Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20181225:01:34:00
♪ >> narrator: after king charles of germany attacks rome in 1527, the city is in ruins. >> after that, it took half a century to rebuild rome. >> narrator: though rome is destroyed and half of europe has abandoned catholicism for lutheranism, the pope is determined to strengthen what is left of the catholic empire. but despite his best efforts to revive the splintering church, another threat to papal power brews in england. >> henry viii was a fascinating, extremely complicated individual. >> henry viii had the biggest ego in the kingdom of england.