Chapter 2277: Heaven and Earth
The Vatican, the legendary place of the prophets, the legendary abode of the Holy Father, the Holy Son and the Holy Spirit, every building here has a sacred atmosphere, but everyone who comes here will feel a strong religious atmosphere, will unconsciously immerse themselves in the atmosphere of faith, and be impressed by it from the bottom of their hearts!
But it is such a sacred place, although the sun is still shining, whether it is the pedestrians walking in the streets or the clergy in St. Peter's Basilica, their faces are dark and unconcealable, and even the backs of many cardinals have become much more rickety, as if they have aged countless years overnight.
And the reason why this ancient city, which is known as the brightest place where God reflects on the earth, is now covered with this rare layer of gloom, is simply because of the existence of one person!
And that person is Lin Bai! The battle of the airport had completely spread within the Holy See, and all the clergy were in a state of panic, and many people were doubting whether the Knights Templar could serve as the last line of defense of the Holy See. Many people are afraid, if they wait for the demon's butcher's knife to come, how will they deal with it?!
There are even cardinal archbishops who have suggested to the Holy See that the Vatican be sealed off in the near future, not to be haunted by any strange faces, and to dismiss the clergy within the Holy See as much as possible, so as to avoid unnecessary sacrifices, even if the Knights Templar is not enough to support the glory of the Lord, the Holy See can still have hope of revival!
This is the most cowardly suggestion ever made since the founding of the Vatican, when it has had a glory that no other land in the world has ever had! But even so, there are still many who believe that this period will be one of the darkest times in the history of the Holy See, and it is likely to be the only time of dark turmoil with the crucifixion of Jesus!
But the most puzzling thing is that at such a critical juncture, when the Holy See urgently needed someone to make up its mind and decide where to go, their mysterious Franciscan Pope suddenly seemed to have evaporated from the world, and he ignored any requests from cardinals and turned everyone away.
Compared with Lin Bai's coercion, for the Holy See, the Pope's facelessness is the greatest torture in the Holy See. They could not understand why the Pope, who had been so ambitious and even wanted to recreate the glory of the Crusades, had lost his voice at this crucial juncture of the Holy See, as if he were about to abandon his subjects.
Could it be that the Pope is afraid? Or did the Pope already think that his previous decisions were wrong, and he couldn't stop that demonic young man, so he deliberately disappeared?!
But the Pope is gone, and these cardinal archbishops can't help but meet him! The reason for this is simple, because if it were a quiet time in the past, if the Pope did not show up, they cardinals would be able to make their own decisions about the future direction of the Holy See.
But now, with them, the cardinals, they are powerless to do this. Because all the power of the Holy See, as never before, is completely gathered in the hands of the Pope, and is held by him alone!
It is not that no one has ever gone to the Knights Templar, but without exception, no matter how noble the person who goes, the members of the Knights Templar who have eyes above the top are all a picture of love and lukewarm.
Under these circumstances, it became clear to all that the Knights Templar was no longer an army guarding the Holy See, a power controlled by God, but a private army owned and dominated by the Pope.
But now that the leader of this private army does not even show his face, how can the members of the Templar Order treat them?
"Where did the Pope go? Why is it that there is not even a single message so far, where should our Holy See go, do we really want the glory of our Holy See to be destroyed in one fell swoop, so that the sanctity of our Lord will be completely destroyed by that evil Chinese heresy, and let my Holy See fall into the abyss? ”
Looking at the locked church door, a cardinal who had gone to the airport to explore the endgame of the battle showed a look of indignation on his face, leaving behind the past breezy clouds, and hammered the door hard, angry and reprimanded.
