Pope The Most Powerful s01e06 Courage, Change.eng Movie Subtitles

1 00:00:02,836 --> 00:00:05,806 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:05,872 --> 00:00:07,212 ♪ 3 00:00:07,307 --> 00:00:11,177 male narrator: One of the most powerful men on Earth 4 00:00:11,244 --> 00:00:12,584 holds a position that has existed 5 00:00:12,679 --> 00:00:15,649 for nearly 2,000 years. 6 00:00:15,715 --> 00:00:18,745 ♪ 7 00:00:18,852 --> 00:00:22,262 As the world changes and faith evolves, 8 00:00:22,355 --> 00:00:25,325 his authority remains. 9 00:00:25,392 --> 00:00:28,162 What began with one apostle 10 00:00:28,228 --> 00:00:30,658 has become 1.2 billion followers 11 00:00:30,730 --> 00:00:33,170 under one man. 12 00:00:33,233 --> 00:00:35,443 He is the head of the Catholic Church, 13 00:00:35,535 --> 00:00:38,035 the pope, 14 00:00:38,104 --> 00:00:40,444 and this is his path to power. 15 00:00:40,540 --> 00:00:47,450 ♪ 16 00:01:20,580 --> 00:01:22,820 In this episode, 17 00:01:22,916 --> 00:01:25,646 a young man of faith 18 00:01:25,752 --> 00:01:28,922 challenges the tyranny of communism, 19 00:01:28,988 --> 00:01:32,288 changes the face of the Catholic Church, 20 00:01:32,392 --> 00:01:38,802 and reimagines the future of the oldest office on Earth. 21 00:01:50,477 --> 00:01:53,507 John Paul II is perhaps the most recognizable pope 22 00:01:53,613 --> 00:01:55,083 of the modern era. 23 00:01:55,148 --> 00:01:58,618 - Deliver us, Lord, from every evil. 24 00:01:58,685 --> 00:02:01,445 narrator: Often called the TV Pope, 25 00:02:01,521 --> 00:02:04,861 he brings the papacy directly into the homes of Catholics 26 00:02:04,958 --> 00:02:07,188 and non-Catholics alike. 27 00:02:07,293 --> 00:02:09,803 Over the course of his 28-year reign, 28 00:02:09,863 --> 00:02:13,673 John Paul II makes the Pope an international icon. 29 00:02:16,503 --> 00:02:19,713 - I would challenge anyone to think of the names of two 30 00:02:19,806 --> 00:02:23,276 or three Popes before JP II. 31 00:02:23,343 --> 00:02:25,513 No pope, under any circumstance, 32 00:02:25,612 --> 00:02:30,322 has ever had the impact that JP II had. 33 00:02:30,383 --> 00:02:32,393 narrator: Before John Paul II, 34 00:02:32,485 --> 00:02:37,115 the papacy is a quiet vestige of an ancient tradition. 35 00:02:37,190 --> 00:02:38,730 Popes are religious figureheads 36 00:02:38,825 --> 00:02:41,185 atop a hill in Rome, 37 00:02:41,294 --> 00:02:43,134 notorious for their measured diplomacy 38 00:02:43,196 --> 00:02:45,726 in the face of war and injustice. 39 00:02:45,832 --> 00:02:48,572 - In the earlier part of last century, 40 00:02:48,668 --> 00:02:50,968 secular society wouldn't listen to papal authority, 41 00:02:51,037 --> 00:02:53,067 and the papacy became insulated. 42 00:02:53,173 --> 00:02:56,243 - The Pope seemed to be very far away. 43 00:02:56,342 --> 00:02:59,912 The Pope didn't seem to be involved in your everyday life. 44 00:03:01,414 --> 00:03:04,524 narrator: But Karol Wojtyla, the young Polish scholar 45 00:03:04,584 --> 00:03:07,254 who will become John Paul II, 46 00:03:07,353 --> 00:03:10,523 changes the face of the Catholic church forever. 47 00:03:15,328 --> 00:03:19,498 - His mother died when he was eight years old. 48 00:03:19,566 --> 00:03:21,896 His brother died shortly after that. 49 00:03:23,770 --> 00:03:28,010 He was raised by his father in a very pious household. 50 00:03:28,074 --> 00:03:30,944 His father was a man of deep prayer, a man of piety. 51 00:03:32,912 --> 00:03:38,952 Wojtyla once referred to his home as his first seminary. 52 00:03:39,052 --> 00:03:41,092 - He prayed every day. 53 00:03:41,187 --> 00:03:43,957 There was a kneeler in their living room. 54 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:46,687 - He was a very deeply spiritual and religious man, 55 00:03:46,759 --> 00:03:48,359 even as a young man. 56 00:03:50,897 --> 00:03:54,397 narrator: In 1938, 18-year-old 57 00:03:54,467 --> 00:03:56,797 Wojtyla moves to Krakow 58 00:03:56,903 --> 00:04:01,073 to attend the Jagiellonian University. 59 00:04:01,140 --> 00:04:05,110 - Wojtyla, as a young man, wanted to be an actor. 60 00:04:05,211 --> 00:04:08,821 - He wanted to study theater and literature, 61 00:04:08,915 --> 00:04:09,915 but he's only able to do that for a year. 62 00:04:09,983 --> 00:04:13,153 - The Nazis invade Poland. 63 00:04:16,956 --> 00:04:20,086 - World War II begins. 64 00:04:20,159 --> 00:04:23,799 It was the Nazis' goal to eviscerate Polish culture, 65 00:04:23,896 --> 00:04:29,166 so the Jagiellonian University in Krakow is closed. 