you a worId gone mad.
Come.
Chinese mobilization is now 80 percent complete.
The map indicates three new divisions moving to the border of the Soviet Union.
lncreased crop failures in large areas of China...
...now make famine an absolute certainty.
As a result, reports show that the Chinese are preparing for thrusts...
...into the rice bowl areas of Burma, Thailand, North Vietnam...
...and a simultaneous takeover of Hong Kong.
The United States 7th Fleet is deployed in battle position...
...in the China Sea.
And four missile-carrying submarines of advanced design...
...have been added to the fleet.
Every day we ask ourseIves what we can do about it...
...before the nightmare turns itseIf into a mushroom cIoud bIotting out the sun.
You see this feIIow here.
He may not Iook Iike much, but do not be deceived.
He's the Ieader of the Chinese peopIe.
And sure though he undoubtedIy is...
...in three months' time, he may not be abIe to feed them.
It's a mad worId in which we starve a great country into an atomic war.
I'm sending you back into this worId, KiriI PavIovich.
What do you mean?
We're going to reIease you.
ReIease me?
-I don't under-- -We've made a deaI for your freedom.
DeaI?
I am party to no deaI.
You are, you know.
You're a man under authority. You have aIways been.
The authority makes the deaI. You wiII accept it, see?
Why have you brought me here to teII me this?
Because you are a simpIe man who has haunted--
No, that is not enough!
Because wherever you are...
...I wiII know there is one man who knows me as weII as I know him...
...and who can teII the truth about Piotr IIych Kamenev...
...and his Russia.
You must not hope to use me.
I don't.
Tovarich premier...
...this is Father TeIemond of the Vatican Secretariat of State.
-Your ExceIIency. -Here is your man.
KiriI PavIovich Lakota, former archbishop of Lvov.
-My Iord, archbishop. -Oh, pIease.
Your passport, my Iord.
As from this moment...
...it is understood that His Lordship is a citizen of the Vatican City State.
And enjoys dipIomatic immunity untiI his exit from the Soviet Union.
First, KiriI PavIovich is to be informed of the other conditions of his reIease.
Which are?
That the Vatican wiII pubIish onIy the simpIe fact...
...of Archbishop Lakota's reIease.
That Archbishop Lakota wiII make no pubIic statement...
...regarding conditions or persons in the Soviet Union.
I cannot accept these conditions.
But they have been accepted for you.
To your Iiberty, Your ExceIIency.
To my exiIe.
How soon do we get to Rome, Father?
About an hour and a haIf.
And then?
You'II be Iodged at a Ukrainian coIIege.
You're supposed to be received immediateIy by the HoIy Father.
You are feeIing unweII, Father?
No, I've an enemy in my bIood. One day it wiII kiII me, so they say.
-I'm sorry to hear that. -WouId you care for a drink?
One has to Iearn to get used to the idea.
You are-- You are writing a book?
Oh, I wish I were. No, no.
My works are under examination by a speciaI pontificaI commission.
Why?
For years, I've been forbidden to teach or to pubIish anything.
I was suspected of hoIding opinions dangerous to the faith.
How did you get this job?
I was kicked into a sacred congregation to keep me out of mischief.
No, in fact, I'm an anthropoIogist.
I spent a Iong time in Asia.
I saw the worId there expIoding into miIIions of hungry mouths.
I had to ask myseIf...
...what kind of wisdom the Church had to cope with this expIosion.
So I start writing, and I became a phiIosopher.
And you--
You have written many books?
-Ten. -Oh, 1 0?
-How many pubIished? -None.
Scandinavian Airlines...
...announced the arrival of their flight SK68 1 from Moscow and Copenhagen.
-Passengers will be arriving at gate 1 0. -Hi.
The power of the human eye.
-What are you doing here? -I've never watched you work. I'd Iike to--
I toId you this was serious. No one shouId know.
-Can't I just watch? -No, honey.
HaIf the Vatican's up there waiting for me.
Oh, and am I not presentabIe?
George... .
Yeah.
Wait at the coffee bar for me.
I won't wait.
-We'II have dinner tonight. -I don't know, George.
Now, I have to go. I... .
Look, I'II caII you.
Eminence.
How do you do?
Now, just-- Just a few questions, ExceIIency.
When were your first informed of your reIease?
Last night, in Moscow.
Were you surprised?
WeII, I was shocked.
Were you iII-treated during your confinement?
Not for a Iong time now.
More recentIy, I've been working in heavy industry.
To that extent, then, you did submit yourseIf to the system?
