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Five
months
ago
,
the
Vatican
had
phoned
to
request
Aringarosa
’
s
immediate
presence
in
Rome
.
They
offered
no
explanation
.
Your
tickets
are
at
the
airport
.
The
Holy
See
worked
hard
to
retain
a
veil
of
mystery
,
even
for
its
highest
clergy
.
The
mysterious
summons
,
Aringarosa
suspected
,
was
probably
a
photo
opportunity
for
the
Pope
and
other
Vatican
officials
to
piggyback
on
Opus
Dei
’
s
recent
public
success
–
the
completion
of
their
World
Headquarters
in
New
York
City
.
Architectural
Digest
had
called
Opus
Dei
’
s
building
»
a
shining
beacon
of
Catholicism
sublimely
integrated
with
the
modern
landscape
,
»
and
lately
the
Vatican
seemed
to
be
drawn
to
anything
and
everything
that
included
the
word
»
modern
.
»
Aringarosa
had
no
choice
but
to
accept
the
invitation
,
albeit
reluctantly
.
Not
a
fan
of
the
current
papal
administration
,
Aringarosa
,
like
most
conservative
clergy
,
had
watched
with
grave
concern
as
the
new
Pope
settled
into
his
first
year
in
office
.
An
unprecedented
liberal
,
His
Holiness
had
secured
the
papacy
through
one
of
the
most
controversial
and
unusual
conclaves
in
Vatican
history
.
Now
,
rather
than
being
humbled
by
his
unexpected
rise
to
power
,
the
Holy
Father
had
wasted
no
time
flexing
all
the
muscle
associated
with
the
highest
office
in
Christendom
.
Drawing
on
an
unsettling
tide
of
liberal
support
within
the
College
of
Cardinals
,
the
Pope
was
now
declaring
his
papal
mission
to
be
»
rejuvenation
of
Vatican
doctrine
and
updating
Catholicism
into
the
third
millennium
.
»
The
translation
,
Aringarosa
feared
,
was
that
the
man
was
actually
arrogant
enough
to
think
he
could
rewrite
God
’
s
laws
and
win
back
the
hearts
of
those
who
felt
the
demands
of
true
Catholicism
had
become
too
inconvenient
in
a
modern
world
.
Aringarosa
had
been
using
all
of
his
political
sway
–
substantial
considering
the
size
of
the
Opus
Dei
constituency
and
their
bankroll
–
to
persuade
the
Pope
and
his
advisers
that
softening
the
Church
’
s
laws
was
not
only
faithless
and
cowardly
,
but
political
suicide
.
He
reminded
them
that
previous
tempering
of
Church
law
–
the
Vatican
II
fiasco
–
had
left
a
devastating
legacy
:
Church
attendance
was
now
lower
than
ever
,
donations
were
drying
up
,
and
there
were
not
even
enough
Catholic
priests
to
preside
over
their
churches
.
People
need
structure
and
direction
from
the
Church
,
Aringarosa
insisted
,
not
coddling
and
indulgence
!
On
that
night
,
months
ago
,
as
the
Fiat
had
left
the
airport
,
Aringarosa
was
surprised
to
find
himself
heading
not
toward
Vatican
City
but
rather
eastward
up
a
sinuous
mountain
road
.
«
Where
are
we
going
?
»
he
had
demanded
of
his
driver
.
«
Alban
Hills
,
»
the
man
replied
.
«
Your
meeting
is
at
Castel
Gandolfo
.
»