"Bishop Antonio, don't shoot again, we've slapped this door I don't know how many times, but there's never been any news from inside!" Looking at the actions of the cardinal, the other cardinals who stayed here sighed again and again, and there was a helpless smile on their faces, looking at the door, shaking their heads with a wry smile and saying, "Your Excellency, he doesn't want to see us!" ”
"Don't want to see us?! Is he running away, but in the current situation, can he escape? The decision of the Crusades was made by him, and if it weren't for his decision, how could the Holy See have ended up in the current situation?! Now that something has happened, he wants to abandon it, is this the attitude that a pope should have? ”
Obviously extremely dissatisfied with the cardinals' answers, Antonio frowned when he heard this, and struck the door with all his might, and said hatefully: "If we knew this was the case, we shouldn't have ...... in the first place."
Although Antonio's words were not finished, hearing his words, the cardinals in the hall all had a wry smile on their faces, and they all knew what he had to say in his unfinished words.
In fact, not only Antonio, but also many people in the Holy See today have the same idea. And this idea is that they began to regret that they had voted for Francis, who had been sacred and precious in the first place, to succeed Benedict XVI as Pope, if it were not for this, how could the Holy See have entered such a crisis?!
But even if they regret it, they all know that this situation cannot be changed now! The Holy See has a well-established rule that whoever is elected as pope must remain pope for life and cannot be dismissed. This means that unless Francis dies, there can be no new pope in the Holy See.
This is a rule that has long been established within the Holy See, and from ancient times to the present, there are no exceptions, and no one can change it without authorization!
What's more, all the power of the Holy See, as well as the core forces such as the Inquisition and the Knights Templar, are now in the hands of Pope Francis, and even without that rule of life, they alone cannot oust Francis from the Pope by virtue of the power of cardinals who have no name and no power in their hands.
After thousands of sighs, there is only one place left helpless, and I only hate them for having no eyes and old eyes, and they will be ignorant of people's wisdom to elect such an empty ambition, but no responsibility!
"Bishop Antonio, you said you shouldn't have been, what should you not have done in the first place?" And just as everyone looked at the locked door and sighed again and again, behind the crowd, there was a sudden unpredictable voice, and in that voice, it was full of conspiracy, as if they were framing something.
As soon as these words came out, the hall suddenly fell silent, and the expressions of all the cardinals who stayed here suddenly became embarrassed. Although no one looked back, they all knew what was coming!
At this moment, who questioned Antonio like this and spoke in such a tone except Bishop John, who had been in the limelight in front of Pope Franciscan before, who could be?!
Because this person has done an excellent job in finding people who can practice the secret art of inheritance within the Holy See, he is quite trusted by the Franciscan Pope and regards him as a person of the humerus, especially after getting rid of Bishop Moritsa, John has a faint situation of becoming a third person in the Holy See, and his power is second only to the Pope and Bertran, who is also the head of the Knights Templar and the director of the Inquisition, far above the other cardinals!
And in order to seize more power, this person has done everything he can, and his cooperation with Bertrand has reached the point of being seamless, just in this short day, I don't know how many people, because of his frame, have been thrown into the dark prison in the Inquisition, waiting for the final verdict!
In the face of such a conspirator who bites people like a mad dog, even if the people in the audience are dissatisfied with it, how dare they show it on the surface, even if they slander in their hearts, they have to look at the occasion.
"Nothing, just to say what everyone thinks!" Others gave John face, but Antonio, who was the leader of the Cardinal Council of the Holy See, did not have any fear of this villain, after hearing this, he smiled indifferently, and then looked at John with both eyes, and said in a deep voice: "We can't see the Pope, but I think that Bishop John has an unusual identity and is deeply favored by the Pope, I think you should have the opportunity to meet the Pope!" How exactly is the Pope going to deal with this? ”
"The glory of my Lord is in heaven, the glory of the Pope is on earth, the affairs of heaven are decided by my Lord, and the affairs of earth are decided by the Pope.
Seeing Antonio's cold eyes like knives, John smiled lightly, and then said coldly without malice: "Bishop Antonio, you care so much about the things that the Pope should care about, do you want to take the Pope's position and make you yourself the Pope?" I advise you, you'd better not move your mind that you shouldn't move, otherwise you'll ......"