- Lenny Belardo: Pius XIII appears and so do his beautiful blue-eyes... and this soft, round mouth. A dazzling image, so dazzling it blinds people. In other words, a powerful, an evocative image, not unlike that of Christ. But Pius XIII doesn't merely dazzle, he offers reassurance as well. With a magnificent speech, full of quotations in Latin, it tells them that they, the faithful, must not be afraid. And how could they be afraid, with a Pope as handsome and reassuring as Christ?
- Cardinal Dussolier: And now it's time for me to bid you all farewell. I should have done it before, but the Holy Father kept me in Rome so I could begin work on my new responsibilities. I beg your pardon for only coming back here after nine months to say goodbye, and turn right around and head back to Rome. But before I leave, I'd like to introduce you to the new bishop of San Pedro Sula, Monsignor Jorge Aguero. I know Monsignor Aguero very well. He's a hero. From this pulpit he will shout at you to forsake evil, to fight against the gangs, to say no to death, to violence, and the narcotrafficking that infests Honduras. He will refuse to give communion to crime bosses and he will refuse to perform weddings for their daughters. Yes, he will do all the things that I have failed to do. Yes, because I'm not a hero. Because... I'm afraid. Like you. Perhaps that is why you have loved me, just a little. No? Because I didn't make you uncomfortable. I never asked you to choose. I never blackmailed you by saying that in order to be good Christians, you had to let yourselves be murdered by the henchmen of the drug cartels. I loved you for the way you were, not for the way you ought to be. Now I bid you farewell. I'm going to Rome. But that's not going home for me. I want you to know that, as far as I'm concerned, Honduras is and always will be my home.
- Italian Prime Minister: But in that case why... Why haven't you appeared in public yet?
- Lenny Belardo: Because there's still no need.
- Italian Prime Minister: Are you asleep, Holy Father?
- Lenny Belardo: No, Mr. Prime Minister. I'm praying for you.
- Italian Prime Minister: That's very thoughtful of you. And thanks very much for giving me this audience after just nine months.
- Lenny Belardo: I didn't think you'd be running the country this long. I said to myself: "Why bother?"