Pope Leo welcomes Hollywood stars to the Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with Spike Lee during an audience with and stars directors from the cinema at the Vatican (Vatican Media Via AP)

Pope Leo welcomed Spike Lee, Cate Blanchett, Greta Gerwig and dozens of other Hollywood luminaries to a special Vatican audience celebrating cinema and its ability to inspire and unite.

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”.