Inspired by an event at the funeral of Pope John Paul II in 2005 - a widely reported handshake between Israeli President Moshe Katsav, a Persian Jew, and Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, both of whom were born in the Iranian province of Yazd - "Benedictus" imagines a secret meeting in Rome between childhood friends, now enemies, on the eve of an American invasion of Iran.
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