ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 15, 2025 / 13:45 pm

Pope Leo XIV told representatives of the global film industry on Saturday that cinema is far more than entertainment, calling it a vehicle capable of expressing humanity’s deepest spiritual search and its longing for the infinite.

The pope received a group of filmmakers, actors, and producers at the Apostolic Palace on Nov. 15. Among those greeting him were Academy Award-winning Australian actress Cate Blanchett, American actor Chris Pine, Italian actresses Monica Bellucci and Maria Grazia Cucinotta, and Oscar-winning director Spike Lee.

Ahead of the audience, the Vatican released a list of some of the pope’s favorite films , including “The Sound of Music” and “Life Is Beautiful.”

Addressing the artists, the pope said cinema is “still a young

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