Insofar, Mr. Faber, as any system provides...
...bread, work and dignity, I am prepared to cooperate with it.
These things are good in themseIves, whether they exist in Rome or in Siberia.
And bread, work and dignity do exist in Siberia.
Were you permitted to practice your ministry as a priest?
No, I-- I practiced it without permission, among my feIIow prisoners.
Do you see any hope for the day when Christian faith...
...specificaIIy, the Roman CathoIic faith may be practiced in Marxist countries?
I have no inside information...
...as to how the kingdom of God is going to be estabIished.
WeII, that's enough. Thank you very much.
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you.
I think, Eminence, you may have caught yourseIf a Tartar.
I think we may have caught a Christian.
Oh, thank you.
The most Reverend KiriI Lakota, MetropoIitan Archbishop of Lvov.
Our brother KiriI.
Twenty years, and God has given him back to us.
-Sit down, sit down. -Thank you, HoIiness.
-You are weII, strong? -I am very weII, HoIiness.
-You had a good journey? -Very good.
You were properIy received here? Your rooms are comfortabIe?
Oh, I'm treated Iike a prince.
As, indeed, you are.
Now we announce it.
Our brother KiriI is created cardinaI priest...
...in the titIe of St. Athanasius.
Your HoIiness...
...I beg you to dispense me from this honor.
You do not know me.
You cannot know what the years have done to me.
But why? It is the highest honor we can bestow.
You have served the faith. Defended it.
I do not wish to dispute authority.
But I can be of no use to you here.
That is for us to decide.
In any future deaIings with the KremIin, you may be invaIuabIe.
We have arranged for you to work here in our Secretariat of State.
ExceIIency, you must take your pIace with us now.
I beg Your HoIiness...
...to give me a simpIe mission where I can be with simpIe men.
I think we need to be private a whiIe with Brother KiriI.
There is a Iegend about you that once you were asked to deny the faith.
And they tied up seven priests and shot them.
Shot them before your eyes.
And stiII you wouId not deny the faith.
Is that story true?
I try not to Iook back on that or other days, HoIiness.
God is with you, my brother.
I beIieve that God has sent you.
Trust us to make the best use of you.
But first, you must stiII be honored.
KneeI.
You are created cardinaI priest in the titIe of St. Athanasius.
-Lydia. Lydia. -Excuse me, madame.
Oh, there you are.
-Marchesa. -HeIIo, Mr. Faber.
Do you have a cigarette?
I was teIIing this young woman she shouId settIe down and get married.
Don't you agree, Mr. Faber?
I don't presume to give advice to young women.
They very seIdom take it, anyway.
You are very discreet.
A necessary virtue. Rome's a very smaII town.
And it's fuII of gossip.
Lydia worries about me, George.
You're very Iucky to have such a soIicitous friend.
I am an oId-fashioned woman, Mr. Faber.
I beIieve in Iife, Iove and the pursuit of happiness.
But you have to know the ruIes of the game.
You mustn't underrate my husband, Marchesa.
He knows aII the ruIes.
Dr. Faber.
Mario, get some drinks or something.
I'm sorry to be Iate, but haIf Rome seems to have scarIet fever.
Oh, don't worry. I'm weII-washed and disinfected.
How are you?
Oh, I'm fine.
-I came with Mario. -Yes, I saw.
He's very handsome. Don't you think so, George?
Yes, he's very handsome.
How oId is he?
WeII, I think you ought to ask him yourseIf, Ruth.
I'm sure that Marchesa wouId be gIad to give you an introduction.
Oh, no.
Whatever eIse I may be, I'm a reaIist about my age.
Excuse me, Marchesa.
George.
Marchesa.
Chiara.
You see, she's reaIIy awfuIIy mean to him.
-You're very witty tonight. -Thank you.
I didn't mean it as a compIiment.
You mean, you don't approve of me?
I don't, Ruth, when you're unreasonabIy jeaIous.
I'm unreasonabIy jeaIous because jeaIousy makes me unreasonabIe.
-Your Eminence. -May I come in?
PIease do.
-Am I interrupting something? -Not at aII.
My congratuIations.
Thank you.
-May I have your coat? -PIease.
What a surprise.
This caIIs for a ceIebration. May I offer you a drink?
Oh, that wouId be nice.
Frascati.
What--? What is that?
I found it in the Vatican Museum. This is a vegetabIe.
-OnIy a thousand years young. -Oh, reaIIy?
But this is IoveIy here, this fish.
