"The Ring of the Fisherman, which bears the official papal seal: : :" ": : :" "Must be destroyed immediately following the pope's death:" "The papal apartment is then sealed for nine days of mourning: : :" ": : :" "A period known as sede vacante:" "The time of the empty throne:" "Over the last several days: : :" ": : :" "Catholic leaders from every corner of the world: : :" ": : :" "Have flock ed to Rome, shock ed by the sudden death: : :" ": : :" "Of this progressive and beloved pope:" "Today, in St:" "Peter's Square: : :" ": : :" "The faithful pray that there is among them: : :" ": : :" "Another leader who can unite their Church: : :" ": : :" "Which has been so riven by change and dissent in recent years:" "As the body of the pontiff passes by: : :" ": : :" "We see prayers are being offered by the preferiti: : :" ": : :" "Fav ourites among those being considered: : :" ": : :" "To succeed him as the Vicar of Christ:" "At the end of the mourning period, the College of Cardinals: : :" ": : :" "Will lock itself behind the doors of the Sistine Chapel for conclave: : :" ": : :" "The process by which they will choose a new leader: : :" ": : :" "For the world's one billion Catholics: : :" ": : :" "Who now find their Church at a crossroads: : :" ": : :" "Its ancient traditions threatened by a modern world:" "Attention, control group going online for LHC beam event:" "We are powering up:" "Attention, Category One personnel:" "Interlock areas are now restricted:" "You pulled us off the power grid, Philippe:" "Because you're scaring the hell out of everyone:" "The collider was never intended to generate antimatter:" "All three canisters are stored under every possible safeguard:" "I'm only asking you to wait:" "We can't wait:" "The bulk of the antimatter is generated at start-up:" "Put us back online:" "Do you want to call the director, or shall I?" "ATLAS underground is now in restricted mode:" "Vittoria, Vittoria:" "Protons are being loaded:" "Don't blow us all to heaven:" "Please:" "Powering on LHC magnets:" "Ion source stage in four, three, two: : : :" "We are powering up:" "Here we go:" "Start the collision sequence:" "Vittoria, what did Philippe want?" "They're terrified:" "He wants us to wait:" "What do you think?" "I think if we don't harvest now, we never will:" "Beam-on-beam stability is good:" "Take your places, people:" "ATLAS at CMS, check:" "Sending timing trigger now:" "Collisions imminent:" "We have got 10 to the 13th protons per bunch:" "Let's hope the heavy ion guys didn't mess up:" "Beams at relativistic velocities:" "Luminosity monitors operational:" "Beamline has no restrictions:" "Enable beam capture:" "Accelerating the beam:" "Stage one, line up:" "Magnets to full field:" "Load functions to magnets:" "Last P is still too high:" "Yeah, we got luminosity of 10 to 34:" "Inject particle beams:" "Filling the LHC:" "Collisions are active:" "We should be back online:" "Capture should begin at any moment:" "Particles in transition:" "Collisions are fixed and running:" "LHC injecting protons, beam one:" "Lock the feedback systems:" "Particles at 99 percent the speed of light:" "Colliding stable beams:" "Enact injection kick er:" "We have a signal on the luminosity monitors:" "We have events:" "Protons are moving:" "We have antimatter:" "It's on a scale never seen before:" "That's a crate of beer on the way:" "Silvano, we've done it:" "We're in God's hands now, Vittoria:" "I'll be right down:" "Silvano:" "Silvano:" "Oh, God:" "Help!" "A swim might help your jet lag:" "I beg your pardon?" "You got bags under your eyes:" "It's 5 in the morning:" "And you're from the Vatican:" "Crossed keys under the triregnum:" "It's a papal symbol:" "Claudio Vincenzi, Corpo della Gendarmeria Vaticano:" "Vatican police?" "I was expecting another letter:" "My request for access to your archives:" "Shouldn't you be in Rome?" "A kind of busy time for you guys, isn't it?" "In fact, I was in New York, detailed to the U:" "N:" "I receive a phone call in the middle of the night:" "" Find Professor Robert Langdon:" "A matter of great urgency:"" "They said to show you this:" "The Illuminati?" "They disappeared hundreds of years ago:" "Did they?" "Look at that again:" "It's an ambigram:" "It's the same image forward and backward:" "Now, that's common for a symbol, like a yin and yang or a swastika: : :" ": : :but that's a word:" "That Illuminati ambigramatic symbol: : :" ": : :has been considered a myth for 400 years:" "Supposedly, in the 16th century: : :" ": : :some artist created it as a tribute to Galileo's love of symmetry:" "It was only gonna be revealed: : :" ": : :when the Illuminati had amassed enough power: : :" ": : :to resurface and carry out their final goal:" "I wrote a book about it:" "Which is why you're here:" "The Art of the Illuminati by Robert Langdon:" "Part One:" "Haven't been able to finish Part Two:" "I'm not allowed access: : :" ": : :to your archives:" "It's remarkable:" "Singular:" "Someone is trying to make you believe: : :" ": : :the Illuminati themselves have returned to Rome:" "Right after the death of a pope:" "Four cardinals were kidnapped from inside the Vatican: : :" ": : :sometime between 3 and 5 a:m: this morning:" "Shortly afterward: : :" ": : :that document was sent to the Office of the Swiss Guard: : :" ": : :along with the threat the cardinals will be publicly executed: : :" ": : :one per hour, beginning at 8 p:m:" "Tonight in Rome:" " Conclave:" " Was to begin today:" "We've postponed its start for a few hours, a story of illness:" "There are no suspicions yet:" "What do you want from me?" "These criminals who sent this ambigram: : :" ": : :meant it as a taunt, a provocation:" "But Captain Olivetti think if you can use it to learn their identity: : :" ": : :perhaps we can stop this abomination:" "Why me?" "Your expertise:" "Your erudition:" "Your recent involvement with certain Church, shall we say: : :" ": : :mysteries:" "I wasn't under the impression that episode: : :" ": : :had endeared me to the Vatican:" "Oh, it didn't:" "But it did make you..." "What's the word?" " Formidabile:" "Formidable:" "A Vatican jet is standing by 20 minutes from here:" "Will you come with me?" "Professore Langdon, you've spent your life: : :" ": : :searching for symbols like the one you now hold in your hand:" "How much longer are we going to pretend: : :" ": : :you have not already decided to come?" "If the Illuminati have returned and are in Rome: : :" ": : :we will hunt them down and kill them:" "The Illuminati did not become violent: : :" ": : :until the 17th century:" "Their name means "the enlightened ones:"" "They were physicists and mathematicians, astronomers:" "They were concerned with the Church's inaccurate teaching: : :" ": : :and were dedicated to scientific truth:" "But the Vatican didn't like that:" "So the Church began to..." "How did you say it?" "Oh, " hunt them down and kill them:"" "Drove them