Pope The Most Powerful s01e02 The Resignation of Benedict XVI.eng Subtitles

At 00:00:01,835, Character said: [dramatic music]

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At 00:00:04,838, Character said: ♪ ♪

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At 00:00:06,706, Character said: male narrator: One of the most
powerful men on Earth

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At 00:00:10,010, Character said: holds a position
that has existed

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At 00:00:12,379, Character said: for nearly 2,000 years.

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At 00:00:14,681, Character said: ♪ ♪

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At 00:00:17,550, Character said: As the world changes
and faith evolves,

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At 00:00:21,087, Character said: his authority remains.

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At 00:00:24,090, Character said: What began with one apostle

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At 00:00:26,893, Character said: has become
1.2 billion followers

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At 00:00:29,729, Character said: under one man.

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At 00:00:32,031, Character said: He is the head
of the Catholic Church,

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At 00:00:34,534, Character said: the pope,

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At 00:00:36,870, Character said: and this is his path to power.

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At 00:00:39,406, Character said: ♪ ♪

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At 00:01:19,579, Character said: In this episode,

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At 00:01:22,115, Character said: what happens
when the pope threatens

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At 00:01:24,117, Character said: a 2,000-year-old tradition...

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At 00:01:27,587, Character said: leaving two men at the helm
of one divine office

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At 00:01:30,924, Character said: for the first time
in over 500 years?

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At 00:01:34,394, Character said: ♪ ♪

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At 00:01:55,281, Character said: - We're following
breaking news this morning.

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At 00:01:56,916, Character said: Pope Benedict XVI
has announced he is resigning.

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At 00:02:01,121, Character said: - For the first time
in 600 years,

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At 00:02:03,690, Character said: a pope is retiring.

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At 00:02:05,658, Character said: ♪ ♪

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At 00:02:09,596, Character said: - I was astonished
when Benedict resigned.

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At 00:02:12,632, Character said: It came completely
out of the blue.

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At 00:02:14,367, Character said: - Benedict's resignation was
an amazing thing.

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At 00:02:18,605, Character said: narrator:
In the last 2,000 years,

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At 00:02:20,974, Character said: only four other popes
have resigned.

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At 00:02:23,810, Character said: - [speaking Latin]

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At 00:02:32,051, Character said: - It was wonderfully,
comically announced.

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At 00:02:36,456, Character said: He announced it
at a papal audience in Latin,

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At 00:02:39,726, Character said: and you had to see,
all around the room,

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At 00:02:41,494, Character said: anyone who understood
what he was saying.

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At 00:02:43,496, Character said: It was an astonishing thing
to do.

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At 00:02:46,232, Character said: - It raises so many questions.

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At 00:02:49,169, Character said: You know, what happens now?

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At 00:02:51,371, Character said: ♪ ♪

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At 00:02:57,177, Character said: narrator: Two weeks after
Benedict XVI's resignation,

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At 00:03:00,380, Character said: Pope Francis is elected,

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At 00:03:02,549, Character said: and the papal crown is handed
from one man to the other.

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At 00:03:06,986, Character said: - We have two popes,

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At 00:03:08,188, Character said: but only one is the pope.

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At 00:03:10,657, Character said: The problem
with having two popes

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At 00:03:12,392, Character said: is that you have to decide
who do you listen to?

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At 00:03:16,563, Character said: - Benedict was 85
when he resigned.

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At 00:03:20,033, Character said: He inherited
the financial mess.

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At 00:03:22,335, Character said: He inherited the mess
of sexual abuse.

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At 00:03:24,604, Character said: He inherited
the administrative chaos.

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At 00:03:28,208, Character said: Benedict resigned
because he realized

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At 00:03:30,877, Character said: that these problems were simply
too great for him.

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At 00:03:34,214, Character said: - It's not like other
human institutions.

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At 00:03:36,716, Character said: It's created, we believe,
by God,

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At 00:03:39,118, Character said: and this man is resigning
from all of that.

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At 00:03:41,054, Character said: That not what popes
are supposed to do.

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At 00:03:43,856, Character said: narrator:
For 2,000 years,

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At 00:03:45,592, Character said: the legacy of St. Peter
has been a divine office

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At 00:03:48,261, Character said: passed down from one pope
to the next.

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At 00:03:51,898, Character said: But can two men
hold a legitimate claim

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At 00:03:54,567, Character said: to one godly office?

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At 00:03:57,103, Character said: [camera shutter clicks]

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At 00:03:58,938, Character said: - It's left us
with this situation

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At 00:04:00,607, Character said: of a pope and an extra pope,

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At 00:04:03,243, Character said: and that's always
going to change

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At 00:04:06,079, Character said: the nature of an institution.

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At 00:04:07,780, Character said: Who's the real pope?

