Confronting intimate accounts of abortion, gender identity and paedophilia, Pope Francis gamely takes part in a no-holds-barred encounter with young adults in a new film released Wednesday, accepting both questions and rebukes. | News24Arts
, released Wednesday on the Disney+ streaming platform, the Argentine Jesuit does not shy away.
"What do you think of Church people or priests who promote hate and use the Bible to support hate speech?" asks Celia, who identifies as non-binary. The film was released during Holy Week, the most important event in the Christian calendar, and just days after the pope was hospitalised for three nights with bronchitis.
The documentary, shot in June 2022 in Rome's working-class neighbourhood of Pigneto, opens with rare footage of Francis sitting at his desk and having coffee in the dining hall of the Santa Marta residence where he lives in the Vatican. He tells the group that he does not have a salary,"But that doesn't worry me because I can eat for free."
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