The Pope and Cinema

A take on the nature of human longing

What do the Pope, cinema, and a fourth-century philosopher all have in common? More than you’d think. Augustine said humans are born restless, with a longing nothing in this world can satisfy. Pope Leo XIV just said that Cinema, at its best, is an art that won’t let us forget about that longing and maybe that’s a good thing.

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Pope Leo XIV just said that Cinema, at its best, is an art that won’t let us forget about that longing and maybe that’s a good thing.