Deliver Us

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Priestess:

- Priestess: -

- Priest: -

Nun:

Reporter: [speaking English indistinctly on TV]

Sister Yulia: [praying in foreign language]

Sister Yulia:

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Father Fox: Forgive me, My Lord. I can't.

Russian Bishop: You would refuse the call?

This nun, Sister Yulia, has asked for you by name.

Father Fox: I have given you plenty notice.

Stayed on months longer than I should have, at your request,

performed exorcisms I don't believe in...

Well, this isn't an exorcism.

This is verification of a divine event

- and some translating. - Father Fox: Bishop, I'm sorry.

Father Fox: My Lord, I saved that girl

from her family, not the devil.

I was fighting mental illness.

You healed her when nobody else could.

Do you deny that?

I did what all priests are supposed to do.

I gave her my love and attention.

I made her realize that her life had value,

that she was a child of God.

That is when her illness stopped.

Russian Bishop: Mm. Perhaps,

but Sister Yulia's case seems to be different.

Local priests have confirmed its authenticity.

It's time for me to move on.

To be a good Christian rather than a bad priest.

Russian Bishop: You really shouldn't feel so guilty

for what you have done.

Priestly celibacy is rooted in tradition.

Not Catholic dogma.

If it were just an affair and I planned to end things,

it would be different. But... ...I love this woman.

And the child she's carrying deserves a real father.

Mm.

Speaking of love,

this nun, Sister Yulia, is pregnant with twins.

She claims it's immaculate.

She says her two unborn kids talk to her,

and that she knows that one of them is good

and one is evil.

Take a read, would you, for me?

Father Fox:

Cardinal Russo will personally oversee the verification.

He's an expert in ancient languages,

just like you.

Why's the Vatican sending a famous scholar?

I mean, someone like Cardinal Russo

could be Pope someday.

It shows you how seriously the Vatican is taking this case.

Laura: Look.

- - Laura:

- Come here, Plato. Hey. - Laura: Hi.

Buddy, come here.

How did it go?

Father Fox: As well as expected.

How you feeling?

Laura: A little sick this morning, but I'll be okay.

Schizophrenia, abusive childhood...

immaculate conception.

This woman needs help.

You should go.

You know she's not actually possessed.

Laura: I know that, but...

isn't this being a good Christian,

rather than a bad priest?

- Making fun of me? - I'm not.

I'm saying that even if you have to pretend to be a priest

to help this woman, that's Christian. No?

Well, technically, I still am a priest.

But... I have a different purpose now.

I don't want this to take me away from you.

It won't take me away from you.

I have to go to Estonia for work.

You'll probably be back before I am.

And when I get back, we should talk about Canada.

I think Edmonton would be a great place to raise a family.

But tell the bishop it's the last one,

and that you mean it.

Sister Sniger: His Eminence, Cardinal Russo.

Your Eminence. It's such an honor.

I have read all of your work.

I can't tell you how flattered I was

to be referenced so often

in your doctoral thesis on the cuneiform alphabet.

You read my thesis?

It seems no matter how old one gets,

there's always something to learn

from the next generation.

Now if you don't mind, I'd like to show you something.

Cardinal Russo: What is it, Father?

You have doubts?

Father Fox: I'm sorry, Your Eminence.

The colder it gets outside, the more hot water we use,

and when hot water passes through cold air,

you get condensation.

Have there been any developments outside the initial report?

Sister Yulia refuses to talk with anyone...

except you.

Father Saul: Do you have any idea why that might be?

Ah. Father Fox, please allow me to introduce Father Saul.

I, uh, suppose what happened in Murmansk, or...

perhaps because there are so few Catholics in Russia.

I see.

Sister Sniger:

Sister Yulia: Good afternoon, Father.

You speak English.

Sister Yulia: Yes.

They didn't tell me that.

Where did you learn English?

I didn't.

Uh. The only reason I'm able to speak English

is so that I can speak with you.

Why don't you tell me why you became a nun?

For purpose. At first.

Then as time goes by,

you realize that you have come here to die.

But in my case, God said, "No."

And that is why he's given me children,

because he wants me to live.

You don't think that these children are from God.

I think all children are from God.

Well, I suppose that you are right.

Why did you ask to speak to me?

Sister Yulia: Uh...

They... they tell me things.

Things I would have no other way of knowing.

And they told me about you.

What did they tell you about me?

They told me you are the only one

that can keep the bad thing from happening.

You think something bad is gonna happen to you?

Sister Yulia: I didn't bring you here today, Father.

The Church didn't bring you here.

God brought you here.

They are trying to stop His plan.

They think they know better.

Um. We're not finish--

Old Nun:

We need your help.

Father Fox: Hey, Sister. We're not...

Father Fox:

[reporter speaking on TV continues]

Father Fox: You wanted to see me,

- Your Eminence? - Ah.

Father Fox. Please come in.

- Uh, help yourself to a drink. - Father Fox: I shouldn't.

As you wish. Do you recognize this language?

It's cuneiform, obviously, but it's not Sumerian.

It's not Akkadian.

It's a syllabary I've never seen before.

I believe this to be a secretive language

used by an elite class of Zoroastrian priests.

Kind of like the lost language of the druids.