Ok. After a few hours of sulking, I still have to reconcile with it.
The picture is beautiful to the extreme. The first soundtrack is amazing. Wander freely between the poles of godliness and blasphemy, and play with your overwhelm.
Episodes 7 and 8 were a small climax, and episode 9 was almost a catharsis of pure thought. You can't match the flow of the plot, the integrity of the story, and so on. This is its style, and style is everything.
In "The Young Pope", Pius XIII has become a saint-like existence, and his coma-awakening can be regarded as "resurrection from the dead", which is the reality of religious legends.
"Is he the Second Coming?" The question itself is enough to generate a frenzy among believers, and Lenny is the focal point of the frenzy. However, idolatry is extremely dangerous and it "is a prelude to war".
Nobody wants war—Islamic, Catholic. So Lenny's "resurrection" is not so much a miracle as it is a bug.
The world doesn't need a "spiritual leader" like Lenny, Catholicism doesn't need a saint like Pius XIII, what the believers need is an inclusive church.
Voiello is the most suitable candidate to become Pope. He is mediocre but shrewd, persevering and has no weakness. He will be a Pope who exists but can't feel his presence, a Pope that modern religion needs.
And idols must die.
There are no living saints in the world.
(Don't shoot this subject again. It's really unnecessary.)
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