Set up in Memphis, "the series follows the lawyers of an elite Memphis law firm that specializes in the most controversial landmark civil rights cases, led by legendary lawyer Elijah Strait and his brilliant daughter, Sydney Keller.
The show centers on a fictional American pope, Pius XIII, born Lenny Belardo, who becomes the most conservative leader the Catholic Church has ever seen. Stubbornly resistant to the Vatican courtiers yet full of compassion toward the weak and poor, he faces the prospect of losing those closest to him - even his God.