The New Pope : Season 1 Episode 1 Link

The shadowy Ambassador of the Holy See who provides "expository clarity" and is linked to Francis II’s sudden demise.

The Machiavellian Secretary of State trying to maintain control through a puppet pope. The New Pope : Season 1 Episode 1

The episode ends with Francis II’s sudden death—implied to be an assassination—and a comatose Lenny Belardo moving his finger for the first time. The shadowy Ambassador of the Holy See who

The short-lived pope whose radical Franciscan humility threatens the Vatican elite. (Lenny Belardo) remains comatose

Nine months after his sudden heart attack, (Lenny Belardo) remains comatose, while a cult of followers gathers outside his hospital, treating him as a living saint. Worried about the rise of "Pius-idolatry," the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Voiello , moves to elect a new pope.