Warning: This is a hot
take on a film I have just seen so its likely to change after my
thoughts have settled on it.
I saw the two popes
today and I really liked it. Two years ago I saw the Martin Scorsese
Silence and it really changed me on a spiritual level and broaden my
scope of what cinema can do, and it was about God and our
relationship with him so it hit the sweet spot for me in that
regard. So too with Two Popes although after watching it, it did get
me thinking about about how in the Conclave where they choose the
Pope, yes there were representatives in from the New World and so-called Third World countries there choosing their new spiritual
leader, there were not many black faces there. I am fresh off seeing
the film on Netflix but it did get me thinking about why I rarely go
to the Catholic Church any more despite my love for her, her
intellectual history and thoughtful stances on issues plaguing our
world (even though I don't always agree with everything they say). Maybe it's
due to the fact, on a subconscious level that it's all kinda white. I
mean its be clear the Church is very diverse with over 1.2 billion
adherents spread across the world, and the so-called Third in
particular where it is growing the most, but its Cardinals and higher-ups do not fully represent the faithful it's supposed to save. It is so
Eurocentric. The HQ is in Rome, orders are dictated from there to the
dioceses. The conclave of cardinals is 61 as and 19 from Latin
America supposed to 11 from Africa and 11 from Asia (this could have
changed) and most from Latin America are of European descent. Not
that this is bad but I feel it would be nice if there was more
presentation on the Conclave rather than a Eurocentric view on
Christianity. I have no idea why I thought that after watching the
film but yeah. Good film though.
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