The Young Pope’: Does the Pope Really Have a Secret Buzzer…

Pope Pius XIII makes use of the buzzer to call an assistant to interrupt an unwanted meeting, but does such a buzzer actually exist? In the first episode of “The Young Pope,” Lenny Belardo , aka the newly elected Pope Pius XIII, gets acquainted with his new digs in Vatican City, with Cardinal Voiello as his guide. When showing the young pope his office and where he’ll hold meetings with other church officials, Voiella draws his attention to an advanced feature of the pope’s desk: a buzzer on its underside that he can use to cut meetings short.