-More than 200 miIIion years oId. -No?
Father, are you sure you are getting the best medicaI care?
The doctors, they don't know anything. They're Iike auto mechanics.
-Why don't you sit down. -Oh, no, don't be siIIy.
-Sorry for the mess. -Thank you.
So your hearing is set for tomorrow, huh?
Ten-thirty. Did you have a chance to read my book?
Yes, I did.
WeII, I'm not going to die from the truth.
I found very IittIe of the Christian faith, as I know it, in your book.
For 20 years, that faith aIone kept me aIive.
Go on.
I found it...
...specuIative, dangerous...
...and fuII of... .
-Heresy. -It--
It chaIIenges the faith.
For instance, Jesus Christ speaks of the redemption of the souI.
I find not one mention of the word ''souI'' in your writings.
But it's there, onIy under another name!
Why change a name if you're not afraid of it?
To express in modern terms...
...reaIity and truth more cIearIy.
WeII, Father, if you truIy beIieve that...
...why did you remain a priest?
-Are you accusing me of dishonesty? -I'm not accusing you of anything.
That is for you to answer.
But are you sure you are honest with yourseIf?
I'm under a death sentence. I cannot afford to be otherwise.
-May I offer you another drink? -No. No, thank you.
You know, David, for many men, beIief is a pIace to crawI for safety.
Of course, they wiII fear and accuse you.
Your writings are a danger to their safety.
I'm not afraid of being accused.
I'm onIy afraid of being siIenced.
You know, even God has not spoken his Iast word about his own creation.
WouId you Iike to hear some Shostakovich?
That wouId be fine.
Eminence, you are destroying me before the commission does.
Oh, David, that was not my intention.
No, as a matter of fact, after I read your book Iast night...
...I couIdn't sIeep.
I saw a briIIiant mind reaching out to the Iast frontiers of thought.
A pIace where I wouIdn't venture.
I came to wish you weII tomorrow.
I wiII say my mass for you.
Thank you.
This...
...is Father TeIemond.
So this is a commission, and not a tribunaI.
Its object is to examine the content of your works...
...to see if they conform to fundamentaI Christian doctrine.
You, yourseIf, are not on triaI.
And I beg you to beIieve your presence here is no refIection on your reputation.
I'm gIad to hear it, Eminence.
Here's the first probIem, Father.
It runs right through aII your work.
What are you? PhiIosopher? TheoIogian, poet, scientist?
How are we to judge you?
Judge me as one man, trying to answer the questions of every man.
Which are?
Who am I? Why am I here? Where am I going?
Is there any sense in beauty? In ugIiness?
In terror? In suffering? In the daiIy deaths...
...which make up the pattern of existence.
-There speaks the poet. -Why onIy the poet?
Why not the theoIogian and the scientist?
They breathe too. They die too.
Then you start us, Father.
I've dug down through the crust of God's earth.
There's a Iong record of Iife written there.
A record fuII of wonders.
Dinosaur or fIying reptiIes, giant moIes. AII gone.
But the Iine is cIear...
...traced by the creative finger of God.
And it aIways points in the same direction, to us:
The knowing man, the thinking man.
And it points beyond us.
To what? Either this worId is a tragic trap...
...in which man Iives without hope and dies without dignity...
...or it is Iike TeiIhard de Chardin wrote many years ago...
...a great becoming...
...in which mankind is thrust towards a gIorious compIetion in Christ.
I beIieve in the pIan of compIetion.
I beIieve in the future union of the worId with the Cosmic Christ.
Let me waIk in your country for a whiIe, Father.
The dinosaur disappeared from history. Why?
We are not sure.
The evidence points to the fact that he was a creature...
...adapted to a speciaI environment.
When the environment changed, he died out.
How?
Sometimes by disease. Sometimes by vioIence.
When creatures stronger than himseIf devoured him.
So the finger of God writes vioIence and destruction too?
Yes. They are part of the pattern of growth.
Of evoIution.
The deer is a very proIific creature.
It wouId eat the Iands bare. The Iion tears the deer down.
-So the baIance of nature is preserved. -Right.
Now we come to this. TaIking about man...
...you caIIed him a very speciaI animaI.
The animaI who knows, and knows that he knows.
ExactIy. Now, down in our museum is the skuII of a prehistoric man.
His skuII is broken by a stone ax.
He was obviousIy kiIIed by one of his feIIows.
Yes, I've seen it.
-An act of vioIence, yes? -Yes.
An act of destruction, yes?
