- Cardinal Glennon: We've never had a priest working with the Mafia before. But I suppose you made some interesting contacts in Rome.
- Stephen Fermoyle: I had no choice, Your Eminence. I had to work my way through the seminary by selling opium in St. Peter's Square.
- Cardinal Glennon: You're not afraid of me.
- Stephen Fermoyle: No.
- Cardinal Glennon: Why not? Most people are.
- Stephen Fermoyle: I think it's because you remind me of my father. He was known as "Den the Down Shouter," but I soon learned his roar was the only fierce thing about him.
- Cardinal Glennon: He's a lucky man to have a son who's not afraid of him.