1. God isn't for you Lenny.Copy !req
2. God is for men who have
no use for freedom.Copy !req
3. You're wrong about abortion.Copy !req
4. You're spreading a sorrow
you don't even understand.Copy !req
5. And that's the worst thing
a human being can do.Copy !req
6. You've made the kind of mistake that
should be avoided at all cost:Copy !req
7. introducing concepts that taken
by themselves are true.Copy !req
8. but which when lumped together,
constitute a system that's overly rigid.Copy !req
9. When it comes to abortion,
rigidity is the only option.Copy !req
10. there's no getting around it.Copy !req
11. It's a crimeCopy !req
12. forbidden and punished in the book
of Exodus, Chapter 21, verses 22-25.Copy !req
13. You know that.Copy !req
14. "22:Copy !req
15. "When men have a fight
and injured a pregnant womanCopy !req
16. "and she suffers a miscarriage
but no further injuryCopy !req
17. "the guilty one shall be finedCopy !req
18. "as much as the woman's
husband demandsCopy !req
19. "and he shall pay
in the presence of the judges.Copy !req
20. "23: But if injury ensuesCopy !req
21. "you shall pay life for life.Copy !req
22. "24: eye for eye, tooth for toothCopy !req
23. "hand for hand, foot for foot.Copy !req
24. "25: burn for burn, wound for wound,
stripe for stripe."Copy !req
25. The church has always
maintain this tradition andCopy !req
26. it is only modern laxity that wishes
to turn sins into rights.Copy !req
27. Not to encourage them.Copy !req
28. No one is actually in favor
of abortion - but toCopy !req
29. undermine the the principle of authority.Copy !req
30. Oh, come on Lenny.Copy !req
31. You know these verses are a little more
complicated than that:Copy !req
32. yes the litigant pays damages
in case of an abortionCopy !req
33. or suffers deathCopy !req
34. if the woman dies
in the course of losing the babyCopy !req
35. but that's not what it is aboutCopy !req
36. this is about compassion.Copy !req
37. Empathy.Copy !req
38. Bouvier? Are you seriously
going to waste my timeCopy !req
39. with Bouvier's nonsense?Copy !req
40. Post-revolutionary France?Copy !req
41. Or the bullshit of St. Alphonsus?Copy !req
42. It isn't bullshit, Lenny:Copy !req
43. that abortion is a "grave moral disorder"