66 00:04:29,269 --> 00:04:32,939 narrator: With his life and country in turmoil, 67 00:04:33,006 --> 00:04:35,736 Wojtyla remains grounded in his faith 68 00:04:35,808 --> 00:04:38,108 and searches for a creative outlet. 69 00:04:40,613 --> 00:04:43,923 - He gathered together with others in an acting troupe 70 00:04:43,983 --> 00:04:46,753 that met in secret. 71 00:04:48,655 --> 00:04:52,825 It was really plays that combined religious 72 00:04:52,925 --> 00:04:57,955 and themes of Christ with anti-Nazi resistance. 73 00:04:58,031 --> 00:05:00,171 - They call it the Rhapsodic Theater. 74 00:05:00,266 --> 00:05:03,966 narrator: But in February 1941, 75 00:05:04,037 --> 00:05:06,807 Wojtyla returns home to find his father, 76 00:05:06,873 --> 00:05:11,383 his only remaining relative, dead of a heart attack. 77 00:05:11,477 --> 00:05:14,547 - He writes at one point that, "At the age of 20, 78 00:05:14,647 --> 00:05:16,547 I lost everyone I ever loved." 79 00:05:16,649 --> 00:05:18,719 So he has to deal with this incredible adversity 80 00:05:18,818 --> 00:05:21,388 of the Nazis 81 00:05:21,487 --> 00:05:24,987 and no college to attend without any family members. 82 00:05:25,058 --> 00:05:29,658 - It is profoundly affecting this young man 83 00:05:29,729 --> 00:05:32,569 who is deeply religious. 84 00:05:32,665 --> 00:05:34,995 He wanted a different kind of Catholicism 85 00:05:35,068 --> 00:05:38,068 than just going to church on Sunday. 86 00:05:38,171 --> 00:05:40,071 - This becomes the catalyst for Karol, which he had to think 87 00:05:40,173 --> 00:05:43,013 about a vocation to the priesthood. 88 00:05:43,076 --> 00:05:46,546 - But he had to make up his mind. 89 00:05:46,646 --> 00:05:52,646 Did he want to be a priest, or did he want to be an actor? 90 00:05:55,521 --> 00:05:59,091 He decided that the priesthood was his calling. 91 00:05:59,192 --> 00:06:03,002 - He joins up with this underground seminary 92 00:06:03,062 --> 00:06:05,672 at great risk to his life. 93 00:06:05,732 --> 00:06:08,102 I think if these people were found out by the Nazis, 94 00:06:08,201 --> 00:06:11,441 they would probably be put to death. 95 00:06:11,537 --> 00:06:15,237 narrator: As war rages around him... 96 00:06:15,341 --> 00:06:19,611 Wojtyla continues to study for the priesthood in secret, 97 00:06:19,712 --> 00:06:25,122 until finally, in 1945, the Allies liberate Poland, 98 00:06:25,218 --> 00:06:27,218 and the Nazis flee. 99 00:06:29,856 --> 00:06:33,786 But as Polish society attempts to rebuild, 100 00:06:33,893 --> 00:06:38,903 a new regime rises to fill the political vacuum, 101 00:06:38,965 --> 00:06:42,135 the Soviet Communist government. 102 00:06:42,235 --> 00:06:43,795 - The Polish church had been almost destroyed 103 00:06:43,903 --> 00:06:45,643 under the Nazis 104 00:06:45,738 --> 00:06:48,638 and then suppressed again under the communism. 105 00:06:48,741 --> 00:06:51,911 - Communism means the state rules over all, 106 00:06:51,978 --> 00:06:54,478 and that faith is frowned upon 107 00:06:54,580 --> 00:06:56,120 because that takes you away 108 00:06:56,215 --> 00:06:58,475 from the imperative of the good of the people. 109 00:06:58,584 --> 00:06:59,994 Your faith is put into the state 110 00:07:00,086 --> 00:07:02,656 instead of being put into God. 111 00:07:02,755 --> 00:07:04,755 People thought of communism as a religion in and of itself, 112 00:07:04,824 --> 00:07:08,334 and so for Karol Wojtyla, this becomes a very big deal. 113 00:07:08,428 --> 00:07:12,998 - Imagine being ruled in succession by Nazism 114 00:07:13,099 --> 00:07:16,099 and then suddenly by communism. 115 00:07:19,405 --> 00:07:22,475 narrator: Religion is not outlawed, 116 00:07:22,575 --> 00:07:24,005 but the communist regime 117 00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:27,010 distributes anti-religious propaganda 118 00:07:27,113 --> 00:07:30,023 and continues persecuting clergymen. 119 00:07:30,116 --> 00:07:32,816 - The church in Eastern Europe had to operate 120 00:07:32,919 --> 00:07:36,489 silently, under government control. 121 00:07:36,589 --> 00:07:38,019 - Wojtyla insisted 122 00:07:38,124 --> 00:07:39,694 that the person has priority over the state, 123 00:07:39,792 --> 00:07:42,032 but that was a message that was very unwelcome 124 00:07:42,128 --> 00:07:44,028 in Communist Poland at the time. 125 00:07:44,130 --> 00:07:45,670 There is this defiance that takes shape 126 00:07:45,765 --> 00:07:47,465 at a very early age. 127 00:07:50,369 --> 00:07:53,539 narrator: Wojtyla holds secret masses in the mountains, 128 00:07:53,639 --> 00:07:55,039 preaching the importance 129 00:07:55,141 --> 00:07:57,511 of spirituality and religious freedom 130 00:07:57,610 --> 00:07:59,610 to his young congregation. 131 00:08:01,781 -->...