Ukrainian bishop Kiril Lakota, a political prisoner in a Soviet gulag for twenty years, is unexpectedly released and sent to the Vatican, where, upon the sudden death of the Pope, leader of the Catholic Church, he must face a challenging destiny that will put the future of the entire world in his hands.
Kiril Lakota
Fr. David Telemond
George Faber
Cardinal Rinaldi
Piotr Ilyich Kamenev
Cardinal Leone
The Elder Pope
Dr. Ruth Faber
Chiara
Igor Bounin
Peng
Gelasio
Augustinian
Vucovich
Capuchin Monk
The Marchesa
Brian
Dying Man's Friend
Gorshenin
English Cardinal #1
November 14, 1968
Kiril Lakota
Fr. David Telemond
George Faber
Cardinal Rinaldi
Piotr Ilyich Kamenev
Cardinal Leone
The Elder Pope
Dr. Ruth Faber
Chiara
Igor Bounin
Peng
Gelasio
Augustinian
Vucovich
Capuchin Monk
The Marchesa
Brian
Dying Man's Friend
Gorshenin
English Cardinal #1