Bellini: If we liberals are not united, Tedesco will become Pope. You have no idea how bad it became, Thomas. The way he and his circle attacked the Holy Father towards the end - the smears, the leaks to the press - it was savage. He fought him every single day of his pontificate, and now that he's dead, he wants to destroy his life's work. If Tedesco becomes Pope, he will undo sixty years of progress.
Lawrence: You talk as if you are the only alternative, but Adeyemi has the wind behind him.
Bellini: Adeyemi? Adeyemi, the man who believes that homosexuals should be sent to prison in this world and Hell in the next? Adeyemi's not the answer to anything, and you know it. If you want to defeat...
Lawrence: Defeat? This is a conclave, Aldo. It's not a war.
Bellini: It is a war. And you have to commit to a side.
Lawrence: You talk as if you are the only alternative, but Adeyemi has the wind behind him.
Bellini: Adeyemi? Adeyemi, the man who believes that homosexuals should be sent to prison in this world and Hell in the next? Adeyemi's not the answer to anything, and you know it. If you want to defeat...
Lawrence: Defeat? This is a conclave, Aldo. It's not a war.
Bellini: It is a war. And you have to commit to a side.
Bellini: If we liberals are not united, Tedesco will become Pope. You have no idea how bad it became, Thomas. The way he and his circle attacked the Holy Father towards the end - the smears, the leaks to the press - it was savage. He fought him every single day of his pontificate, and now that he's dead, he wants to destroy his life's work. If Tedesco becomes Pope, he will undo sixty years of progress.
Lawrence: You talk as if you are the only alternative, but Adeyemi has the wind behind him.
Bellini: Adeyemi? Adeyemi, the man who believes that homosexuals should be sent to prison in this world and Hell in the next? Adeyemi's not the answer to anything, and you know it. If you want to defeat...
Lawrence: Defeat? This is a conclave, Aldo. It's not a war.
Bellini: It is a war. And you have to commit to a side.
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