US EditionCate Blanchett and Spike Lee Join Pope Leo as He Hosts Star-Packed Vatican Meeting
Pope Leo XIV praised cinema's educational role and warned of declining attendance, urging support for filmmakers and cinemas amid industry challenges and recent strikes.
- On Saturday, Pope Leo XIV hosted an audience with international filmmakers and actors beneath the Clementine Hall frescoes, praising cinema's power and lamenting declining audiences and cinema closures.
- Vatican officials said the meeting aimed to deepen dialogue with the World of Cinema amid industry pressure and a Gallup poll showing a 17-point drop in religious importance in the U.S.
- Notable attendees included Spike Lee, who presented a Knicks jersey, as Pope Leo XIV urged filmmakers to address 'the world's wounds' after a fifteen-minute Italian speech.
- The Vatican said the event was a strong show of support from Pope Leo XIV for the global film industry, with the Pope urging institutions to cooperate, saying `Violence, poverty, exile, loneliness, addiction and forgotten wars are issues that need to be acknowledged and narrated.`
- Ahead of the audience, Pope Leo XIV shared his favourite films and Vatican officials said he has been slow to stamp his mark, with the event adding a pop-culture dimension.
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Vatican City, Holy See. Pope Leo XIV received nearly 200 film professionals in the Vatican this Saturday, including actors Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen or Monica Bellucci, and described the seventh art as a “laboratory of hope.” The 70-year-old pontiff shook hands with all the guests at the Apostolic Palace, where US director and screenwriter Spike Lee gave him a T-shirt from the New York Knicks basketball team. Italian directors Dario Argent…
At the Apostolic Palace the audience with actors, directors and authors. Present also Giuseppe Tornatore, Monica Bellucci, Matteo Garrone, Dante Ferretti. "A good film can protect human dignity" said Prevost
Cate Blanchett and Spike Lee join Pope Leo as he hosts star-packed Vatican meeting
By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Hollywood stars met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, where the pontiff called cinema a “workshop of hope” and lamented declining audiences. The line-up of film stars and directors meeting the first American pope on Saturday included Oscar-winners Cate Blanchett, known for “Aviator” and “Elizabeth”, and Spike Lee, who directed “Malcolm X” and “BlacKkKlansman”. All those present in the audience in the Vatican’s apostol…
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Pope Leo welcomes Hollywood stars to the Vatican
Leo encouraged the filmmakers and celebrities gathered in a frescoed Vatican audience hall to use their art to include marginal voices.
The first head of the Catholic Church from the United States was given a jersey of the US basketball league NBA by director Spike Lee at an audience in the Vatican. Above the great 14 is read in English
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