Pope The Most Powerful s01e06 Courage, Change.eng Subtitles

At 00:00:02,836, Character said: [dramatic music]

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At 00:00:05,872, Character said: ♪

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At 00:00:07,307, Character said: male narrator: One of the most
powerful men on Earth

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At 00:00:11,244, Character said: holds a position
that has existed

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At 00:00:12,679, Character said: for nearly 2,000 years.

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At 00:00:15,715, Character said: ♪

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At 00:00:18,852, Character said: As the world changes
and faith evolves,

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At 00:00:22,355, Character said: his authority remains.

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At 00:00:25,392, Character said: What began with one apostle

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At 00:00:28,228, Character said: has become
1.2 billion followers

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At 00:00:30,730, Character said: under one man.

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At 00:00:33,233, Character said: He is the head
of the Catholic Church,

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At 00:00:35,535, Character said: the pope,

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At 00:00:38,104, Character said: and this is his path to power.

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At 00:00:40,540, Character said: ♪

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At 00:01:20,580, Character said: In this episode,

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At 00:01:22,916, Character said: a young man of faith

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At 00:01:25,752, Character said: challenges the tyranny
of communism,

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At 00:01:28,988, Character said: changes the face
of the Catholic Church,

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At 00:01:32,392, Character said: and reimagines the future
of the oldest office on Earth.

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At 00:01:50,477, Character said: John Paul II is perhaps
the most recognizable pope

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At 00:01:53,613, Character said: of the modern era.

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At 00:01:55,148, Character said: - Deliver us, Lord,
from every evil.

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At 00:01:58,685, Character said: narrator: Often called
the TV Pope,

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At 00:02:01,521, Character said: he brings the papacy directly
into the homes of Catholics

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At 00:02:04,958, Character said: and non-Catholics alike.

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At 00:02:07,293, Character said: Over the course
of his 28-year reign,

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At 00:02:09,863, Character said: John Paul II makes the Pope
an international icon.

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At 00:02:16,503, Character said: - I would challenge anyone
to think of the names of two

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At 00:02:19,806, Character said: or three Popes before JP II.

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At 00:02:23,343, Character said: No pope,
under any circumstance,

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At 00:02:25,612, Character said: has ever had the impact
that JP II had.

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At 00:02:30,383, Character said: narrator: Before John Paul II,

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At 00:02:32,485, Character said: the papacy is a quiet vestige
of an ancient tradition.

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At 00:02:37,190, Character said: Popes are religious
figureheads

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At 00:02:38,825, Character said: atop a hill in Rome,

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At 00:02:41,294, Character said: notorious for
their measured diplomacy

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At 00:02:43,196, Character said: in the face of war
and injustice.

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At 00:02:45,832, Character said: - In the earlier part
of last century,

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At 00:02:48,668, Character said: secular society wouldn't
listen to papal authority,

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At 00:02:51,037, Character said: and the papacy
became insulated.

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At 00:02:53,173, Character said: - The Pope seemed
to be very far away.

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At 00:02:56,342, Character said: The Pope didn't seem to be
involved in your everyday life.

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At 00:03:01,414, Character said: narrator: But Karol Wojtyla,
the young Polish scholar

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At 00:03:04,584, Character said: who will become John Paul II,

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At 00:03:07,353, Character said: changes the face of
the Catholic church forever.

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At 00:03:15,328, Character said: - His mother died when he was
eight years old.

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At 00:03:19,566, Character said: His brother died
shortly after that.

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At 00:03:23,770, Character said: He was raised by his father
in a very pious household.

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At 00:03:28,074, Character said: His father was a man of deep
prayer, a man of piety.

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At 00:03:32,912, Character said: Wojtyla once referred to his
home as his first seminary.

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At 00:03:39,052, Character said: - He prayed every day.

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At 00:03:41,187, Character said: There was a kneeler
in their living room.

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At 00:03:44,057, Character said: - He was a very deeply
spiritual and religious man,

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At 00:03:46,759, Character said: even as a young man.

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At 00:03:50,897, Character said: narrator: In 1938, 18-year-old

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At 00:03:54,467, Character said: Wojtyla moves to Krakow

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At 00:03:56,903, Character said: to attend
the Jagiellonian University.

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At 00:04:01,140, Character said: - Wojtyla, as a young man,
wanted to be an actor.

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At 00:04:05,211, Character said: - He wanted to study theater
and literature,

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At 00:04:08,915, Character said: but he's only able
to do that for a year.

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At 00:04:09,983, Character said: - The Nazis invade Poland.

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At 00:04:16,956, Character said: - World War II begins.

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At 00:04:20,159, Character said: It was the Nazis' goal
to eviscerate Polish culture,

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At 00:04:23,896, Character said: so the Jagiellonian University
in Krakow is closed.

