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Overview
- Pope Leo XIV hosted more than 100 film professionals at the Apostolic Palace on Nov. 15 for a wide-ranging address on cinema’s role in society.
- He described film as a laboratory of hope that helps viewers rediscover themselves and called on storytellers to face the world’s wounds without exploiting pain.
- The pontiff warned that cinema venues are eroding and appealed for institutional cooperation to safeguard theaters as vital cultural spaces.
- He criticized the logic of algorithms for repeating what merely works and urged creators to value slowness, silence, and difference over predictability.
- Attendees included Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen, Spike Lee, and leading festival directors; Blanchett praised the remarks, and Lee presented a New York Knicks jersey labeled “Papa Leo” No. 14.