The Young Pope: a conversation on faith, doubt, and divine irony

a fictional dialogue with Jude Law’s character Lenny from HBO’s The Young Pope

Brenden
The Labyrinth
Published in
7 min readFeb 24, 2024

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I’ve been finishing The Young Pope on HBO, which is aboutA young cardinal from New York, Lenny Belardo, becomes pope of the Catholic Church when the leading contenders of the Papal conclave fail to win election.”

Starring Jude Law, the series is filled with thought-provoking dialogue and musings that make Law’s character one of the most memorable, and even

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Brenden
The Labyrinth

chaotically curious. tragically confused. simulated enigma. i write about the thing.