By skyforbes 
From the article: "Pope Leo XIV is on the side of the angels when it comes to matters of cinema. Last Saturday, after he gathered some of the film world’s luminaries at the Vatican, the pontiff delivered one of the most remarkable speeches I’ve ever heard coming from someone not directly involved in the movie industry. (Honestly, it would have been remarkable coming from most people in the movie industry too.) While much of the coverage centered on the admittedly delightful image of guest Spike Lee giving the Pope a Knicks jersey (I was also charmed to see that Gaspar Noé gave His Supreme Holiness a copy of his brutal 2021 drama Vortex), several of the things Leo said to this audience of filmmakers and festival heads are worth discussing. They suggest he has been paying serious attention to the issues the art form is facing on a variety of levels."