Vatican City, 1995. A computer hacker breaks into the Pope's personal computer, leaving him a message stating that the Church of Our Lady of Tears kills in self-defense. Intrigued, the Holy Father orders an investigation into the matter. Monsignor Spada (Paul Guilfoyle) assigns the mission to his best agent, the priest Quart (Richard Armitage), who has long experience in the dark affairs of the Holy See. Meanwhile, in Seville, the aristocratic Macarena Bruner (Amaia Salamanca), a beautiful divorcee who owns the rights to the land on which Our Lady of Tears stands, scandalizes the city with her inappropriate relations with a flamenco dancer, while flirting around Seville and being part of a group that opposes the demolition of the Church.