Langdon and Vittoria retrieve Silvano's journals from Richter's office, finding he kept tabs on the Pope with hidden security cameras. Using the key Langdon retrieved from Richter, they find footage of Richter confronting McKenna, revealing that the Illuminati does not exist, and McKenna is the true mastermind behind the attacks. The Pope had invited Silvano to publicly present the antimatter as proof of a divine power, bridging the gap between religion and science. Considering such a claim blasphemy, McKenna orchestrated the Pope's death, and hired the assassin, plotting to have himself elected as Pope while making the Illuminati the scapegoat. The footage is shown to the papal conclave. McKenna, realizing he has been exposed, commits suicide via self-immolation, refusing to be taken alive.