(toskanews) – Mark Ruffalo he defined Pope Leo XIV “courageous” for the reaction to the president’s attacks Trump and the American right, speaking with askanews in Rome, on the sidelines of a meeting at Adriano Cinema with over 1,500 students.
Mark Ruffalo on the side of Pope Leo XIV
«I think he was very courageous in defending those principles on the world stage in front of a violent and unjust war” he said. “It is coming under attack from the religious right in the United States, who call themselves Catholic, attacking the Vicar of Christ and trying to give him theology lessons. He stands firmly in his place as pope, as a religious leader in the 21st century, and I appreciate that.”
Requests to the Catholic Church
«I wish the Catholic Church would take issues like reproductive rights seriously and women’s health,” she underlined Ruffalowho filmed his latest film in Rome Holy Nowa thriller set in the Vatican in which he plays an American priest sent during the canonization process of John Paul II.
«I would like the Catholic Church took climate change seriously» he continued. «I would like the victims of the sex scandal of the Catholic Church obtained compensation. I want justice for them and I address this request to the Pope, but I believe he is a sincere man regarding his fidelity to the principles of Christ and the teachings of Christ.”
The meeting with the students in Rome
At the Adriano cinema, Ruffalo met students from peripheral schools in the capital and from the municipalities of the provinces of Lazio and Abruzzo (as well as more than 5,000 connected in live streaming from schools all over Italy), after the screening of the film All that’s left of youdirected by Cherien Dabisof which he is executive producer. The free meeting, open to students, teachers and companions, is part of the project ArtMedia Cinema and School.
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