is not open for debate;Copy !req
44. that's what St. John Paul II saidCopy !req
45. and those three wordsCopy !req
46. grave, moral and disorderCopy !req
47. are based on papal infallibility.Copy !req
48. And yetCopy !req
49. in 1591Copy !req
50. Pope Gregory XIVCopy !req
51. with the Sedes Apostolica bullCopy !req
52. restricted excommunication to the abortion
of an ensouled fetusCopy !req
53. introducing a distinctionCopy !req
54. that argues against lumping togetherCopy !req
55. desperate situations.Copy !req
56. I'm sick and tired of distinctions.Copy !req
57. Even for St. Thomas AquinasCopy !req
58. and right up until the middle
of the nineteenth centuryCopy !req
59. abortion was set to take place only
after the ensoulment of the fetusCopy !req
60. and that occurs
in the third month of pregnancy.Copy !req
61. Science is the gift of GodCopy !req
62. and God taught us that
ovulation is spontaneous.Copy !req
63. Ask a woman about that:Copy !req
64. back when it was still believed that
there were two kinds of inseminationCopy !req
65. - male insemination involving sperm,
female insemination involving eggs -Copy !req
66. it was considered a sin
not to give a woman pleasure.Copy !req
67. But then, when it was discovered
that ovulation was spontaneousCopy !req
68. the cost was several
billion female orgasms.Copy !req
69. But it made the psychoanalysts rich.Copy !req
70. The one profession
that involves no workCopy !req
71. and a great deal of money
that we let slip through our fingers.Copy !req
72. I implore you, LennyCopy !req
73. reconsider your position on abortion.Copy !req
74. Tough in principleCopy !req
75. soft in practice.Copy !req
76. Abortion is saying no to life.Copy !req
77. Who gives a damn about life?Copy !req
78. life is not some stupid centerpiece
on the side table of nothingness.Copy !req
79. Life is meant to be usedCopy !req
80. and to be used well,
to love and be loved.Copy !req
81. And let me remind you what
St. Alphonsus said about abortion:Copy !req
82. in an abortionCopy !req
83. everyone is guilty,
except for the woman.Copy !req
84. And what if that wasn't
only true of abortion?Copy !req
85. What if in the things of lifeCopy !req
86. everyone is guilty
except for the woman.Copy !req
87. Are you talking about your mother?Copy !req
88. Who else would I be talking about!Copy !req
89. What is happening to me today?Copy !req
90. At ten o'clock, Robert Lee,
the new chairman of the Tea Party;Copy !req
91. at 11:15, a brief meeting
with the chancellor of Stanford University.Copy !req
92. At one o'clock, lunch with the governor
to fine-tune plans for the evening's events.Copy !req
93. How long has it been since
you've seen your father?Copy !req
94. He's no longer my father, he's only my governor.
- Don't you miss him?Copy !req
95. He doesn't miss me, I don't miss him.Copy !req
96. I miss everyone.Copy !req
97. But more than anyone else,
the person I miss isCopy !req
98. Mr. Jack WalserCopy !req
99. he was the superintendent
of the building where we livedCopy !req
100. before the Lord called me to Him.Copy !req
101. He had divided the tenants
into two categoriesCopy !req
102. the "natives" and the "nomads"Copy !req
103. One dayCopy !req
104. Jack rang our door bellCopy !req
105. at ten in the morningCopy !req
106. confident that Lucy and I
would be at school, butCopy !req
107. that day we were
in bed sick with a feverCopy !req
108. happy to be safe at home.Copy !req
109. Through the bedroom doorCopy !req
110. I saw my mother offer him
a cup of coffee, whichCopy !req
111. Jack drank it standing upCopy !req
112. because he didn't want to get the chair wet
with his rain-drenched clothes.Copy !req
113. No doubt, there was something bad
he'd come to say, something importantCopy !req
114. And then, Mr. Walser
announced to my motherCopy !req
115. that the landlords had decided toCopy !req
116. implement a substantial rent hike withCopy !req
117. with a caress.Copy !req
118. Yeah.Copy !req
119. With a caressCopy !req
120. That...Copy !req
121. never really happened.Copy !req
122. But that still came close toCopy !req
123. brushing against my mother's drab hairCopy !req
124. to my hairCopy !req
125. and Lucy'sCopy !req
126. and the hair of our fatherCopy !req
127. lying in a hotel somewhere in the city
with his lover in his arms.Copy !req
128. Listening to the rainCopy !req
129. the way we were.Copy !req
130. We "nomads"
moved out the apartment at nightCopy !req
131. so we wouldn't be seen by the...Copy !req
132. the "natives".Copy !req
133. But at the bottom of the stairs
Mr. Walser was waitingCopy !req
134. and he shook our handsCopy !req
135. one by oneCopy !req
136. and he said something to me that I've never
understood, which is why I still remember it.Copy !req
137. He said to meCopy !req
138. "Always get a seat
at the back of the trainCopy !req
139. because it's safer.Copy !req
140. Why does our Spanish
prosecutor not go home to his Pope?Copy !req
141. I couldn't say.Copy !req
142. What does he do here?Copy !req
143. He walks, he drinks, he sleepsCopy !req
144. he drinks, he walks, he drinks.Copy !req
145. Ah, he's battling against deathCopy !req
146. which is the least interesting of any of the
battles we have ever summoned to fight.Copy !req
147. It's too late.Copy !req
148. It's too late for what?Copy !req
149. For everything, Your Eminence.Copy !req
150. Hello, Pete.Copy !req
151. Have you five minutes for me?Copy !req
152. Sure, Father Gutierrez.Copy !req
153. I was just wondering if you'd had
a chance to think it over.Copy !req
154. YeahCopy !req
155. I've thought it over.Copy !req
156. And I decided to not gonna press
charges against Archbishop Kurtwell.Copy !req
157. Why, why not?Copy !req
158. None of the others filed charges,
but at least they got plenty of cash.Copy !req
159. You didn't even get that.Copy !req
160. Have you ever asked yourself
why they took the money and I didn't?Copy !req
161. No, I haven't. Why didn't you?Copy !req
162. Because I have my dignity.Copy !req
163. Fine.Copy !req
164. So...Copy !req
165. if you have so much dignityCopy !req
166. file charges against that man.
