British actor Jude Law is to play the lead role in a new American TV series about a fictional pope, Pius XIII, described as an Italian-American who becomes the most conservative pope in modern history. The story begins with a conclave at which Law’s character is elected by fellow cardinals disturbed by rampant liberalism in the Church. Pius proves much more conservative than anyone bargained for, and the series shows him grappling with personal as well as broad issues around church doctri