underground:" "Into a secret society:" " Professor Langdon:" " Yes:" "Welcome to Vatican City:" "Ernesto Olivetti, inspector general of the Vatican police force:" " My pleasure:" " This way, please:" "We'll meet in the headquarters of the Swiss Guard:" "I thought you were Swiss Guard:" "No, la Gendarmeria:" "We are responsible for everything inside the Vatican walls: : :" ": : :with the exception of the security of His Holiness: : :" " Yeah:" " : : :and the Apostolic Palace:" "That is Swiss Guard:" "The Roman carabinieri are here as well in an advisory capacity:" "So jurisdictionally, this is: : : :" "A goddamn nightmare:" "Oh, yes, Pope Pius IX's great castration:" " I beg your pardon?" " 1857, Pope Pius IX: : :" ": : :felt the male form would inspire lust:" "So he took a hammer and chisel: : :" ": : :and unmanned hundreds of these statues:" "The plaster fig leaves were added later:" "Are you anti-Catholic, Professor Langdon?" "No:" "I'm anti-vandalism:" "I urge you to guard your tone here:" "The Swiss Guard is a calling, not a profession: : :" ": : :and it encourages a certain zealotry:" "Commander Richter, the head of the Guard: : :" ": : :is a deeply spiritual man: : :" ": : :and he was close to the late pope:" "Understood?" "Look, I don't study symbols because I consider them unimportant:" "Ceremony, traditions, it's how we mark our lives:" "I just..." "I just hope I can help:" "So do I:" "You were my idea:" "Wait here:" "Please:" "Commander?" "Commander Richter?" "Professor Langdon is here:" "Well, we have bigger problems than that now:" "Dr:" "Vetra?" "I'm Commander Richter, comandante principale of the Swiss Guard:" "Thank you for coming:" "Hello:" " Professor Langdon:" " Yes:" "What a relief, the symbologist is here:" "This way, please, Miss Vetra:" "The situation has changed:" "We received another threat from the kidnapper:" "The canister was stolen from our lab around noon yesterday:" "The intruder killed my research partner, Silvano Bentivoglio: : :" ": : :and mutilated him in order to bypass security:" "We use retinal scanners:" "They cut out his eye:" "Is that your stolen canister, Miss Vetra?" "Where is that camera, Number 86?" "It's wireless:" "It too was stolen:" "It could be anywhere inside the Vatican:" "That canister contains an extremely combustible substance:" "We need to locate it immediately or evacuate Vatican City:" "I'm quite familiar with incendiaries, Miss Vetra:" "I've never heard of antimatter being used as such:" "Well, it's never been generated in significant quantities before:" "It's a way of studying the origins of the universe: : :" ": : :to try to isolate what some people call "the God particle:"" "But there are implications for energy research..." ""The God particle"?" "What we call it isn't important:" "It's what gives all matter mass:" "The thing without which we could not exist:" "You're talking about the moment of creation:" "Yes:" "In a way, I am:" "The antimatter is suspended there: : :" ": : :in an airtight nanocomposite shell with electromagnets in each end:" "If it were to fall out of suspension and come in contact with matter: : :" ": : :say, the bottom of the canister, the two opposing forces: : :" ": : :would annihilate one another violently:" "And what might cause it to fall out of suspension?" "The battery going dead:" " Which it will, just before midnight:" " What kind of annihilation?" " How violent?" " A cataclysmic event:" "A blinding explosion equivalent to about five kilotons:" "Vatican City will be consumed by light:" "Those are the exact words the kidnapper used:" "We will destroy your four pillars:" "We will brand your preferiti: : :" ": : :" "And sacrifice them on the altars of science: : :" ": : :" "Then bring your church down upon you:" "Vatican City will be consumed by light:" "A shining star at the end of the Path of Illumination:" "It's the ancient Illuminati threat:" "Destruction of Vatican City through light:" "Four pillars, there's your kidnapped cardinals:" "You didn't tell me they were the preferiti, the favourites: : :" ": : :to be named the next pope:" "Play it again:" "We will destroy your four pillars:" "We will brand your preferiti..." "Wait, stop it:" "Stop it:" "" Brand" them:" "That's another Illuminati legend:" "This one says that there are a set of five brands: : :" ": : :" "Each one an ambigram:" "The first four are the fundamental elements of science:" "Earth, air, fire and water:" "The fifth, it's a mystery:" "Maybe it's this:" "He said they'd be killed publicly:" "Yes:" "Revenge for la purga:" ""La purga"?" "Oh, jeez, you guys don't even read your own history, do you?" "1668, the Church kidnapped four Illuminati scientists: : :" ": : :and branded each one of them on the chest: : :" ": : :with the symbol of the cross: : :" ": : :to purge them of their sins, and they executed them:" "Threw their bodies into the street as a warning: : :" ": : :to others to stop questioning Church rulings on scientific matters:" "They radicalized them:" "The purga created a darker, more violent Illuminati: : :" ": : :one bent on retribution:" "Look how they intend to finally get it:" "Using antimatter, technology, to destroy the Church:" "Science obliterates religion:" "Is there any more?" " And sacrifice them on the altars of science: : :" ": : :" "Then bring your church down upon you:" "Vatican City will be consumed by light:" "A shining star at the end of the Path of Illumination:" "" Path of Illumination:"" "I need access to the Vatican archives:" "Professor, I don't think this is the appropriate..." "Your petition has been denied seven times:" "No, no:" "This has nothing to do with my work:" "The Path of Illumination: : :" ": : :is a trail that leads to the Church of the Illumination: : :" ": : :the place where the Illuminati would meet in secret:" "If I can find the segno, the sign: : :" ": : :that marks the beginning of that path, the four churches along it: : :" ": : :may be where he intends to murder your cardinals:" "One every hour at 8, 9, 10 and 11 :" "Then the device explodes at midnight:" "If we can figure out the first church and get there before he does: : :" ": : :maybe we can stop it:" "But I can't find the start of the path: : :" ": : :until I get into the archives:" "Even if I wanted to help you: : :" ": : :access to the archives is only by written decree: : :" ": : :by the curator and the Board of Vatican Librarians:" "Or by papal mandate:" "Yes, but as you no doubt have heard, the Holy Father is dead:" "What about il camerlengo?" "The camerlengo is just a priest here, the former pope's chamberlain:" "Doesn't the power of the Holy See rest in him during tempe sede vacante?" "Fellas, you called me:" "His Holiness once told me a pope: : :" ": : :was a man torn between the real world and the divine:" "It seems the real world is upon us tonight:" "I'm familiar with Illuminati lore and the legend of the brandings:" "La purga is a dark stain on