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At 00:04:10,817, Character said: narrator: In 2013,

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At 00:04:12,752, Character said: millions of people watch
as Benedict XVI

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At 00:04:15,888, Character said: peacefully hands the papacy
over to Pope Francis.

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At 00:04:20,493, Character said: But in the past,

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At 00:04:21,928, Character said: two living men
with claim to one legacy

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At 00:04:25,732, Character said: has resulted in nothing
but chaos.

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At 00:04:29,602, Character said: - In the 10th
and 11th centuries,

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At 00:04:31,638, Character said: if you've g***t two popes,
you've g***t two factions.

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At 00:04:34,440, Character said: It's a--
an extraordinary episode.

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At 00:04:36,342, Character said: ♪ ♪

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At 00:04:41,981, Character said: - Benedict IX was a teenager.

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At 00:04:44,450, Character said: He was
the most eligible member

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At 00:04:46,452, Character said: of the powerful Roman family

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At 00:04:48,288, Character said: that ruled the city of Rome.

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At 00:04:49,989, Character said: They wanted him to be pope
for their own financial gain,

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At 00:04:53,126, Character said: their own territorial
supremacy.

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At 00:04:56,596, Character said: - The papacy
was the legal center

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At 00:04:59,599, Character said: of the Western world.

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At 00:05:01,200, Character said: If a king needed
a dispensation

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At 00:05:03,503, Character said: to marry his brother's wife,

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At 00:05:07,440, Character said: if people wanted to take
possession of a local parish,

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At 00:05:11,611, Character said: they would have to get
permission, pay a fee.

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At 00:05:13,980, Character said: At Rome,
you are enormously powerful.

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At 00:05:17,317, Character said: Immense responsibility.

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At 00:05:20,286, Character said: narrator:
But 19-year-old Benedict

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At 00:05:22,021, Character said: has no interest in bureaucracy
or public service.

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At 00:05:28,494, Character said: He is only interested
in the privileges of power.

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At 00:05:34,834, Character said: - Benedict is someone
who was clearly made pope

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At 00:05:37,503, Character said: in order to enrich his family.

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At 00:05:40,006, Character said: On the secular side,

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At 00:05:41,574, Character said: not someone who had any sort
of spiritual authority,

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At 00:05:45,511, Character said: even spiritual training.

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At 00:05:48,381, Character said: - Nepotism tended to produce

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At 00:05:50,550, Character said: a group of wealthy parasites

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At 00:05:53,019, Character said: who lived like grandees,

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At 00:05:55,722, Character said: who were also clergy.

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At 00:06:00,426, Character said: - He was incompetent.

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At 00:06:02,729, Character said: He was morally compromised
in many ways.

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At 00:06:05,098, Character said: - Benedict was up to his neck
in robbery and murder.

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At 00:06:08,401, Character said: He was using his position
to gain wealth

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At 00:06:11,537, Character said: at the expense
of the people of Rome.

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At 00:06:15,775, Character said: narrator:
By the year 1044,

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At 00:06:17,710, Character said: the cardinals are fed up.

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At 00:06:20,913, Character said: They decide the church needs

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At 00:06:22,382, Character said: a real spiritual
and political leader.

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At 00:06:25,284, Character said: Something must be done.

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At 00:06:27,687, Character said: ♪ ♪

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At 00:06:31,457, Character said: - The holiest priest in Rome
came to him and said,

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At 00:06:35,094, Character said: "You need to step down
for the good of the church.

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At 00:06:37,964, Character said: What can I give you?"

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At 00:06:39,432, Character said: And made him
some sort of offering.

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At 00:06:41,234, Character said: - Benedict IX sold the papacy.

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At 00:06:43,770, Character said: - Which, of course,
is against the canons.

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At 00:06:47,407, Character said: narrator:
In the 11th century,

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At 00:06:48,975, Character said: conclaves had not yet
been invented.

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At 00:06:51,411, Character said: Popes were often chosen
by brute force

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At 00:06:53,913, Character said: or nepotism.

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At 00:06:55,882, Character said: - Buying church power
was considered

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At 00:06:57,750, Character said: one of the worst sins
there was.

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At 00:07:00,119, Character said: So the fact that he had
actually sold the papacy

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At 00:07:03,756, Character said: in return for money

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At 00:07:05,758, Character said: was appalling to everyone.

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At 00:07:09,228, Character said: narrator: For the first time
in recorded history,

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At 00:07:12,632, Character said: a pope resigns
in exchange for money,

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At 00:07:15,935, Character said: which catapults the papacy

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At 00:07:17,804, Character said: into the world
of dirty politics.

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At 00:07:21,007, Character said: - The papacy becomes a pawn

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At 00:07:22,942, Character said: in the politics
of central Italy.

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