If you are a practicing Catholic, I highly recommend you take the time to visit the HBO program called “The Young Pope.”
It is terrific. It shows what a 21st century pope will be like.
He had a humble beginning.
His parents abandoned him to an orphanage in which a nun, Sister Mary took him under her wings.
His name was Lenny from Brooklyn and became Pope Pius XIII.
And guess what, they both wound up in the Vatican. In fact she became his unofficial advisor. There is a chain-smoking nun who uses profanity as well as others in the cast
Now, Lenny, is also a chain smoker who doesn’t know if God exists
He, however, believes the vast amount of clergy are homosexuals and have to be thrown out of the church.
I think he opined that two-thirds of them are. He is also a vindictive dude.
A cardinal he had a run in with has ordered him to close his eyes and as Lenny rotates a globe, he directed the cardinal to put his finger on the globe. It hit Alaska.
That is where the cardinal is being assigned. Nice touch.
As you know, the pope greets the crowds from his balcony. As they cheer him, he notices from the balcony a young girl who appears depressed.
What dynamite eyesight he has!
At any rate,he invites her into his home and learns from her that both she and her husband are infertile. She attempts to seduce him,but to his credit he refuses.
However, there is the head cardinal wants to undermine the pope and asks the woman, Ester, to continue to try to seduce the pope.
On one occasion, the cardinal explodes with curses that you will not believe.
There you have it.
A terrific HBO special that has to be seen to be believed.
If you have the time, why not contact HBO and that you look forward to specials on Islam. Judaism, Mormonism, Buddhism, etc. in the same entertaining way.
John Messina
East Williston