Committed by a thinking and knowing creature?
Yes.
Is it the same act as the shooting of a man in a back aIIey in Paris?
EssentiaIIy, yes.
And that act, too, is a part of the design of God?
The design incIudes it.
You did not answer ''yes'' to that question. Why?
Because I see where you are Ieading me.
ExactIy. We are Ieading you to the probIem of good or eviI.
Right or wrong in the Christian sense.
The kiIIing of that Stone Age man by another man:
-Was it right or wrong? -I don't know.
I beg your pardon, Father.
-You don't know? -No, I don't.
It might have been an act imposed upon him...
...by the necessities of a time and pIace of which we know very IittIe.
Imposed by the evoIutionary pIan?
Yes.
-In other words, by God's pIan? -Yes.
So God is the author of sin and eviI.
That's heresy, Father.
No, it is not heresy.
The reaIity is this:
For certain primitive tribes...
...murder was a reIigious act. For us, it is a crime.
The growth from one attitude to another is evidence of a divine pIan.
Even today, too many Christians justify mass murder under the name of war.
Tomorrow, pIease God, they wiII outIaw war too, as a crime.
-What is it? -Forgive me, Eminence.
His HoIiness, the pope, has coIIapsed.
PauIo, you and Lou get the van and go to St. Peter's.
In the square! Get there, wouId you?
-Did George Ieave a number? -No. ShaII I ring his home?
No. No. WouId you ring the Press CIub?
And if you faiI there, just try this other number, wiII you?
I may be Iate again tonight, Ruth.
WiII you see her for supper or at her apartment?
We shouId at Ieast share the chores.
I mean, you couId dump every second dirty shirt on her.
-AII right, Ruth. Stop it. -Stop what?
Stop being vuIgar. I guess that's what I mean.
Pardon me.
When you go to her, does she Iet you in or do you use your key?
Wanna count my keys, Ruth?
Here's the key to the fiIIing cabinet, to the front door--
Stop seeing her. Just don't see her anymore.
-Sign the check-- -I don't have to sign anything.
Don't teII me if she's a paid IittIe tart or an unpaid IittIe tart. Just fix it. Now.
You pick a heII of a time to go into things.
I'm on the air in 47 minutes.
Brian, this is George. About the--
George, you are the Iast journaIist in Europe...
...to know that the pope is dying.
Why didn't you caII me?
Where are you, George?
We tried the other number.
I'II be right over.
-Brian, I-- -Just give us a IeveI, wouId you, George?
-One, two, three, four, five. -AII right.
Ten seconds, Mr. Faber.
Three, two, one.
You're on, George.
This is George Faber, overIooking St. Peter's Square in Rome.
The HoIy Father has coIIapsed.
Dr. CarIo AntoneIIi, one of the top heart speciaIists in Rome...
...arrived at the Vatican this afternoon.
And there has been a report...
...that an oxygen cyIinder has been caIIed for.
An inexhaustibIe, anxious worker...
...possibIy one of the most seIf-criticaI pontiffs of this century.
The beII toIIs.
The pope is dead.
Listen to the beII.
This is the death kneII...
...that rings from the Arco deIIe Campane onIy for the pontiff.
Listen. There is a second beII.
Soon these beIIs wiII be joined by beIIs over the city.
AII over every city. AII over the worId.
The pope is dead.
The CarmerIengo wiII announce it.
The master of ceremonies, the notaries, the doctors...
...wiII consign him under signature into eternity.
His ring wiII be defaced.
The seaIs wiII be broken.
The papaI apartments wiII be Iocked and seaIed.
WhiIe the beIIs are stiII ringing...
...the pontificaI body wiII be handed over to the embaImers...
...so that it may be a seemIy object for the veneration of the faithfuI.
They wiII pIace his body...
...between white candIes in the Sistine ChapeI...
...whiIe the nobIe guard maintains the death watch...
...under MicheIangeIo's frescoes of the Iast judgment.
On the third day...
...they wiII bury him, cIothed in fuII pontificaIs...
...with a miter on his head...
...a purpIe veiI covering his face.
And a red ermine bIanket to warm him in the crypt.
They wiII seaI him in three coffins.
One of cypress...
...one of Iead, to keep him from the damp...
...and to carry his certificate of death.
The Iast one, of eIm...
...so that he may seem at Ieast Iike other men...
...who go to the grave in a wooden box.
The pope is dead.
They will mourn him with nine days of masses...
...and give him nine absolutions...
...of which, having been greater than other men in his life...
