This episode analyzes the process of electing the Pope - sovereign of the Vatican and St. Peter's Successor. Learn how the function of Cardinal came to be and a story of the Conclave as we know it, its secret rituals, like the moments a pope-elect spends in the Room of Tears. You will also learn the story about the Conclave electing John Paul II and Pope Benedict.

Part Four - Priest-King
More is revealed about the Pope's double function as sovereign of the Vatican and St. Peter's Successor. Learn about the Pope?s everyday life and daily customs. Talking about a workday of John Paul II, we will describe one of his predecessors' 200 or 300 years ago, showing the dramatic evolution the Church has undergone throughout the past one hundred years.

Part Five -The Oldest Administration in the World
Episode five analyzes the connection between a rural parish and a palace, the seat of the Roman Curia near St. Gervase Yard and a rural parish priest with a Cardinal, Secretary of State. Go through the history of the Curia and how its role in the Church has been changing throughout the years. The episode further analyzes the Church's philosophy and theology of activity, evaluating how the Curia is the only bureaucracy in the world whose reach and activity is on a global scale.

Part Six and Seven?- Daily Operations & Papal Residences
This is about the history of the Vatican, its origin, how the Lateran Treaty is connected with it, and the purpose of its establishment. Learn about the Vatican's every day operations, how the state functions, about its people who govern it and those who work for it, its territories and buildings, papal palaces, and the residence at Castel Gandolfo.

Part Eight - Stone Treasuries
Along the Vatican's north-south axis stretches a complex of buildings: the Papal Palace, the Vatican Library, and the Vatican Archives, each holding treasures of the cultural heritage of our times. The frescos, books, and documents inside are living and telling testimony of the nearly two millennia history of our civilization.

Part Nine?- The Pope's Transportation
This apparently looks like a story of papal cars, which begins with a gift of Milanese ladies and the revolt of a papal coachman and tells about fights between big car makers, trying to present the pope one of their standard products; and ends with the history of the Popemobile. Side by side runs the story of sedia gestatoria, the papal sedan chair. We will meet drivers of papal limousines and chamberlains that used to carry the sedan chair. By comparing the Popemobile with the sedan chair we will try to understand the differences the papacy has undergone throughout the past 50 years.

Part Ten - The Divisions of His Holiness
A story of defeats, victories, loyalty, and human attitudes whose roots trace back hundreds of years. Answers are provided as to what motivates people to serve and guard the Pope for nearly four hundred years. Hear from a young papal guard and from a young papal guard's wife about life within the military unit at the Vatican.

Part Eleven - The Kingdom of Art
Part eleven further highlights the Vatican museums and their history, the popes, art collectors and their motivations tracing back to the beginning as to why the Church became a patron of pagan antiques. You cannot, however talk about the museums without a story about the treasures gathered within.

Part Twelve?- The Papal Gardens
We start with the history of a vegetable bed; the Vatican vegetables, that is, which grow in the shadow of St. Peter's. They are an important symbol. During World War II vegetable beds covered almost the whole area of the Vatican gardens. They were grown by the order of Pius XII, who wanted the several hundred Jews hiding in the Vatican to be kept a secret from the Nazis. True of False? The history of how the Vatican's attitude toward the Jews changed, which explains why John XXIII ordered not to baptize the Jewish children saved from the Holocaust. John Paul II and the new look at the relationship the Jews?.. the Church. Its causes and its effects.

Part Thirteen?- The Sistine Chapel
The Sistine Chapel, a special treasure of the cultural heritage of our planet. Enjoy a story of its origin, whose brainchild it was, more about who created it, as well as the rivalry and creative process behind this masterpiece. Learn about its theology and what the frescos really represent including their hidden meanings.

Part Fourteen - St. Peter's Media
The Vatican media today includes TV, radio, and the papers known as St. Peter's Media. Learn about the history of the Vatican's contact with the world and its controversies. The episode will analyze the phenomenon of John Paul II, the most media-exposed Pope of modern times and its result for the Church today and throughout the past.

Bonus Material: Highlights Broadcast Program + Interview with Fr. Michael Collins (included on disc 5)