The Young Pope (Scripted, English)
Genres: Drama, History
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2016-10-21
Ended: 2016-11-18
Network: Sky Atlantic
Country: IT
Airs on: Friday
Air time: 21:00
Runtime: 70 minutes
Average rating: 7.4
The Young Pope tells the controversial story of the beginning of Pius XIII's pontificate. Born Lenny Belardo, he is a complex and conflicted character, so conservative in his choices as to border on obscurantism, yet full of compassion towards the weak and poor. The first American pope, Pius XIII is a man of great power who is stubbornly resistant to the Vatican courtiers, unconcerned with the implications to his authority.