...he may have greater need after his death.
It is strange.
When a president dies, he's repIaced within an hour.
When a king dies, Iong Iive the king.
When a pope dies, everything stops.
David, the reason I caIIed you...
...is I'm toId I wiII need a secretary for the concIave.
I... .
I wondered if you wouId accept the position.
It's a great honor, Eminence.
But I'm afraid I'm the wrong man.
-Why? -I'm under suspicion.
WeII, there's been no verdict, no judgment.
The commission is suspended tiII the new pope is eIected.
And who wiII that be?
Whoever stands on that baIcony, I hope he wiII pubIish my books.
WouId RinaIdi make a good pope?
He's a IoveIy man.
But I think we need a man of our time.
Then CardinaI Leone.
I'm afraid I'm the wrong one to ask about CardinaI Leone.
Let us go to Iunch.
Who, then?
In any case, it has to be an ItaIian.
Yes, I suppose so.
I'm an oId man, VaIerio.
-I have buried three popes. -We are aII too oId.
There are not more than haIf a dozen of us who can give the Church...
...what it needs at this moment.
-Forgive me, Father. I mean, Eminence. -Forgive me.
-Do you think you are one of them? -One what?
One of the haIf dozen.
I know I'm not.
Do you think I have a chance of eIection?
-I hope not. -Don't worry. I know I haven't.
HoId the Iamp.
You know, VaIerio, I shouId have been a country priest...
...with just enough theoIogy to hear confession...
...and just enough Latin to get through Mass.
I wouId sit in front of my church on summer evenings...
...and taIk about the crops.
Hey, give me the Iamp. Franko.
Eminence.
Thank you, Eminence.
Franko!
And what am I now?
A waIking encycIopedia of dogma.
A theoIogicaI dictionary on two Iegs.
Each of us has his own cross.
That Iooks very comfortabIe.
Do you know what mine is? My cross, I mean.
To be rich and content and fuIfiIIed...
...and to know that I have deserved none of it.
And that when I'm caIIed to judgment...
...I must depend utterIy on the mercy of God.
We are what we are.
And God must take up the responsibiIity, even for theoIogians.
Now, teII me...
...where do we go for our pope?
The CardinaIs of the Sacred CoIIege have assumed trusteeship...
...over the Church untiI a new pope is eIected.
From all over the world cardinals will come...
... weighed down with years and authority...
... to put on the scarlet of princes and sit in the conclave...
...for the election of the successor of St. Peter.
As soon as he's elected...
... the new pope will choose the date for his coronation...
...a spectacle that will bring people from every corner of the earth.
Outside this small enclave of the Vatican...
... the world is in a climate of crisis...
...and we may soon be involved in an atomic war.
But for the men in the Vatican there is only one question:
Who will stand in the shoes of the fisherman?
Who will preserve and proclaim the message of Christ...
... to the men who live in this troubled and dubious 20th century?
Behind the Iocked doors of the Vatican...
...there wiII be two baIIots daiIy.
One in the morning and one in the afternoon.
If the vote is unsuccessfuI...
...then the papers are burned with wet straw...
...and the smoke from the chapeI wiII be bIack.
If the vote is successfuI, the baIIots are burned dry...
...and white smoke wiII rise.
And the vice regent of the AImighty wiII be accIaimed by the peopIe.
This is George Faber in Rome.
Good night.
We've got some footage on the cardinaIs. You can see that in B.
Not much on the favorites, I'm afraid. Leone and the Romans.
You know, you did cut it a bit fine tonight, George.
So you mean your Iife wouId be a Iot easier...
...if I couId be found at one number, nameIy my home number.
Yes, it wouId. A Iot easier. So wouId yours.
You're the protocoI expert. How did the British do in the oId heydays...
...when they wanted to break off reIations?
Don't they teach you things Iike that at Cambridge?
Not at Cambridge. We Iearned it Iater in the cIub.
It's advisabIe, oId Iad, to choose neutraI ground.
NeutraI ground?
-What about a cathedraI? -Oh, boy.
Maybe a zoo?
For His Eminence, CardinaI Leone, 29.
For His Eminence, CardinaI CoIumbi, 1 5.
For His Eminence, CardinaI Fracci, 1 2.
Insufficient for eIection.
For His Eminence, CardinaI Leone, 23.
For His Eminence, CardinaI Peumens, 1 9.
For His Eminence, CardinaI RinaIdi, 1 4.
Insufficient for eIection.
After the sixth baIIot, stiII onIy bIack smoke...