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At 00:04:29,269, Character said: narrator: With his life
and country in turmoil,

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At 00:04:33,006, Character said: Wojtyla remains
grounded in his faith

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At 00:04:35,808, Character said: and searches
for a creative outlet.

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At 00:04:40,613, Character said: - He gathered together with
others in an acting troupe

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At 00:04:43,983, Character said: that met in secret.

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At 00:04:48,655, Character said: It was really plays
that combined religious

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At 00:04:52,925, Character said: and themes of Christ
with anti-Nazi resistance.

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At 00:04:58,031, Character said: - They call it
the Rhapsodic Theater.

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At 00:05:00,266, Character said: narrator:
But in February 1941,

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At 00:05:04,037, Character said: Wojtyla returns home
to find his father,

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At 00:05:06,873, Character said: his only remaining relative,
dead of a heart attack.

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At 00:05:11,477, Character said: - He writes at one point that,
"At the age of 20,

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At 00:05:14,647, Character said: I lost everyone I ever loved."

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At 00:05:16,649, Character said: So he has to deal with
this incredible adversity

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At 00:05:18,818, Character said: of the Nazis

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At 00:05:21,487, Character said: and no college to attend
without any family members.

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At 00:05:25,058, Character said: - It is profoundly affecting
this young man

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At 00:05:29,729, Character said: who is deeply religious.

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At 00:05:32,665, Character said: He wanted a different
kind of Catholicism

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At 00:05:35,068, Character said: than just going
to church on Sunday.

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At 00:05:38,171, Character said: - This becomes the catalyst for
Karol, which he had to think

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At 00:05:40,173, Character said: about a vocation
to the priesthood.

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At 00:05:43,076, Character said: - But he had to make
up his mind.

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At 00:05:46,646, Character said: Did he want to be a priest,
or did he want to be an actor?

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At 00:05:55,521, Character said: He decided that the priesthood
was his calling.

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At 00:05:59,192, Character said: - He joins up with this
underground seminary

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At 00:06:03,062, Character said: at great risk to his life.

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At 00:06:05,732, Character said: I think if these people
were found out by the Nazis,

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At 00:06:08,201, Character said: they would probably
be put to death.

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At 00:06:11,537, Character said: narrator: As war rages
around him...

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At 00:06:15,341, Character said: Wojtyla continues to study
for the priesthood in secret,

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At 00:06:19,712, Character said: until finally, in 1945,
the Allies liberate Poland,

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At 00:06:25,218, Character said: and the Nazis flee.

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At 00:06:29,856, Character said: But as Polish society
attempts to rebuild,

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At 00:06:33,893, Character said: a new regime rises to fill
the political vacuum,

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At 00:06:38,965, Character said: the Soviet Communist
government.

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At 00:06:42,235, Character said: - The Polish church had been
almost destroyed

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At 00:06:43,903, Character said: under the Nazis

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At 00:06:45,738, Character said: and then suppressed again
under the communism.

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At 00:06:48,741, Character said: - Communism means the state
rules over all,

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At 00:06:51,978, Character said: and that faith is frowned upon

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At 00:06:54,580, Character said: because that takes you away

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At 00:06:56,215, Character said: from the imperative
of the good of the people.

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At 00:06:58,584, Character said: Your faith is put into
the state

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At 00:07:00,086, Character said: instead of being put into God.

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At 00:07:02,755, Character said: People thought of communism as
a religion in and of itself,

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At 00:07:04,824, Character said: and so for Karol Wojtyla,
this becomes a very big deal.

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At 00:07:08,428, Character said: - Imagine being ruled
in succession by Nazism

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At 00:07:13,099, Character said: and then suddenly by communism.

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At 00:07:19,405, Character said: narrator: Religion
is not outlawed,

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At 00:07:22,575, Character said: but the communist regime

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At 00:07:24,110, Character said: distributes
anti-religious propaganda

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At 00:07:27,113, Character said: and continues
persecuting clergymen.

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At 00:07:30,116, Character said: - The church in Eastern Europe
had to operate

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At 00:07:32,919, Character said: silently, under
government control.

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At 00:07:36,589, Character said: - Wojtyla insisted

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At 00:07:38,124, Character said: that the person has
priority over the state,

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At 00:07:39,792, Character said: but that was a message
that was very unwelcome

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At 00:07:42,128, Character said: in Communist Poland
at the time.

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At 00:07:44,130, Character said: There is this defiance
that takes shape

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At 00:07:45,765, Character said: at a very early age.

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At 00:07:50,369, Character said: narrator: Wojtyla holds secret
masses in the mountains,

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At 00:07:53,639, Character said: preaching the importance

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At 00:07:55,141, Character said: of spirituality
and religious freedom

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At 00:07:57,610, Character said: to his young congregation.

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