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Jude Law (Lenny Belardo)Diane Keaton (Sister Mary)Silvio Orlando (Cardinal Voiello)Javier Cámara (Cardinal Gutierrez)Scott Shepherd (Cardinal Dussolier)Cécile de France (Sofia)Ludivine Sagnier (Esther)Toni Bertorelli (Cardinal Caltanissetta)James Cromwell (Cardinal Michael Spencer)Ignazio Oliva (Valente)
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Umberto Contarello, Tony Grisoni, Stefano Rulli, Paolo Sorrentino, Peppe Fiore
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The beginning of the pontificate of Lenny Belardo, alias Pius XIII, the first American Pope in history.
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