After discovering his gay lover Pascal is informing the Sorzas by book code, Michelotto reports him to Cesare, who orders him to acts as double spy. The pope inaugurates a grand jubilee year 1500 starring the Passion spear of Longinus promising to fill the Vatican treasury with lucrative indulgences, so Catherina vows to sabotage him, as revenge for Benito's murder, by diverting the pilgrims for free to another fake relic, the Shroud of Constantinople. The pope agrees to personally inaugurate Alfonso's cousin Frederigo as king of Naples and seal the special bond with the Vatican by naming Lucrezia special envoy. Cesare discovers too late that really makes her a devious murderer's hostage but is ordered to deal with the Sforza relic, a literally explosive trap. The Hebrews promise the pope to blow up the Turkish fleet in exchange for Roman tax exemption and privileges.
—KGF Vissers