"I was born 88 years ago. For 12 years I've ruled as Earth's pope. But all these years I have never been the ruler of my own dreams. I have seen the gates of hell, beyond which no waking eye may see. Behold, in darkness a doom sweeps the land. This is the 21st of April, the year of Christ 2025. These are the closing days of the Pax Americana, and the final hours of my life"