Beyond the Sun - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 03 Feb 2016 22:25:10 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Beyond the Sun - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Vatican downplays story about Pope starring in film https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/02/05/vatican-downplays-story-about-pope-starring-in-film/ Thu, 04 Feb 2016 16:09:37 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=80154 The Vatican is downplaying media reports that Pope Francis "will play himself" in an upcoming film. The film production company ENVI Pictures issued a statement on Monday saying Pope Francis will appear in the film "Beyond the Sun". The Prefect of the Secretariat for Communications, Msgr Dario Edoardo Viganò, said "the Pope is not an Read more

Vatican downplays story about Pope starring in film... Read more]]> The Vatican is downplaying media reports that Pope Francis "will play himself" in an upcoming film.

The film production company ENVI Pictures issued a statement on Monday saying Pope Francis will appear in the film "Beyond the Sun".

The Prefect of the Secretariat for Communications, Msgr Dario Edoardo Viganò, said "the Pope is not an actor".

He said no scenes for the movie involving the Pope were filmed "for purpose".

But Msgr Viganò did not rule out video clips of the Pope being in the film, as has happened before.

Any profits from the film will be used to support two Argentine charities for children.

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