The Pope Plays Piano—and Has Celebrity Cousins

Turns out Pope Leo is a classically trained pianist with a taste for Bartók. We learn about his musical past, his remarkable high school years, and his deeply moving genealogy session with Henry Louis Gates Jr., which revealed distant ties to Madonna, Angelina Jolie, Justin Bieber, and even Hillary Clinton. Later, artisans prepare to add Pope Leo’s mosaic to the legendary portrait wall at Saint Paul Outside the Walls—reviving an ancient end-times superstition.Portions of this program were made with the help of AI. While no one truly knows what happens behind closed doors, we've tried our best to capture the story, taking dramatic license when necessary to create this entertainment series based on true events.



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