The beginning of the pontificate of Lenny Belardo, alias Pius XIII, the first American Pope in history.
Cast: Jude Law, Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Scott Shepherd, Javier Cámara, Cécile De France, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli, James Cromwell, Ignazio Oliva, Marcello Romolo, Vladimir Bibic, Nadee Kammellaweera, Olivia Macklin, Sebastian Roché, Armando Pizzuti, Daniel Vivian, Maurizio Lombardi, Jack McQuaid, Guy Boyd
The Young Pope makes travel plans to Guatemala, to change them last minute, to "find God" in Venice, Everything changes and the finale remains open.
As a teenager Pius XIII brought to life the mother of one of his friends. While investigating pedophile case in the Catholic Church, love letters, written by Pius XIII, are found. The letters were never sent. A journalist publish it and the woman, to whom they were addressed, reads it.
Pius XIII struggles to find clarity regarding his Papacy; a trip to Africa seems finally to bring about some.
Pius begins to unveil his plan as pope, forcing Cardinal Voiello to move forward on discrediting Pius.
In the wake of Pius's homily, multiple factions within the Vatican bond together, trying to seek anything they can find on their new pope.
The hidden inner conflicts gleaming through dialogues build the inevitable change as the counter architecture of prejudices, expectancy and anticipation.
As the new type of awkward arrives to the Vatican through both dreams and reality the staff is facing personal and system-based critiques.