this Church's history:" "I'm not surprised this ghost has returned to haunt us:" "Comandante, have you begun the search for this explosive device?" "Of course, but it could be anywhere:" "My primary concern at the moment is the safety of the cardinals:" "The Sistine Chapel is a fortress:" "As long as the cardinals are in conclave, your concerns: : :" ": : :are at a minimum:" "Devote as many of your resources..." "If you're about to suggest a naked- eye search: : :" ": : :of the entire Vatican City, I will tell you we do not have the people:" "Though I am not His Holiness, when you are addressing me: : :" ": : :you are addressing this office:" "Do you understand?" "Yes, Father:" "Good:" "You said the image on the screen was illuminated by artificial light:" "Might I suggest methodically cutting power: : :" ": : :to various sections of the city:" "When the image goes dark, you'll have a specific idea: : :" ": : :of the camera's location:" "Dr:" "Vetra, besides yourself and your research partner: : :" ": : :who else knew about this antimatter project?" "No one but the research team:" "This project was strictly confidential:" "But Silvano kept detailed journals:" "If he told anyone else: : :" ": : :about what we were doing, he would have made a note:" "Do you have these journals?" "I can have them flown here from Geneva in an hour:" "Please:" "Professor Langdon:" "Mr:" "Langdon, you are correct that I may grant you access to the archives:" "Thank you, Padre:" "I said that you were correct that I may, not that I will:" "Christianity's most sacred codices are in that archive:" "Given your recent entanglement with the Church: : :" ": : :there is a question I'd like to ask you first: : :" ": : :in the office of His Holiness:" "Do you believe in God, sir?" "Father, I simply believe that religion..." "I did not ask if you believe what man says about God:" "I asked if you believe in God:" "I'm an academic:" "My mind tells me I will never: : :" ": : :understand God:" "And your heart?" "Tells me I'm not meant to:" "Faith is a gift: : :" ": : :that I have yet to receive:" "Be delicate with our treasures:" "The archives are this way:" "Professor Langdon:" "If this path really leads to the Church of Illumination: : :" ": : :that may be where they've hidden the antimatter:" ""A shining star at the end of the path:"" "Follow the path:" " We may find the canister:" " Can you deactivate the device?" "I can change the batteries: : :" ": : :as long as we have more than five minutes:" "That would give us another 24 hours to get it safely back to CERN:" "Robert Langdon:" "Vittoria Vetra:" "Are you really a symbologist, or was he mocking you?" "Well, both:" "You're a physicist?" "Bio-entanglement physics:" "Interconnectivity of life systems:" "Okay:" "Your project, it was geared towards energy research?" "Eventually, yes:" "One speck of antimatter could power an entire city for a month:" "Or tonight, I guess, destroy one:" "What are we looking for in the archives?" "A bound volume written by Galileo:" "Galileo was Illuminati?" "Yeah:" "And an obedient Catholic who didn't think: : :" ": : :that Church and science were enemies: : :" ": : :but a different language telling the same story:" "He wanted like minds to find the Church of Illumination: : :" ": : :but he couldn't exactly advertise its location so he created a coded path:" "Richter has started to turn off the power of various grids:" "It'll be back on in a minute:" "Then some unknown Illuminati master sculpted four statues:" "Each one a tribute to one of the fundamental elements: : :" ": : :" "Earth, air, fire, water: : :" ": : :and placed the statues out in public in churches throughout Rome:" "Each statue held a clue pointing to the next:" "At the end of the path was the Church of Illumination:" "If you could find that, you were one of them:" "What makes you think he's going to murder in the churches?" "The Illuminati called those four churches: : :" ": : :by the special name, L 'Altare della scienza:" ""Sacrifice them on the altars of science," he said:" "Exactly:" "Oh, wow:" "Look at this:" "Excuse me, signore:" "Cardinal Strauss, you've been informed of the situation?" "Yeah:" "My belief is we should proceed with the sealing of conclave:" "At this late hour?" "That would be highly unorthodox:" "And yet within Church law:" "It's in my power:" "I am Great Elector:" "The cruellest honour in Christendom:" "I have no personal ambitions, Patrick:" "Only those I hold for my Church, St:" "Peter's Church: : :" ": : :which is under attack at its most vulnerable moment:" "And this is not a coincidence:" "The Church will not fall in a day:" "We must evacuate Vatican City:" "Oh, that is exactly what they want:" "Publicity and panic:" "No, we must not give them oxygen for the media fire:" "But the people in St:" "Peter's Square..." "Care deeply about their Church, as we do:" "Their faith will sustain them:" "Their faith will not protect them from an explosion:" "Well: : : :" "We are all bound for heaven eventually, are we not?" "Spoken like one who has enjoyed the blessings of a long and full life:" "Patrick: : :" ": : :do not confuse the power of the office you temporarily hold: : :" ": : :with your true place here in the Vatican:" "You were a favourite of His Holiness: : :" ": : :but His Holiness is with his father now:" "Mea culpa:" "Seal the doors:" "Extra Omnes:" "Hello:" "This way, please:" "Oh, beautiful:" "The chambers are hermetic vaults:" "Oxygen is kept at lowest possible levels:" "It's a partial vacuum inside:" "So extended stays are not recommended:" "So don't panic if you feel light-headed at first:" "I'll be just outside the door:" "Watching you, Mr:" "Langdon:" "Conclave will go on without us:" "It must, now of all times:" "May God forgive you for what you've done:" "Father, if God has issues: : :" ": : :they won't be with what I've done:" "They will be with what I'm about to do:" "It was confiscated from the Netherlands: : :" ": : :by the Vatican just after Galileo died:" "I've been petitioning to see it for about 10 years: : :" ": : :" "Ever since I realised what was in it:" "What makes you so sure the segno's there?" "The number 503:" "I kept seeing it over and over again in Illuminati letters: : :" ": : :scribbled in the margins, sometimes just signed "503:"" "It's a numeric clue:" "But to what?" "Five?" "Well, that's a meaningful number to the Illuminati:" "There's the pentagram, Pythagoras, dozens of other examples in science:" "But what about three?" "Didn't make sense until I thought, "What if it's Roman numerals?"" " dill:" " D-three:" "Galileo's third text:" ""Dialogo:" "Discorso:" "Diagramma:"" "Yeah:" "Just a few days with this: : :" ": : :and I could have actually finished my book: : :" ": : :and sold dozens of copies at the Harvard bookstore:" ""II Diagramma Veritatis:"" "Diagram of Truth:" "I know about Dialogo and Discorsi:" "Galileo laid out his theories about the