"Leo encouraged the filmmakers and celebrities gathered in a frescoed Vatican audience hall to use their art to include marginal voices, calling film "a popular art in the noblest sense, intended for and accessible to all." "When cinema is authentic, it does not merely console, but challenges," he told the stars. "It articulates the questions that dwell within us, and sometimes, even provokes tears that we didn't know we needed to shed.""
"The encounter, organized by the Vatican's culture ministry, followed similar audiences Pope Francis had in recent years with famous artists and comedians. But the gathering also seemed to have particular meaning for history's first American pope, who grew up in the heyday of Hollywood. The 70-year-old, Chicago-born Leo just this week identified his four favorite films: "It's a Wonderful Life," "The Sound of Music," "Ordinary People," and "Life Is Beautiful.""
Pope Leo XIV hosted a Vatican audience with Spike Lee, Cate Blanchett, Greta Gerwig and other filmmakers and celebrities to celebrate cinema's capacity to inspire and unite. He urged artists to use film as an inclusive medium that gives voice to marginalized people and called film "a popular art in the noblest sense, intended for and accessible to all." He said authentic cinema challenges viewers, articulates inner questions and can provoke unexpected tears. He warned that movie theaters are declining and encouraged institutions to cooperate to affirm theaters' social and cultural value. He spent extra time greeting participants and named four favorite films.
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