Martin Scorsese Meets Pope Francis, Is “Inspired To Make Film About Jesus”

that he had been inspired to respond to an appeal by the Pontiff for artists – “in the only way I know how, by imagining and writing a screenplay for a film about Jesus. And I’m about to start making it.”

Before the conference titled “The Global Aesthetics of the Catholic Imagination”, Scorsese and his wife Helen were introduced to Pope Francis during a private audience., Antonio Spadaro – the editor of the periodical which organised the conference -reported that the conversation between Pope and director included shared film references and anecdotes, and that Scorsese was moved by the former’s appeal to “let us see Jesus.

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