Earth revolving around the sun:" "Yeah, and said the Earth was not the centre of some universe: : :" ": : :with heaven above, hell below, as the Church had said:" "So they forced him to recant in the second book:" "But what was this one?" "This is how he got the word out:" "This is the truth, not what the Vatican forced him to write:" "Smuggled out of Rome, printed in Holland on sedge papyrus, see?" "That way any scientist caught with a copy could just throw it in water: : :" ": : :and Galileo's heresy would dissolve, disappear:" "And between that and Vatican burnings: : :" ": : :it's possible that this is the only copy that remains:" "And if I'm correct: : :" ": : :the segno is hidden on page number..." "Five:" "Yeah:" "Do you need help with the Latin?" "Sure:" "Movement of the planets, elliptical orbits, heliocentricity:" "Sorry, I don't think there's anything that could be interpreted as a..." "Wait, wait, wait:" "Do that again:" "What is that?" "Wait a minute, it's a watermark:" "And there's a line of text:" "Go back:" "It's in English:" "English?" "Why English?" "English wasn't used in the Vatican:" "It was too polluted:" "It was free- thinking:" "It was a language of radicals: : :" ": : :" "like Shakespeare and Chaucer:" "Here's another one: "The path of light is laid, the sacred test..."" " Will you write this down as I dictate?" " Sorry, professor, no time:" "Yeah, yeah, what the hell:" "Yeah:" "Twenty minutes till 8:" " Where are we headed?" " Hold on, hold on:" "I'll tell you in a minute:" "Let me see that page again:" "Where did you get that paper?" "We borrowed it:" "" From Santi's earthly tomb with demon's hole:"" "Are you insane?" ""'Cross Rome the mystic elements unfold:" "The path of light is laid, the sacred test:" "Let angels guide thee on thy lofty quest:"" "You removed a document from the Vatican Archives?" "She did:" "" From Santi's earthly tomb:"" " The first marker is at Santi's tomb:" " Yeah:" " But who's Santi?" " Raphael:" " Il Raffaello, the sculptor?" " Yeah, Santi was his last name:" "So the path starts at Raphael's tomb:" "Raphael's buried at the Pantheon:" " Isn't the Pantheon a church?" " Oldest Catholic church in Rome:" "I just pulled a dozen of our best men for this:" " You better be right:" " This is one of the busiest spots:" " He'd never get away with it:" " The poem implies..." ""The poem"?" "Unbelievable:" "I'm basing this operation: : :" ": : :on an American's interpretation of a 400-year-old poem:" "The information we have clearly refers to Raphael's tomb:" "Raphael's tomb is inside that building:" "Because the Vatican destroyed all of the pagan statues in the late- 1800s: : :" ": : :if this is the marker, whatever clues were here to lead us are gone now:" "The path is dead:" "So this is it, your only chance:" "Separate approaches:" "No closer than two blocks and no uniforms:" "Three minutes:" "And I need a set of eyes inside:" "Excuse me?" "Weightlifters in matching suits and earpieces?" "They're hardly disguised:" " Well, it's what I have:" " Fine, I'll go in:" "You don't have communication:" "You can't carry a walkie- talkie:" " Tourists have cell phones:" " No, no:" "You can't send her in there alone:" "All right, I won't:" "Don't look so anxious:" "We're supposed to be married:" "Well, maybe we're not getting along today:" "Hold my hand:" " But don't crush it:" " Sorry:" "A nervous newlywed:" "Oh, look:" "Look, honey, the oculus:" "That could be the "demon's hole" in the poem:" "Why are the tombs at an angle?" "They're facing east to worship the rising sun:" "But this is a Christian church:" "New religions often adopt the existing customs and holidays: : :" ": : :to make conversion less of a shock:" "Like the 25th of December?" "It's the pagan celebration of the Unconquered Sun: : :" ": : :and also makes a handy date for the birth of Christ:" " Let's check the recesses:" " Okay:" "I'll go to the right:" "I'll meet you at 180 degrees:" "Follow me, please:" "Now, the Pantheon, which means "Temple of All Gods": : :" ": : :was originally built as a temple to all the gods of ancient Rome: : :" ": : :in 27 B:" "C:" "Although the design of the building is usually credited: : :" ": : :to Apollodorus of Damascus: : : :" "Robert!" "Robert:" "It's Raphael's tomb:" " But it's the wrong one:" " What are you talking about?" "He was moved here in 1759, a century after Diagramma was published:" "Where was he originally buried?" "Urbino, I think:" ""Santi's earthly tomb:"" "What could it possibly be?" ""Santi's earthly tomb:"" "Damn it:" "Santi's tomb:" "It must mean a chapel that he built:" "He's not buried in it, he designed it:" "The "demon's hole," it's not that oculus:" "It's an undercroft:" "It's a crypt:" " Are there any questions?" " Yes:" "Yes:" "Did Raphael Santi ever design a chapel with an ossuary annex: : :" ": : :and an angel figure commissioned by the Catholic Church?" "I'm sorry, I can only think of one:" "One is good:" " Wrong?" "What do you mean?" " It's the Chigi Chapel: : :" ": : :in the church of the Santa Maria del Popolo:" "It was once called the Capella della Terra, the Chapel of the Earth:" "Earth, the first element:" "That's it:" " You were certain about the Pantheon:" " We have four minutes:" "Back to the Vatican?" "You can't:" "If you care at all about your church, you'll listen:" "My church?" "My church comforts the sick and dying:" "My church feeds the hungry:" "What does your church do, Mr:" "Langdon?" "That's right, you don't have one:" "Take him if you want:" "I'm done with him:" "All right, this makes sense:" "Look, right in front of the church:" "An obelisk, a lofty pyramid:" "Egyptian symbol adopted by the Illuminati:" "If he's going to kill him, he'll do it here:" "Eight o'clock:" "Robert:" "No, no, here:" "It's an annulus:" "Which one is the Chigi Chapel?" "It's in one of these apses:" "Pyramids in a Catholic church:" "This is it:" "This is the Chigi Chapel:" "The demon's hole:" "But it's askew:" "Come here:" "Hand me your flashlight:" "What's that?" "I call as my witness Christ the Lord: : :" ": : :who will be my judge, that my vote is given: : :" ": : :to the one before God I think should be elected:" "I elect as the most high pontiff, Dominic Scolamiero:" "Edoardo Rossi:" "They are voting for themselves to prevent a majority:" "They are waiting for the preferiti to be rescued:" "Perhaps we should as well, yes?" "Not until the smoke is white: : :" ": : :will the College of Cardinals have chosen a new Holy Father:" "For now, the Vatican seat of ultimate power remains vacant:" "Get the body out of there, and search the rest of the building:" " Chartrand!" " Sir?" "Outside, a perimeter:" "Secure but invisible:" "No lights, no guns, nobody knows:" " Understand?" " Yes, sir:" "I'm calling all off-duty:" "No information:" "Is it Raphael?" "The chapel is Raphael:" "But the sculptures are Bernini:" "The unknown Illuminati master: : :" ": : :" "Bernini?" "He