The New Pope TV Series
Taglines: Everyone Can Be a Saint..
47-year-old Lenny Belardo had a very difficult childhood. With his parents alive, he remained in the care of his sister, who made personal adjustments to the upbringing of the child. As a nun, Mary from an early age taught her brother the wisdom of life known to her, preparing a future priest.
Since the hero’s parents were carefree and detached from the usual hippie society, the sister replaced the hero with his father and mother. She became the only person worthy of trust.In the prime of life, Belardo changes his own destiny after becoming Pope Pius XVIII. He turns out to be the youngest candidate, and therefore causes surprise among his rivals, receiving the coveted post.However, his participation in the administration of the Vatican is only part of a plan of insidious cardinals trying to manipulate an inexperienced novice. But dad catches the old people by surprise, refusing to engage in intrigues around his person.As the newly made head of the church, the hero is faced with contempt from the environment. His relationship with Spencer, once acting as a mentor, is finally collapsing. This is due to the fact that Michael himself was counting on an influential post, which, ironically, went to the student.
Under the papacy of Sir John Brannox under the name of John Paul III, Vatican tries to clean its good name after a series of sexual scandals that jeopardized the institution itself. But an unexpected trouble threatens John Paul III when Lenny Belardo, the previous Pope Pius XIII who was in a coma from nine months ago after to suffer a heart attack while he was celebrating a mass, wakes up to claim his place as the legitimate Pope of Rome. The news about Pius XIII’s comeback shocks the Christianity, turning the admiration of millions of believers in true idolatry for the returned Pope. Given the unusual situation of two Popes in the Vatican at the same time, it unleashes an inner war between Pius XII and John Paul III, the first to recover his power, and the second to keep it.