198K views · 8K reactions | “The Church has been - I’m not religious, and I’m not a Catholic, and I’m not a Christian - but it’s been one of the great promoters of art for many hundreds and hundreds of years.” American playwright, screenwriter and film director Kenneth Lonergan praised Pope Leo’s interest in bringing cinema into the Church’s tradition of art. He argued a world without art, film, paintings, music “would be a pretty sorry world”. | Vatican News | Facebook