worked for the Church:" "Almost exclusively:" "But the Illuminati were infiltrators:" "There wasn't a powerful organisation they didn't penetrate: : :" ": : :including the Vatican by hiding in plain sight:" "Habakkuk and the Angel:" "He's the prophet that predicted the annihilation of the Earth:" "" Let angels guide thee on thy lofty quest:"" "This is the first marker:" "The path is alive:" "Southwest:" "It was pointing southwest:" "Earth, air, fire, water:" "We're looking for a Bernini sculpture: : :" ": : :having to do with air:" "The second church is somewhere southwest of here:" "You're sure this time?" "I need a map showing all the churches of Rome:" "I could use it now:" "All right, the purple areas with these black crosses represent the churches:" "But nothing intersects the line until it hits..." " Until it hits St:" "Peter's:" " Michelangelo designed St:" "Peter's: : :" " : : :not Bernini:" " Michelangelo designed the Basilica:" "Bernini designed St:" "Peter's Square:" "The second marker must be a statue in St:" "Peter's Square:" "It's 10 minutes till 9:" "Can you go any faster?" "Not unless you want the full attention of the world press:" "There was no consensus after the first ballot: : :" ": : :but Cardinal Baggia, the Italian, is the odds-on favourite: : : :" "There is no new Pope, but it is possible: : :" ": : :that Cardinal Guidera, the Spaniard, is the most probable: : : :" "It is possible that Cardinal Ebner, from Germany, is the favourite: : : :" "Stem cell research is murder!" "You're condemning sick people to die:" "Man is not God:" "There, another obelisk:" "Check the crowd:" "It's almost 9:" "He's gotta be here already:" "There must be 100 statues up there:" "None of them are angels:" "Those are all saints:" "How in God's name would anyone create a sculpture about air?" "Bas-relief:" "Of course:" "It's still a sculpture:" "Check the ground:" "Look at the carvings:" "Look for another having something to do with air:" ""West Ponente:" West wind:" "Vittoria!" "Here it is:" "West wind:" "An angel blowing out five streaks of air:" "This is it:" "Get the police!" "Call an ambulance!" "He's still alive:" "His chest:" "They punctured his lungs:" "Clear the square:" ""... from within your walls to squeeze life from the Bishop:"" "He's actually claiming responsibility for the death of His Holiness:" "That's ridiculous:" "He died of a stroke:" "It implies the Illuminati murdered him with his own medication:" "What?" "Down here:" ""With man's solution we stilled his heart:" "With his own needle did we pierce his unholy veil:"" "Did the Holy Father take any kind of medication by injection?" "Tinzaparin:" "He had thrombophlebitis:" "He took an injection every day:" "But no one knew that:" "Someone knew:" "Well, he had health concerns and seizures as well:" "But he took steps to make sure he was watched, for safety:" "He didn't want it made public, so we have no reason to discuss it:" "Tinzaparin is lethal in the wrong dosage:" "An overdose could cause massive internal bleeding: : :" ": : :and brain haemorrhages:" "It might look like a stroke at first, but in a few days his body would show signs:" "This could easily be examined:" "In case you're not aware of it: : :" ": : :papal autopsy is prohibited by Vatican law:" "We're not going to defile His Holiness's body: : :" ": : :just because his enemies claim..." " Why would they send this letter now?" " Well, to cause panic:" ""The sun will blind at midnight: : :" ": : :and neither police nor professors can stop it:"" "He knows I'm here:" "Obviously they were hoping this letter would become public:" "We might be wise to pre- empt their attempt: : :" ": : :by making an announcement of our own to refute this absurd claim:" "That's out of the question:" "Cardinal Strauss has insisted this entire matter be kept internal:" "He shouldn't be aware of it:" "He's in conclave:" "His final instructions before sealing the doors were very clear:" "Cardinal Strauss does not dictate Vatican protocols:" "As you say, yet, technically: : :" ": : :now that conclave has begun: : :" ": : :it's his privilege and duty to control public announcements:" "I've drafted a release about the incident in the piazza: : :" ": : :but any other statements are specifically prohibited:" "For that, Cardinal has asked me to remind you we have a chimney:" "Commander Richter, the search for the device?" "Well, we've turned the power on and off to about 20 percent of Vatican City:" " Nothing on the video yet:" " We're running out of options:" "How long would you need to evacuate?" "If I pull all my men from the search for the bomb, 30 minutes:" "Mr:" "Langdon:" "You have been right so far about the path:" "It's now 9: 15:" "How quickly can you find the next church?" "The lines on the carving pointed east, away from Vatican City:" "But there were five of them, so there's room for error:" "About 20 churches intersect those lines:" "None of them have names that invoke fire:" "So a Bernini sculpture must be inside one of them that does:" "We'll need to get into the archives to find it:" " Would you escort Mr:" "Langdon?" " Yes, Father:" "Silvano's journals:" "The killer's name could be in here:" "May I stay?" "Please:" "Fine, of course:" "Professor:" "Would it surprise you to find those clothes suit you?" "It would surprise the hell out of me:" "The Vatican is expressing sympathy for the mugging victim: : :" ": : :a Dusseldorf tourist, now confirmed dead: : : :" "The Vatican police have a suspect in custody: : : :" "The Vatican will allow the crowd back into St:" "Peter's Square: : :" ": : :where security will be doubled: : : :" "The Vatican did admit that where there are crowds, so often follows crime:" "We're trying now to get the name of the tourist who was..." " Oh, wait:" " Hand to the right:" "Keep panning:" "We're getting word now of smoke:" "Smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney:" "Apparently there's been another vote:" "The smok e is black:" "Once again, the cardinals have failed to reach consensus: : :" ": : :" "And the Catholic Church remains without a leader:" "What are you looking for now?" "Church assets:" "I beg your pardon?" "Artwork:" "It's valuable:" "Corporations tend to keep track of their holdings:" "The Catholic Church is not a corporation, it's a beacon:" "A source of inspiration for one billion lost and frightened souls:" "Sure, I get that:" "It's also a bank:" "Commander Olivetti said I was not to leave your side this time:" "It wasn't me, it was her:" "Power is now cut to Zone 73:" "No light reaction on the monitor:" "Restore power and move on to 74:" "What sort of signs?" "I'm sorry?" "If the Holy Father was given an overdose of Tinzaparin: : :" ": : :what signs would his body bear?" "Bleeding of the oral mucosa:" "His tongue:" "Post-mortem, the blood congeals and turns the inside of the mouth black:" "Even after 14 days?" "It wouldn't show up until at least a week