That man...Copy !req
167. is evil incarnate.Copy !req
168. Why are you crying now?Copy !req
169. Pete, you know I'm right.Copy !req
170. Bernardo.
Can I call you Bernardo?Copy !req
171. Yes, of course you can.Copy !req
172. Forget about me.Copy !req
173. Hi Freddy.Copy !req
174. Ciao Bernardo.Copy !req
175. How is training coming along?Copy !req
176. I've been gradually intensifying.Copy !req
177. Nice.Copy !req
178. Did you think over my proposal?Copy !req
179. What proposal?Copy !req
180. What do you mean, what proposal?Copy !req
181. The idea of youCopy !req
182. giving me a hand in nailing Kurtwell.Copy !req
183. That worm just drools
when he sees you.Copy !req
184. Not me.Copy !req
185. I drool when I see you, Bernardo.Copy !req
186. All you'd have to do
is go out with him one night.Copy !req
187. You could just stop
before things went too far.Copy !req
188. And in the meantime I'd find
a hiding place and take pictures.Copy !req
189. Freddie.Copy !req
190. Freddie.Copy !req
191. You're my last hope.Copy !req
192. Bernardo, you are gonna leave
here when you're done.Copy !req
193. But I have to spend the rest of my
life here, do you understand?Copy !req
194. I can't afford to cross
a man like Kurtwell.Copy !req
195. He's one of the most
powerful men in Queens.Copy !req
196. You can understand that, right?Copy !req
197. Don't resent me for it, Bernardo.Copy !req
198. I never resent anyone.Copy !req
199. That's my main problem.Copy !req
200. Hello Freddy.Copy !req
201. What do you want, Freddy?Copy !req
202. Just tell me what you want
and you'll have it.Copy !req
203. I want to become a great tennis
player and win the Grand Slam.Copy !req
204. Fine.Copy !req
205. Then you'll have it.Copy !req
206. Get out of here, asshole.Copy !req
207. But...Copy !req
208. They told me the date.Copy !req
209. It's for next week.Copy !req
210. It's just one day of the year, RoseCopy !req
211. an ordinary date.Copy !req
212. They're going to empty me out, Bernardo.Copy !req
213. They've given me a 60 percent
chance of dyingCopy !req
214. 40 percent chance of living.Copy !req
215. And If I refuseCopy !req
216. I can't even begin to guess
my life expectancy.Copy !req
217. But I'm not gonna refuseCopy !req
218. because I need to start
running in this hotel againCopy !req
219. and I can't keep doing it from hereCopy !req
220. through six silent security monitors.Copy !req
221. Isn't it nice to liveCopy !req
222. silent and flat on your back?Copy !req
223. No, it's horrible.Copy !req
224. We all deserve the right
to start over, Bernardo.Copy !req
225. But you know what the funny thing is?Copy !req
226. What is it?Copy !req
227. How I'll leave this place.Copy !req
228. How will you leave?Copy !req
229. Through there.Copy !req
230. They're going to have to
tear out the wallCopy !req
231. turn it all into one gigantic windowCopy !req
232. and out I'll goCopy !req
233. dangling in mid-airCopy !req
234. lifted by a crane.Copy !req
235. It'll be a spectacular sight.Copy !req
236. I'll be so ashamed.Copy !req
237. I have to go now.Copy !req
238. I'm going to write to the Pope.Copy !req
239. It sounds so surreal,
when you put it that way.Copy !req
240. I'd like to put together
a press releaseCopy !req
241. categorically denying the rumors about murky
relations between you and Kurtwell.Copy !req
242. A press release
that states loud and clear:Copy !req
243. this Pope is blackmail proof.Copy !req
244. If, as you say,
this Pope is blackmail proofCopy !req
245. then there's no need to say so.Copy !req
246. That's the point, Holy Father.Copy !req
247. On a strictly confidential basis,
I need to know myself:Copy !req
248. can Kurtwell blackmail
you in any way?Copy !req
249. Lenny.Copy !req
250. You think you're the hinge.Copy !req
251. But you're the door.Copy !req
252. I love you all!Copy !req
253. Where have Esther, Peter,
and little Pius gone?Copy !req
254. To Ostia.Copy !req
255. They live in a house by the beach.Copy !req
256. Peter is a private security guard now.Copy !req
257. Weren't they happy here?Copy !req
258. Holy FatherCopy !req
259. life in the Vatican is not much
fun for young people.Copy !req
260. Holy FatherCopy !req
261. Yes?Copy !req
262. Everyone here says that you areCopy !req
263. a saint.Copy !req
264. Calumny!Copy !req
265. Show me where you live.Copy !req
266. When you want toCopy !req
267. you can come home.Copy !req
268. But I haven't accomplished
anything with Kurtwell.Copy !req
269. Doesn't matter. Come home.Copy !req
270. I'll be waiting.Copy !req
271. Archbishop, your diocese is currently
undertaking numerous projectsCopy !req
272. aimed and revitalize the neighbourhood.
