US EditionPope Leo XIV celebrates cinema with Hollywood stars and urges inclusion of marginal voices
- On Nov. 15, Pope Leo XIV welcomed Spike Lee, Cate Blanchett and Greta Gerwig to the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City, urging filmmakers to include marginal voices and make film accessible to all.
- Organized by the Vatican's culture ministry, the encounter follows similar audiences Pope Francis held in recent years and included a guest list assembled in the last three months with help from Martin Scorsese.
- The guest list mixed Hollywood names with Monica Bellucci and Italian and international directors, while organizers said Leo spent nearly an hour greeting participants and overcame agents' skepticism.
- Leo warned that cinemas face decline and urged cultural and film institutions to cooperate in affirming the social and cultural value of movie theaters, while speakers said he framed film as including marginalized voices and reconnecting filmmakers and audiences.
- The pope's American background adds meaning to his Nov. 11 video release of four favorite films, continuing his meetings with Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Vatican City. Pope Leo XIV received about 200 film professionals in the Vatican yesterday, including actors Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen and Monica Belluci, where he described the seventh art as a “laboratory of hope.”
By Christopher Lamb, CNN - Hollywood stars met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, where the pontiff described film as a "workshop of hope" and lamented the decline in movie theater attendance. Among the stars and directors who met with the first American pope on Saturday were Oscar winners Cate Blanchett, known for "The Aviator" and "Elizabeth," and Spike Lee, director of "Malcolm X" and "BlacKkKlansman." Everyone present at the audience in the A…
By Christopher Lamb, CNN - Hollywood stars met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, where the pontiff described film as a "workshop of hope" and lamented the decline in movie theater attendance. Among the stars and directors who met with the first American pope on Saturday were Oscar winners Cate Blanchett, known for "The Aviator" and "Elizabeth," and Spike Lee, director of "Malcolm X" and "BlacKkKlansman." Everyone present at the audience in the A…
By inviting artists to confront the "wounds of the world", Leo XIV made the Vatican a scene of cultural influence assumed. The sovereign pontiff urged them to carry "hope".
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