after his death:" "He was very important to me:" "Yeah, I understand:" "Will you come with me, please?" "Signore, would you organise a security team: : :" ": : :to escort Miss Vetra and myself down to the crypt?" " Yes, sir:" " We'll be leaving straightaway:" "Do you smoke?" "A little bit:" "Then you better sit down before you keel over:" "And what's all that right there?" "What does this say in Italian right here: : :" ": : :next to the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa?" "Right there:" "" Moved at suggestion of the artist:"" "" Moved"?" "To another church:" "At the suggestion of Bernini?" "I don't know:" "Here:" "Translate all of this for me: : :" ": : :and I'll buy you a pack of smokes:" "I'm looking for a reference to fire:" "Fires:" " "Seraphim," meaning "the fiery one:"" " Right:" "" His great, golden spear, a point of fire:"" "Then "woman left completely afire:"" "Ecstasy of Saint Teresa:" "Saint Teresa on fire:" "So this sculpture was moved to this church?" "Why did they shut down the system?" "They know we're down here:" "If there's no power, there's no oxygen:" " Can we get out?" " The door is electronic:" "Oh, God:" "Well, that's disappointing:" "Where are we going?" "To see my father:" "I don't understand:" "I was orphaned when I was 9 years of age:" "A bombing in Ulster:" "The UVF protesting the visit of a Catholic archbishop:" "The archbishop felt responsible, and he adopted me the following day:" "I was raised by him and by the Church:" "He was the wisest man I ever met:" "Even when I was young and stubborn, I wanted to be ordained:" "But I was brought up in Italy, so I also wanted to do my military service:" "I wanted to fight:" "He told me, " Learn to fly:"" "So I joined the Aeronautica Militare: : :" ": : :flew helicopters, bringing the wounded back to hospital:" "He was a great man:" "Your father died?" "Fourteen days ago:" "Command, do you read me?" "Power is off:" "Oxygen is very low:" "Come in:" "Can you read me?" "Can you get anything?" "No:" "The walls are lead-lined:" "There's no signal:" "This way:" "If the Holy Father was murdered, the implications are profound:" "Vatican security is impenetrable:" "No one from the outside could have got anywhere near him:" "It was someone on the inside:" "And we can trust no one:" "No light reaction on Zone 97:" "Based on the rate the battery is using power: : :" ": : :the device will detonate just before midnight:" "Holy Father: : :" ": : :when I was young, you told me the voice in my heart was God's voice:" "You said I should follow it, no matter how painful:" "Forgive me:" "Please:" "Give me strength:" "What I do, I do in the name of everything you believe:" "God help us:" "Santa Maria della Vittoria:" "Do you know it?" " Yes, I do:" " It's the next church:" "I think someone just tried to kill me:" " I promise you we had no idea..." " He knows I'm here:" " Yes:" " You heard me ask permission:" " You gave me an escort:" " We had no idea: : :" ": : :that portions of our white zones were cross-wired with that building:" "Commander Richter was extending the search:" "If he had known, he never would have killed the power:" "Or there is the other possibility:" "Is it conceivable the Illuminati: : :" ": : :have infiltrated the Swiss Guard?" "Perhaps:" "The journals:" "Where are they?" "Who took the journals from this desk?" "Someone is here?" "What is this?" "Signore, this is unacceptable:" "For a camerlengo to enter the chapel once conclave has begun: : : :" "Forgive me:" "There's been a development:" "His Holiness Celestine V was murdered:" "Is it so hard to believe it could happen again?" "Signori, please a moment:" "Please, signori:" "Our Church is at war:" "We are under attack from an old enemy:" "The Illuminati:" "They have struck us from within:" "Murdering our Holy Father:" "And threatening us all with destruction at the hands of their new god, science:" "They call it retribution:" "They think it justified:" "Because of the Church's attacks on men of science in the past:" "And it's true:" "Since the days of Galileo: : :" ": : :this Church has tried to slow the relentless march of progress: : :" ": : :sometimes with misguided means:" "But science and religion are not enemies:" "There are simply some things: : :" ": : :that science is just too young to understand:" "So the Church pleads, "Stop:" "Slow down:" "Think:" "Wait:"" "And for this they call us backward:" "But who is more ignorant: : :" ": : :the man who cannot define lightning: : :" ": : :or the man who does not respect its natural awesome power?" "The battle is well underway, signori:" "We must defend ourselves:" "But what if this time we fight their stealth with openness?" "Combat their wicked scheme with simple truth: : :" ": : :and end this brutish battle once and for all:" "If the outside world could see this Church as I do: : :" ": : :" "looking beyond the ritual of these walls: : :" ": : :they would see a modern miracle:" "A brotherhood of imperfect, simple souls: : :" ": : :who want nothing more than to be voices of compassion: : :" ": : :in a world spinning out of control:" "Signori, I ask: : :" ": : :" "I pray: : :" ": : :that you break this conclave:" "Open the doors: : :" ": : :" "Evacuate St:" "Peter's Square: : :" ": : :and tell the world the truth:" "Oh, my God:" "Get him down!" "No!" "There, there, that chain:" "On that pulley:" "This bench:" "Get this pew up here:" "Make a ladder:" "Gendarmeria Vaticana:" "My son: : :" ": : :" "God answers all prayers: : :" ": : :but sometimes his answer is no:" "The College will not break conclave:" "May I suggest: : :" ": : :you direct your energies: : :" ": : :to helping the Swiss Guard find this explosive device: : :" ": : :if it exists:" "And leave Church leadership: : :" ": : :to its leaders:" "Eminence:" "There is a growing fear that without the four preferiti: : :" ": : :a two-thirds majority for any candidate will not be possible:" " Unless..." " Speak plainly:" "It is the recommendation of many: : :" ": : :that you ask to be removed from your post as Great Elector: : :" ": : :thereby making yourself eligible: : :" ": : :to wear the Ring of the Fisherman:" "Well: : :" ": : :if it is God's will: : :" ": : :may his will be done:" "Signore, are you okay?" "Those journals are private property:" "I demand you return them:" "They're material evidence in a Vatican investigation:" "I am an Italian citizen:" "My rights do not end: : :" " : : :just because I crossed to the other..." " This is not Italy:" "It's not even Rome, it's the Vatican:" "A country of its own with its own laws:" "And when those journals passed the border, they became my property:" "I will give them back to you: : :" ": : :when I've decided they contain nothing of value to the investigation:" "Do you have something to hide, Comandante Richter?" "Do you, Dr:" "Vetra?" "Were it up to me, it would not be this way:" "It's a sin to kill with pain:" "It's a sin to