Highlights of Pope Francis’ half-day pastoral visit to the Italian city of Venice. The Pope met with female detainees, viewed the Holy See’s Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale, met with young people and artists, and presided at Mass in the majestic St. Mark’s Square. | Vatican News

Pope Leo meets with Italian actor Roberto Benigni. On the 4th December, the Pope met with Benigni ahead of the release of his monologue “Peter: A man in the wind”, which will be broadcast on Italian state TV on 10th December. The Pope watched some excerpts from the monologue, which he called “beautiful”, noting that “it speaks of life”. The Pope and Benigni talked about cinema and ‘Life is Beautiful,’ which the Pope had recently listed among his four favourite films, as well as Frank Capra's ‘It