...from the window of the Sistine ChapeI.
All we know for certain is that none of the favorites is likely to be elected.
Now it could be any one of the Cardinals.
And now it could take an indefinite time to elect him.
Meanwhile, the delay begins to cause waves of crisis around the world...
...as the concern deepens.
Who will be the next pope?
That's a question for us too, tovarich. Important question.
There are bigger ones. Much more immediate too.
What difference does it make who ruIes one square miIe in the center of Rome?
Whoever he may be, speaks with the voice of God...
...for a quarter of the worId.
WiII that change stones into bread for miIIions of Chinese?
UnIess they're fed, we go to war.
That is my point, tovarich.
If we get a vioIent enemy in Rome, he can do us more harm than you can reaIize.
If we get a man who is reasonabIe, he can be of enormous advantage.
EspeciaIIy in the mess we face now.
So...
...you turn to magic. Roman magic Iike that.
What's happened to you, Piotr IIych?
I wiII teII you.
I suppose it happens to every man who sits in the center chair.
I've come to the end of the book of ruIes.
There wiII be universaI massacre in a matter of months.
And I have run out of mathematics.
RevoIution is in the air and we are not prepared for it.
Our young priests are prepared.
They're finding ways to Iive with change and make changes.
Yes. Sometimes they frighten me.
But, why? They see injustice and want to correct it.
And they may make more, through ignorance and inexperience.
Our friend Lakota, here, shouId be an expert on revoIution.
Oh, no. I am no expert.
But you have Iived under a revoIutionary regime.
WeII, that is not quite right. Marxism in Russia is very conservative.
Their revoIution is for export now.
Our probIem is to match them with our own product.
-Which is? -Oh, no, pIease.
-PIease, I wouId rather Iisten. -No, we wouId Iike to hear you.
Yes. Yes, indeed.
We shouId manufacture the authentic Christian revoIution.
Work for aII, bread for aII, dignity for aII men.
But without vioIence.
WeII...
...excuse me, but vioIence...
...is a reaction against the situation that has become...
...intoIerabIe. Isn't it?
WeII...
...in the camps in Siberia, we were starved and brutaIized.
I stoIe.
I stoIe some bread.
I fed it, crumb by crumb, to a man whose jaw had been broken by a guard.
I--
I fought the guard to save my friend.
I couId have kiIIed him.
That was a terrifying experience. I, a bishop...
...couId have kiIIed a man.
So as a bishop, you wouId give your approvaI to sociaI disorder?
I might be forced to accept it as a price for sociaI change. Yes.
You are waIking a moraI tightrope.
We aII have to waIk it. That is what we pay for being men.
But what if you had kiIIed the guard?
I don't know.
I-- I don't know, Eminence.
I do know we are in action in a brutaI worId.
The chiIdren of God are ours to protect and if we have to fight...
...we fight.
I--
I think I've taIked too much.
-Good night, Eminence. -Good night, Your Eminence.
Rest weII.
KiriI.
My brothers.
We have aIready faiIed seven times to reach an eIection.
I stand now to cIaim a right under Canon Law.
In aII humiIity...
...I procIaim to you my beIief that there is among us a man...
...aIready marked by God to sit in the chair of St. Peter.
Like the first of the ApostIes...
...this man has suffered prison and stripes for the faith.
The hand of God has Ied him out of bondage to join us in this concIave.
I announce him...
...as my candidate and dedicate to him my vote...
...and my obedience.
KiriI, CardinaI Lakota.
Thank you, Eminence, but I--
I cannot consent to it.
I, too, procIaim him.
I aIso procIaim him.
-No, pIease. PIease, pIease wait. -I aIso procIaim him.
I procIaim him.
PIease, time has passed me by.
-I, too, procIaim him. -And I procIaim him.
-I, too, procIaim him. -I beg you!
-And I procIaim him. -I, too, procIaim him.
-For the Iove of God! -I, too, procIaim him.
I procIaim him.
PIease, reconsider what you are doing.
Do you accept eIection?
You must answer now.
Do you accept eIection?
I--
I accept.
And may God have mercy on me.
How do you chose to be caIIed?
We chose to be caIIed by our name.
KiriI.
It was the name of the saint who first...
...carried the GospeI into our country.
Your HoIiness.
How do you do? What are we--?
CongratuIations, Your HoIiness.
What...?
Undress, pIease, HoIiness.
-The cross. -Thank you.
Excuse me.
-What is your name? -GeIasio, HoIiness.
I'm KiriI Lakota.