Martin Scorsese Presents Pope Francis With Japanese Paintings At Vatican Meeting — CBS New York

VATICAN CITY (CBSNewYork/AP) — Pope Francis has met with director Martin Scorsese, whose new film, “Silence,” about Jesuit missionaries in 17th-century Japan, was screened this week in Rome. The Vatican says that during the pontiff’s “very cordial” meeting Wednesday with Scorsese, Francis mentioned he had read the novel on which the film is based. Francis…

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