Originally Posted by lucab19
Originally Posted by Turnbull
But he still wants more—he wants the controlling interest in Immobiliare because, as Archbishop Gilday says, “it can make you one of the richest men in the world.”


TB, You left out the most important part of that quote - the quote, in its entirety gives us the reason, I believe.

"This deal with Immobiliare can make you one of the richest men in the world. Your whole past history, and the history of your family, will be washed away."

Michael's driving ambition was his quest for legitimacy, as much as the accumulation of power. An obviously futile ambition, of course, but it certainly drove him.



Yes. I left off the second part of the quote because it's part of another agenda: Gilday's sleazy attempt to get Michael to save his ass by bailing out the Vatican Bank. Michael's face is impassive, his gaze is skeptical: His sins had already been washed away when the Pope made him a Knight of St. Sebastian--why else would he have invited the press to witness to his celebratory party, with a briefing by young Abbandando? Even after being blessed by the Pope, and despite his hundreds of millions of dollars of net worth, Michael still wanted more: more money and more power through the Immobiliare deal.--and more leverage over the Vatican through the bailout...he never stopped.

Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.