Holy Father by Mark Lawson | BBC RADIO DRAMA

Holy Father by Mark Lawson | BBC RADIO DRAMA: In the year 2020, 120 cardinals have gathered in the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope. And for the first time since 1159 he might just be English. Please Support This Channel. Thanks! 😘💖 https://buymeacoffee.com/ThinkingLoud BBC RADIO DRAMA: https://shorturl.at/abzRY I Have No Control Over The Adverts: https://rb.gy/ixs3w THINKING OUT LOUDER: /@ thinkingoutlouderbbc It is the near future in the Vatican. A charismatic Pope has died with his radical reforming mission incomplete. As the Cardinals gather in the Vatican for the late pontiff's funeral and then the secret conclave that will elect his successor, two men are considered the most likely papabili. One - Cardinal Brendan Faber - would become the first English Pope since Nicolas Brakespeare; the other - Cardinal Dieudonne Simouri - would be the first African pontiff. Faber represents the liberal reformist wing of the Catholic Church; Simouri the conservative, counter-reformist section. They have become symbolic of a struggle for the soul of the church. However, on the eve of the conclave, Faber receives an unexpected visitor in Rome. Writer ..... Mark Lawson Producer ..... Eoin O'Callaghan Director ..... Eoin O'Callaghan. Cardinal Faber: Nick Dunning Cardinal Simouri: Jude Akuwudike Rachel Grealish: Lise Ann McLaughlin Martha Keen: Scarlett Brookes Tom Graham: Patrick FitzSymons Cardinal O'Callaghan: Pat Laffan Padro Antenucci : Faolan Morgan Writer: Mark Lawson Producer: Eoin O'Callaghan Director: Eoin O'Callaghan Thu 21 Apr 2016 14:15 BBC RADIO 4

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