Can you give us more details about that?Copy !req
273. Well, we have put a lot of money and timeCopy !req
274. over the years into this neighbourhoodCopy !req
275. and I think that through sports, wellCopy !req
276. we'll be able to make contact
with the youth in the area andCopy !req
277. and to help instil in them some of
the values consistent with Christian life.Copy !req
278. Among the many sports
projects that your diocese supportsCopy !req
279. many involved tennis.
Why tennis specifically?Copy !req
280. Well, I love tennis.Copy !req
281. It's been a lifelong passion of mineCopy !req
282. and you probably didn't know but this area
is very famous for tennis for a long time.Copy !req
283. And I think that tennis just offers a chance
for excellent instruction of a man soul.Copy !req
284. The elements of tennis
are concentration, self-worthCopy !req
285. and a lot of things that go in to making
a great tennis-player.Copy !req
286. And you know... It's the responsibility of the
Church to help these children to grow up.Copy !req
287. Yes, I'd be glad to.Copy !req
288. Okay.Copy !req
289. What's your name?Copy !req
290. David.Copy !req
291. David what?Copy !req
292. Just David.Copy !req
293. Why are you following me?Copy !req
294. I used to skateCopy !req
295. only on the weekends.Copy !req
296. And only with my family.Copy !req
297. Then one night we were having dinnerCopy !req
298. and my daughterCopy !req
299. Kate, who was twelve at the timeCopy !req
300. says that that mealCopy !req
301. was like being in a shark tank.Copy !req
302. That's what my wife and I had becomeCopy !req
303. a shark tank.Copy !req
304. NowCopy !req
305. I skate aloneCopy !req
306. even during the week, but...Copy !req
307. it's not the same anymore.Copy !req
308. TanistoneCopy !req
309. is my last name.Copy !req
310. And it was my mother's last name too.Copy !req
311. Why are you following me?Copy !req
312. Haven't you discovered it yet?Copy !req
313. You're the missing link between me
and the source of all my problems.Copy !req
314. What's going on?Copy !req
315. Why are you and the Holy Father
so determined to get me?Copy !req
316. Because for years you were so determined
to get all those innocent children.Copy !req
317. That is libellous slanderCopy !req
318. and I could bring you up on charges
tomorrow morning.Copy !req
319. You don't have any solid evidence
against me.Copy !req
320. What else do you want?Copy !req
321. What does Pius XIII want from me?Copy !req
322. The Holy Father wants from you
a statement that resembles the truth.Copy !req
323. The truth is I know
Lenny Belardo very well.Copy !req
324. We shared power
in New York for years.Copy !req
325. And the truth is that
he has always envied me.Copy !req
326. He envies me my charisma,
because he lacked that quality.Copy !req
327. That is the one and only statement
that resembles the truth.Copy !req
328. Be reasonable, please.Copy !req
329. The Pope has no reason
to envy a sick old priestCopy !req
330. who's devastated by
very grave accusations.Copy !req
331. Your thesis doesn't hold together.Copy !req
332. Let me reveal something to you,
Father Gutierrez:Copy !req
333. You don't matter.Copy !req
334. Not at all. You can stay in Queens until
the day I die, and it won't change a thing.Copy !req
335. The Pope can't get to the bottom of things
with me and he knows it perfectly well.Copy !req
336. Because it would lead to
pure pandemonium.Copy !req
337. I pity you, GutierrezCopy !req
338. you're just a bit playerCopy !req
339. in a cheap piece of amateur theatricals
organized by your Pope.Copy !req
340. David?Copy !req
341. Is Kurtwell your father?Copy !req
342. Do you remember that girl
that was skating, this evening?Copy !req
