Chapter 5

           MurrayHillPlacethenewOpusDeiWorldHeadquartersandconferencecenterislocatedat243LexingtonAvenueinNewYorkCity.Withapricetagofjustover$47million,the133,000-square-foottoweriscladinredbrickandIndianalimestone.DesignedbyMay&Pinska,thebuildingcontainsoveronehundredbedrooms,sixdiningrooms,libraries,livingrooms,meetingrooms,andoffices.Thesecond,eighth,andsixteenthfloorscontainchapels,ornamentedwithmill-workandmarble.Theseventeenthfloorisentirelyresidential.MenenterthebuildingthroughthemaindoorsonLexingtonAvenue.Womenenterthroughasidestreetandare‘acousticallyandvisuallyseparated’fromthemenatalltimeswithinthebuilding.

           Earlierthisevening,withinthesanctuaryofhispenthouseapartment,BishopManuelAringarosahadpackedasmalltravelbaganddressedinatraditionalblackcassock.Normally,hewouldhavewrappedapurplecincturearoundhiswaist,buttonighthewouldbetravelingamongthepublic,andhepreferrednottodrawattentiontohishighoffice.Onlythosewithakeeneyewouldnoticehis14-karatgoldbishop’sringwithpurpleamethyst,largediamonds,andhand-tooledmitre-crozierappliqué.Throwingthetravelbagoverhisshoulder,hesaidasilentprayerandlefthisapartment,descendingtothelobbywherehisdriverwaswaitingtotakehimtotheairport.

           Now,sittingaboardacommercialairlinerboundforRome,AringarosagazedoutthewindowatthedarkAtlantic.Thesunhadalreadyset,butAringarosaknewhisownstarwasontherise.

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