kill without reason:" "Father: : :" ": : :they make me a sinner:" "Saint Teresa on fire:" "Professor Langdon?" " What direction is that?" " West, I think:" ""'Cross Rome the mystic elements unfold:"" "Piazza Barberini is here:" "Saint Teresa is here:" "Where is the Santa Maria del Popolo?" " Santa Maria del Popolo?" " Yes:" "Thank you:" "St:" "Peter's is here:" "We are here:" "A church with water: : : :" "Wait, wait, wait:" ""'Cross Rome:"" "The poem must mean it literally, cross Rome:" "Professor, Commander Richter has ordered me: : :" ": : :to escort you to the Vatican:" "Piazza Navona:" "Earth:" "Air:" "Fire:" "Water:" "Cross Rome:" "Bernini's Four Rivers:" "Professor Langdon, the Vatican insists that I have to take you back:" "The Vatican is about to see its fourth cardinal murdered tonight:" "Now, look:" "You can do as they say and force me back to the Vatican: : :" ": : :where we can all mourn his death together:" "Or you can show how real cops act, and take me to the Piazza Navona: : :" ": : :where we still might be able to stop it:" "Oh, by all means, let's talk it over:" "In 14 minutes, he's gonna be dead:" "This way, professor:" "Yes, Padre?" "At 11: 15, if the Church is still in peril: : :" ": : :give the order to evacuate the cardinals:" "But with dignity:" "Let them walk out into St:" "Peter's Square with their heads held high:" "I don't want the last image of this Church to be of men: : :" ": : :sneaking out the back door:" "" Let angels guide thee: : : :"" "There it is:" " There it is:" " Professor, I know this fountain:" " There is no angel on it:" " The dove:" "The Angel of Peace:" "And it's looking in what direction?" "East, I think:" "Professor, just wait here:" "Stay put:" "Good evening:" "Can you help me?" "I'm waiting for a doctor:" "Come here:" "Stay calm:" "Don't shoot:" "Hey!" "Help!" "Somebody help!" "Help, somebody!" "Cardinal Baggia?" "Cardinal Baggia:" "Where was he hiding you?" "The Church of Illumination, where is it?" "Castel..." "Castel Sant'Angelo:" "Castle of the Angel:" "Sir, there's news about Cardinal Baggia:" "The cardinal told Langdon he was being held in Castel Sant'Angelo:" "If Langdon's right, that's where the bomb is:" "Send everyone we can spare:" "And you?" "I'm staying here:" "Vittoria:" " You're all right:" " I'm all right:" "What about you?" "I just heard:" "I'm all right, I'm okay:" "Robert, we can't trust Richter:" "He took Silvano's journals:" "There must be something in there he doesn't want us to see:" "The head of the Swiss Guard:" "Castel Sant'Angelo, it's close, so the signal from that camera: : :" ": : :could still reach the Vatican:" "The Church of Illumination is somewhere here:" "Your canister is inside it:" "Come with me:" "For 400 years, the Illuminati met right under the Church's nose:" "The Vatican used this as a hideout and as a prison for their enemies:" "If the explosion happens here, would the blast radius take out the Vatican?" "And part of Rome along with it:" "Go on:" "They're pointing to it:" "The angels:" "The canister must be down there:" "Come on:" " Where are they going?" " To search the outer castle:" "No, no:" "It has to be here!" "Robert, it's a dead end:" "No, it's not:" "See if you can find a flashlight:" "All of these stones are rectangular granite:" "Except right here:" "What is this?" "It's a pentagram:" "An eye: : :" ": : :that leads to: : : :" "Nowhere:" "Robert?" "These walls overlap and there's a passageway back here:" "Here, let me have the flashlight:" "It's a passageway that leads to the Vatican:" "An ancient escape route:" "My God:" "Here:" "Look:" "This would be the perfect place for the Illuminati to blow: : :" ": : :the whole building up:" "Here:" "Here:" "Get on the radio:" "Get the word out:" "Conclave remains sealed:" "But the camerlengo gave the order for evacuation at..." "I'm countermanding it:" "This is it:" "This is their church:" "The canister should be lit by artificial light:" "It's not here, Robert:" ""A shining star at the end of the path:" It has to be:" "It's not here:" " What did the poem say?" " Nothing:" "Nothing, it's all over:" "It was just the four lines, each one describing the: : : :" "There's a fifth brand:" "It's not an ambigram, it's just two crossed keys:" " The symbol for the Vatican:" " No:" "No, the papacy:" "They intend to kill him:" "Before they destroy the Vatican, they're gonna kill: : :" " : : :and brand the pope himself:" " There is no pope:" "Tempe sede vacante:" "II camerlengo:" " We have to warn him:" " Take a step back, please:" "Take your cell phone from your pocket:" "Throw it in the fire:" "Murderer:" "You know, when they call me: : :" ": : :and they all call me: : :" ": : :it is so important to them that I know: : :" ": : :that what they ask is the Lord's will:" "Or Allah's, or Yahweh's:" "And I suppose they're right:" "Because if he was not vengeful, I would not exist, now would I?" "I've had several chances to eliminate you tonight:" "You're still alive because you have no weapon: : :" ": : :and they didn't ask me to kill you, but if you pursue me: : :" ": : :it is another matter:" "Be careful:" "These are men of God:" "The camerlengo:" "Have you come to make me a martyr?" "Here:" "Here:" "Here:" " I need to see the camerlengo:" " He is not available:" " I demand to see the camerlengo!" " He is not available:" "We'll see about that:" "All locked up:" "Senza chiave, it's a one- way portal:" "The only entrance is on the other side:" "No!" "Hey!" "I don't care who he talks to:" "He doesn't go into that room:" "This is Robert Langdon and Dr:" "Vetra!" "Open the door!" "Open up!" "Open the door!" "Hey!" "The camerlengo is in danger:" "He's the one!" "He's got a gun!" " Illuminatus!" " You bastard:" " Illuminatus!" " Sanctimonious bastard!" "Order the evacuation:" "We only have 19 minutes:" "Here, he's..." "Get the helicopter for the older cardinals:" "Yes, sir:" "Robert?" "The brand, the symbol, could it have another meaning?" "Crossed keys:" "But those are upside down:" "St:" "Peter:" "The first pope: : :" ": : :was crucified upside down:" " On Vatican Hill:" " A few hundred feet below us:" "Necropolis, city of the dead:" "" Upon this rock I will build my church:"" "Or bring it down upon itself:" "The bomb is in St:" "Peter's tomb:" "The grid is still cycling:" "The power to this section must be down:" "It must be here:" "It must be:" "Don't touch it:" "We have seven minutes:" "Robert, hold this:" "It's cold down here, isn't it?" "What's wrong?" "Cold decreases battery life:" "We may have less than five minutes:" "So?" "If I pull the power with less than five minutes: : :" ": : :the residual charge won't hold suspension:" "We should leave it here and get clear if we can:" " At least down here, the damage..." " No!" " No, wait!" " Father!" "We are live here at St:" "Peter's Square: : :" ": : :where despite a bomb threat and an order of evacuation: : :" ": : :the crowd is actually