343. That was a moment.Copy !req
344. Because only you and I saw it,
out of the whole world.Copy !req
345. I felt close to you.Copy !req
346. I sensed that your despair
was the same as mine.Copy !req
347. That was the moment
I thought to myself:Copy !req
348. I trust this man.Copy !req
349. Yes, I thoughtCopy !req
350. here's a good man.Copy !req
351. And I'm a good man too, so...Copy !req
352. I'll tell that good man
the things he wants to know.Copy !req
353. Yes.Copy !req
354. KurtwellCopy !req
355. isCopy !req
356. my father.Copy !req
357. ButCopy !req
358. that's not the point.Copy !req
359. The point isCopy !req
360. the horror.Copy !req
361. I'm not afraid of dyingCopy !req
362. but because I suffer from vertigoCopy !req
363. I'm afraid of being swung out
of this place through that holeCopy !req
364. and been dangled in mid-air.Copy !req
365. Don't worry.Copy !req
366. I'll be there to comfort you.Copy !req
367. Then I'll go back to Rome.Copy !req
368. You're going back to Rome?Copy !req
369. Yes. I'm done with my work here.Copy !req
370. You come say goodbye to me now.Copy !req
371. But I'm not leaving yet.Copy !req
372. No, no, you come say
goodbye to me now.Copy !req
373. Breathe, Bernardo,
I'm the one who's going to die.Copy !req
374. Rose, please...
- Bernado. We're breathing the same air.Copy !req
375. All of you, leave now.Copy !req
376. No, not you, Lenny.Copy !req
377. Tell it to me.Copy !req
378. Just this one time.Copy !req
379. Let me die knowing I didn't
believe in God in vain.Copy !req
380. Tell it to me, Lenny.Copy !req
381. All right.Copy !req
382. Let's go say hello to Billy.Copy !req
383. I'd rather not. I'm scared.Copy !req
384. But we must.
Billy is a friend of yours.Copy !req
385. His mother is dying. He needs
the comfort you can give him.Copy !req
386. Thanks for coming, Sister Mary.Copy !req
387. Please.Copy !req
388. Billy, your friends are here.Copy !req
389. Come, let me get you something.Copy !req
390. Sister Mary, can I go see
Billy's mother for a minute?Copy !req
391. I'd like to pray beside her.Copy !req
392. Of course.Copy !req
393. Lord, we must talk about
Billy's mother now.Copy !req
394. We must talk, You and I.Copy !req
395. And no one else can hear.Copy !req
396. Billy's mother is still alive.Copy !req
397. Your mother is still alive too.Copy !req
398. And you'll find her.Copy !req
399. Now...Copy !req
400. at last...Copy !req
401. time to die.Copy !req
402. Bring me back.Copy !req
403. Bring me back.Copy !req
404. To what do I owe the
honor of your presence?Copy !req
405. I have orders to accompany
you to the VaticanCopy !req
406. where you'll be given a fair trial.Copy !req
407. We have a flight for Rome
tomorrow afternoon.Copy !req
408. It'll only be a big waste of time.Copy !req
409. For me and for you.Copy !req
410. You don't have any solid evidence,
you and your Pope.Copy !req
411. None.Copy !req
412. Only the demented
ravings of a lunaticCopy !req
413. who goes around with orange hair.Copy !req
414. No one will believe you. No one.Copy !req
415. We don't just have that testimony.Copy !req
416. Really? What else
do you think you have?Copy !req
417. This is Kurtwell.Copy !req
418. Hello, Lenny.Copy !req
419. Even though you let it ring and ringCopy !req
420. I know that you were
waiting for my call.Copy !req
421. Do you really want me
to come to RomeCopy !req
422. to be subjected to a trial
and found guilty?Copy !req
423. I'm afraid it's absolutely necessary.Copy !req
424. Then one second after I land in RomeCopy !req
425. you are gonna see
all the things I have on youCopy !req
426. in all the newspapers of the world.Copy !req
427. Go right ahead.Copy !req
428. The world would probably like it.Copy !req
429. The world is always
