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- I'm sorry to hear that.

- Would you care for a drink?

One has to learn to get used to the idea.

You are... You are writing a book?

Oh, I wish I were. No, no.

My works are under examination by

a special pontifical commission.

Why?

For years, I've been forbidden

to teach or to publish anything.

I was suspected of holding

opinions dangerous to the faith.

How did you get this job?

I was kicked into a sacred congregation

to keep me out of mischief.

No, in fact, I'm an anthropologist.

I spent a long time in Asia.

I saw the world there exploding

into millions of hungry mouths.

I had to ask myself...

...what kind of wisdom the church

had to cope with this explosion.

So I start writing, and

I became a philosopher.

And you...

You have written many books?

- Ten.

- Oh, 10?

- How many published?

- None.

Scandinavian Airlines...

announce the arrival of their ight

SK681 from Moscow and Copenhagen

- Passengers will be arriving at gate 10.

- Hi.

The power of the human eye.

- What are you doing here?

- I've never watched you work. I'd like to...

I told you this was serious.

No one should know.

- Can't I just watch?

- No, honey.

Half the Vatican's up there waiting for me.

Oh, and am I not presentable?

George...

Yeah.

Wait at the coffee bar for me.

I won't wait.

- We'll have dinner tonight.

- I don't know, George.

Now, I have to go. I...

Look, I'll call you.

Eminence.

How do you do?

Now, just... Just a few

questions, Excellency.

When were your first

informed of your release?

Last night, in Moscow.

Were you surprised?

Well, I was shocked.

Were you ill-treated

during your confinement?

Not for a long time now.

More recently, I've been

working in heavy industry.

To that extent, then, you did

submit yourself to the system?

Insofar, Mr. Faber, as

any system provides...

...bread, work and dignity, I am

prepared to cooperate with it.

These things are good in themselves,

whether they exist in Rome or in Siberia.

And bread, work and dignity

do exist in Siberia.

Were you permitted to practice

your ministry as a priest?

No, I... I practiced it without

permission, among my fellow prisoners.

Do you see any hope for the

day when Christian faith...

...specifically, the Roman Catholic faith

may be practiced in Marxist countries?

I have no inside information...

...as to how the kingdom of God

is going to be established.

Well, that's enough. Thank you very much.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you.

I think, Eminence, you may

have caught yourself a Tartar.

I think we may have caught a Christian.

Oh, thank you.

The most Reverend Kiril Lakota,

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lvov.

Our brother Kiril.

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