Mourning for Francis: “Immenser Loss”: Scorsese mourns the loss of Pope Francis

Hollywood director Martin Scorsese mourns the loss of Pope Francis. For him personally, his death was a profound loss for him, the 82-year-old wrote in an appreciation that was available to the industry sheet “Variety” and other US media. “I was lucky enough to know him and I will miss his presence and warmth. The loss for the world is immense. But it leaves a light that can never be wiped out.”

The Oscar winner praised the late Pontifex as a “extraordinary person”, who radiated wisdom and quality and practiced forgiveness. The head of the Roman Catholic Church died on Easter Monday at the age of 88.

Scorsese had been received more often in the Vatican of Pope Francis. The director brought his daughter Francesca and US actress Lily Gladstone to a general audience in January 2024. At a meeting in 2023, Scorsese announced plans for a film about Jesus.

Scorsese, son of Sicilian immigrants, was a valet in his youth. In the meantime, the Catholic filmmaker himself wanted to become a priest. He addressed the Christian faith in several projects. His drama “Silence” (2016), with Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver as missionaries, acted about the persecution of Jesuit mission priests in Japan in the 17th century. In 1988 he brought the controversial book adaptation “The last temptation of Christ” with leading actor Willem Dafoe to the cinema. At that time conservative Christians called the boycott of the “blasphemal” film in their view.