Europe, 19th century: Napoleon abolishes the Inquistion; a kidnapped Jewish boy, secretly baptized, becomes a symbol for a pope who is about to lose his dominion on earth.

The secret files of the Inquisition are locked away for centuries. A Spanish priest devotes his life to exposing these brutal records. Napoleon spreads the ideas of the Enlightenment. He conquers Italy, abolishes the Inquisition and orders its files sent to Paris. Spain's greatest painter, Goya, will depict the Inquisition for the first time - and then run for his life. The kidnapping of a young Jewish boy baptized secretly will be one of the desperate last attempts at exerting the power of the Inquisition. A devoted father fights to regain his son. The boy becomes a symbol for a pope who is about to lose his dominion on earth.