Pope Leo welcomes Hollywood stars to Vatican
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A group of A-list actors and directors will meet with the pope in Vatican City as part of his effort to "deepen dialogue with the world of cinema."
But left unspoken at a Vatican meeting with film stars were the deep divisions over issues like abortion and homosexuality.
Pope Leo XIV championed cinema and the theatrical experience in remarks at the Vatican to representatives of the world of cinema.
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Smith Cameron, Joanna Hogg, Gaspar Noe, Albert Serra, and Bertrand Bonello, the pope spoke of movie-making in genuinely eloquent terms, calling the art “hope in motion,” and praising it as a fundamentally collaborative process.