ready for love.Copy !req
430. This is Archbishop Kurtwell.
Is this a bad time?Copy !req
431. That depends.Copy !req
432. I have some confidential information
about the Pope.Copy !req
433. And I have proof.Copy !req
434. To be perfectly frank,
it's more than information.Copy !req
435. These are ticking time bombs.Copy !req
436. In that case, this is a very good time,
especially for a journalist.Copy !req
437. What's the subject?Copy !req
438. I'm not talking about it on the phone.Copy !req
439. You see the kind of thing
we're talking about here?Copy !req
440. Letters that our Pope wrote to his
Californian girlfriend over the years.Copy !req
441. We have a Pope with
a very active emotional life.Copy !req
442. Where did you find them?Copy !req
443. I took over a position that was
previously held by BelardoCopy !req
444. and took over his desk.Copy !req
445. Belardo made the error of leaving
these letters at the back of a drawer.Copy !req
446. Did you read them all?Copy !req
447. Only the pertinent passages.
The steamier ones.Copy !req
448. The ones that prove that Belardo
has had a woman for years.Copy !req
449. You should have read them all,
and with care.Copy !req
450. In this last one, he states he'll never
send these letters to that womanCopy !req
451. because he's married to God.Copy !req
452. Do you have any evidence
that they were ever mailed?Copy !req
453. Any envelopes with canceled stamps?Copy !req
454. No.Copy !req
455. No, I don't.Copy !req
456. Well, in that case,
my good Archbishop KurtwellCopy !req
457. you don't have any news for me.Copy !req
458. No bomb. No scandal.Copy !req
459. A stack of love letters that
were never mailed isn't news.Copy !req
460. It's strictly literature.Copy !req
461. Pack the bags.
Call the chauffeur.Copy !req
462. You no longer have a car.Copy !req
463. I put in a request
to have it confiscated.Copy !req
464. The Cardinal Secretary of State
accepted my request.Copy !req
465. We're going to take
the train to the airport.Copy !req
466. On one condition.Copy !req
467. What condition?Copy !req
468. That we sit in the last car in the train.Copy !req
469. It's the safest.Copy !req
470. What is more beautiful, my love?Copy !req
471. Love lost or love found?Copy !req
472. Don't laugh at me, my love.Copy !req
473. I know it, I'm awkward and naive
when it comes to loveCopy !req
474. and I ask questions
straight out of a pop song.Copy !req
475. This doubt overwhelms me
and undermines me, my love.Copy !req
476. To find...Copy !req
477. Hey Daniel.Copy !req
478. or to lose?Copy !req
479. How do I look?Copy !req
480. All around me,
people don't stop yearning.Copy !req
481. Did they lose or did
they find? I can't say.Copy !req
482. An orphan has no way of knowing.Copy !req
483. An orphan lacks a first love.Copy !req
484. The love for his mama and papa.Copy !req
485. That's the source of his
awkwardness, his naiveté.Copy !req
486. You said to me, on that deserted
beach in CaliforniaCopy !req
487. "you can touch my legs."Copy !req
488. But I didn't do it.Copy !req
489. There, my love, is love lost.Copy !req
490. That's why I never stopped
wondering, since that dayCopy !req
491. where you've beenCopy !req
492. and where you are now.Copy !req
493. And you, shining gleam
of my misspent youthCopy !req
494. did you lose or did you find?Copy !req
495. I don't know. And I'll never know.Copy !req
496. I can't even remember
your name, my love.Copy !req
497. And I don't have the answer.Copy !req
498. But this is how I like
to imagine it, the answer.Copy !req
499. In the end, my love,
we have no choice.Copy !req
500. We have to find.Copy !req
501. All right, love bugs.Copy !req
502. Mommy is gonna show you something
that you didn't know mommy can do.Copy !req