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2/4
History: He was raised by his mother Maria, whom he used to call Maria Benedetta (the blessed Mary). To the questions about his father, she would always reply that he had died before Carlo was born and that now God was his father. She raised him a strict Catholic by bringing him to Mass every day.
During a vacation on Sicily, the church they visited came under attack of communist Red Brigades terrorists and Carlo was the sole survivor. Later he would say that God had saved him by leading him into a safe corner.
A bishop from Palermo then took him in and Carlo lived and learned under monks. But at the age of 16 he was conscripted to the Italian army. There he refused to fire a weapon, so they taught him to fly a helicopter and to parachute. After serving two years, he entered seminary. When the bishop was elected Pope, he named Carlo his Camerlengo.
Before the initial events occurred within the novel, Carlo had been sent, by the Vatican, to CERN (European Center for Nuclear Research) to meet with scientist Leonardo Vetra. This was to investigate claims that a discovery of profound religious significance had occurred. Here, he was shown the procedure to create antimatter. Carlo was ethically disturbed by this discovery, and reported his findings to the Pope, which was met with a positive response. The Pope claimed that he owed a great debt to science, and he agreed with Leonardo Vetra that the discovery held profound religious significance. Carlo was saddened to hear this from the Pope, so the Pope explained that he had fathered a child, so he owed a deep debt to science. Shocked and disappointed about this betrayal to God and the church, Carlo abandoned the Pope before the situation was explained. Carlo found himself on St. Peter's tomb where he believed he received instructions from God. THREE GUESSES WHAT THEY ARE.
Carlo carried out this believed instruction by poisoning the Pope with lethal dose of Heparin (which the pope required for his illness). Due to his role as the Camerlengo, he took the authority of the Holy See while a new Pope was elected (although without most of the Pope' prerogatives). During this time period, he hired an assassin to kill the four Cardinals held in the highest regard by the college, papabilies or preferati),thus ensuring a confusion in the Conclave as to who should be elected to the papacy.
He covered up many of these actions by assuming an alias as the leader of the Illuminati, known as Janus.
The novel then begins with the antimatter having been stolen from CERN and hidden in the Vatican, and used as a terrorist threat against the church. This is known to have been engineered by the Illuminati, which Carlo is claiming to be the leader of. The Illuminati claims that they wish to destroy the Vatican as vengeance for the murder and repression of science before the Age of Enlightenment.
During the novel, with one hour before the antimatter is due to destroy the Vatican, Maximilian Kohler claims to have information regarding the location of the antimatter, and reports to the Vatican to help. It then turns out that Kohler knew about the plans of the Camerlengo, and intended to unmask him. When he was confronted, he branded himself with the Illuminati diamond, claimed that Kohler was an Illuminatus and had him shot. During this time, Kohler has recorded the meeting on hidden camera.
Being carried outside to St Peter's Square due to his injuries, he suddenly awoke and jumped up, presenting the brand to the masses. Then he pretended to receive a heavenly message revealing the position of the antimatter, with only 30 minutes until its destruction, and it was down in St. Peter’s tomb.
He and Langdon used a helicopter to try to get the antimatter away. Carlo took the sole parachute and landed safely in the Vatican Gardens (without the knowledge of the media or the devout in St Peter's Square). He then climbed up to the Basilica and presented himself a perfect miracle to the cheering masses.
3/4
Horrified by the truth, he burnt himself alive on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica. His ashes, recovered by Mortati, later the new Pope, were put next to his father's sarcophagus.
Shortly thereafter, it becomes clear that Ventresca was elected Pope by Acclamation by Adoration, which is when all the Cardinals freely chant one clergyman's name, which they did before Carlo lit himself on fire. He reigned for under 17 minutes. CONGRATULATIONS, DICKWAD.
4/4 Nope, I didn't change a fucking thing.
Other: I’m going more book-canon than movie-canon, so obviously there are differences like the Illuminati Diamond which never was mentioned in the movie, and Kohler, and Carlo being the Pope’s son. And also his name being Carlo rather than Patrick which I somehow forgot to mention the first time through this app. Lol whoops?
Additional Links: ...If there’s a Dan Brown wiki that I’m not privy to...
First Person: What a strange place I’ve stumbled upon. You all are a very interesting sort. Perhaps God directed me here to help you. Though many of you may be sinners and blasphemers, I can help you. God can help you. You are the horror, and I will be your hope.
How many of you believe in God? Well, I suppose that doesn’t matter right now. What matters is how many of you want to. How many of you want to have faith in something bigger and more awesome than you? How many of you desire to have something else in your lives? Something not as hedonistic? Not as painful? I can save you.
Third Person: How dare he. How dare he! The man who was Pope - no! The man who had raised him, cared for him was... Was...
Was a common sinner. He and some... Whore had... Carlo’s body shook as he thought about it. He wanted to vomit, or punch something or... No, he couldn’t do that. He wouldn’t... But... The thought seemed so clear and it was an obvious solution to the man’s sin... And as the Camerlengo, it would be easy for him to accomplish without anyone ever finding out... No, he mustn’t. But maybe... Maybe this was God’s will. Maybe that was why he had even thought such a thing in the first place. Yes... God had given him a plan and God would give him the strength. He owed that man his life, but his sin must be punished.
And who better to punish him than someone who knew his darkest secret?
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