From PBS and Frontline: Pope Benedict made history when he announced his resignation, becoming the first Pope to step down voluntarily in six hundred years. In his wake he left a bitterly divided Vatican mired in scandals. But is Benedict's successor, Pope Francis, taming the forces that helped destroy Benedict's papacy? Is he succeeding in lifting the Church out of crisis? Nearly a year in the making, this special FRONTLINE goes inside the Vatican - one of the world's most revered and mysterious institutions - to unravel the remarkable series of events that led to the resignation that shook the world. Through interviews with those at the very heart of what happened - cardinals, priests, convicted criminals, police, prosecutors and whistle-blowers - FRONTLINE gives a first-hand account of…
Directed by: Antony Thomas
Cast: Raul Gonzales, one of Maciel's alleged sons, Milwaukee clergy sexual abuse victims, Msgr., Msgr. Nunzio Scarano (blurred out), arrested Vatican Bank officer, Nello Rossi, Chief Prosecutor of Rome, ordained, Paolo Gabriele, Peter Isley, Milwaukee clergy sexual abuse survivor, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II, rape
Genres: Documentary