growing in size as we await an official: : :" ": : :announcement from the Vatican spokesman: : :" ": : :as to the exact nature of the threat: : :" ": : :and whether or not they are treating it as a credible danger:" "This way:" "A bomb?" "Roberto, there's an emergency:" "I'll take her up alone:" "He's got clearance:" "Oh, my God:" "Get down!" "Cardinal Strauss?" "It was the camerlengo:" "He saved us all!" "He saved the church and he is alive:" "Praise God:" "Praise God:" "He is alive:" "He sacrificed himself for all of us:" "It's so incredible:" "He survived:" "You know, the worst thing we thought would happen: : :" ": : :was that our work would fall into the hands of the energy companies:" "We thought we could change the world:" "So naive:" "No, no:" "Not naive:" "Innocent, maybe:" "But that's not a crime:" "I'm not so sure:" "Go back to work:" "Change the world:" "A gift:" "Do you understand what I'm saying?" "For Catholics, for everyone:" "Camerlengo's age shouldn't be an obstacle:" "Signori, you are no doubt aware: : :" ": : :that by holy law the man is ineligible for election to the papacy:" "He is not a cardinal, he is a priest:" "He is of insufficient age:" "Well, maybe there's a way we could consider the possibilities:" "I am sorry:" "The protocols of conclave are not subject to modification:" "I will not call a ballot on this matter:" "But, signore, you would not call the ballot:" "Surely you remember: : :" ": : :you gave up your post as Great Elector:" "They are singing in St:" "Peter's Square:" "And what happened here tonight transcends our laws:" "Does it?" "Is it God's will that we give ourselves over to frenzy?" "Discard the rules of the Church?" "Perhaps we need not discard them:" "Signore, I am thinking now of Romano Pontifici Eligendo, Numero Sessanta..." "Acclamation by Adoration:" "If the Holy Spirit speaks through us: : :" ": : :and we call a man's name out loud..." "That is election by adoration:" " He's God's choice:" " Yes:" "And the candidate need only be an ordained member of the clergy: : :" ": : :present in the Sistine Chapel at the moment of his election:" "I think we have it settled:" "Signore Camerlengo:" "Yes?" "The cardinals ask you to join them in conclave as soon as possible:" "Me?" "Yes, Padre:" "What are you doing?" "Silvano's journals:" "I want them back:" "Richter said: : :" ": : :" "His Holiness suffered from seizures: : :" ": : :but steps were taken: : :" ": : :for safety:" "" Made sure he was watched," he said:" "What if he was trying to give me this key?" "That's the papal office:" "If the pope was worried about seizures: : :" ": : :he must have had Richter instal cameras without telling anyone:" "To keep an eye on him:" "For safety:" "Maybe it records:" "I read the journals, Patrick:" "The scientist k ept journals:" "So?" "Well, you figure prominently in them:" "Really?" "Bentiv oglio wasn't just a physicist, he was also a Catholic priest:" "And as such, he was deeply conflicted about the implications of his work: : :" ": : :and in need of spiritual guidance:" "Like Galileo:" "About a month ago, he requested an audience with the pope: : :" ": : :but you know that:" "Because you granted the audience, and you were also present during it:" "The God particle:" "To actually claim an act of creation:" "The blasphemy:" "The arrogance:" "The Holy Father didn't see it like that:" "He urged him to go public:" "His Holiness thought that the discovery: : :" ": : :could actually scientifically prove the existence of a divine power: : :" ": : :and begin to bridge the gap between science and religion:" "His work was not religious, it was sacrilegious:" "But you saw the pope's position as a softening of Church law:" "As an old man's weakness:" "Your father's weakness:" "You murdered the Vicar of Christ:" "He raised me to protect this Church, even from within:" "And then you conjured up an old enemy from the past:" "The Illuminati:" "You found the ancient brands in the papal vaults, and put them to use:" "To spread fear:" "The cardinals are men of belief:" "Right now, their belief in evil is uniting them:" "The entire Catholic world will be united by this attack:" "There is no attack:" "You're trying to convince the cardinals they're in a war: : :" ": : :so they will choose a warrior to lead them:" "We are at war:" "We're weak when we should be strong:" "If science is allowed to claim the power of creation: : :" ": : :what is left for God?" "It didn't work, Patrick:" " It isn't finished:" " Oh, yes, it's finished:" "It's finished:" "I've shown the journals to Father Simeon:" "The moment the doors to the conclave open: : :" ": : :he will tell the cardinals what you've done:" "I was planning on doing this alone:" "Put it down:" "But perhaps it's better that you're here:" "Put it down:" "Put it away:" "Help!" "He's the one!" "He's got a gun!" " Illuminatus!" " You bastard:" " Illuminatus!" " Sanctimonious bastard!" "And get the helicopter for the older cardinals, right?" "Robert?" "The brand, the symbol, could it have another meaning?" "I've been summoned by the College of Cardinals:" "Gently: : :" ": : :but within our walls:" "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit:" "Church sources now confirm: : :" ": : :that Camerlengo Father Patrick McKenna: : :" ": : :has died of internal injuries sustained in his heroic fall:" "Crowds of the faithful are calling for: : :" ": : :the camerlengo's immediate canonization and sainthood:" "The Vatican also announced the death of three of its cardinals: : :" ": : :in the fire at Santa Maria della Vittoria:" " As we await the appearance of the new Holy Father: : :" ": : :" "Cardinal Baggia of Italy: : :" ": : :one of the four original preferiti, who, despite terrorist attempts: : :" ": : :at disruption, seems to have been selected: : :" ": : :in one of the swiftest and smoothest conclaves: : :" ": : :in modern Church history:" "Professor Langdon?" "Please:" "A token of thanks from His Holiness: : :" ": : :and from his new camerlengo:" "We are grateful you saved his life:" "And it's our understanding that you require this text: : :" ": : :to complete your scholarly work:" "We ask only that in your last will and testament: : :" ": : :you ensure: : :" ": : :it finds its way home:" "Of course:" "And when you write of us: : :" ": : :and you will write of us: : :" ": : :may I ask one thing?" "Do so gently:" "I'll try:" "Religion is flawed: : :" ": : :but only because man is flawed:" "All men, including this one:" "He chose the name Luke:" "There's been many Marks and Johns: : :" ": : :never a Luke:" "It's said he was a doctor:" "It's quite a message, science and faith all in one:" "The world is in need of both:" "You will counsel him wisely:" "I am an old man:" "I will counsel him briefly:" "Mr:" "Langdon: : :" ": : :thanks be to God for sending someone to protect his Church:" "I don't believe he sent me, Father:" "Oh, my son: : :" ": : :of course he did:"