The movie “The Mission” (Mission 1986) was directed by Roland Joffé, with soundtrack by Enio Morricon
From the Newsroom with Vatican Radio
The Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Bishop Marcello Sanchez Sorondo, suggested on Wednesday, 15, the film “The Mission” for those who want to understand the pontificate of Pope Francisco.
“If you want to understand the Pope, see the movie ‘The Mission’,” said Bishop Marcello. He accompanied the Pope on his trip through Latin America and collaborated in the realization of the Pope’s meeting with the Popular Movements in Santa Cruz de la Sierra . “It was the longest text and the more demanding of the journey,” said the Chancellor, who advised his reading: “someone defined it as a mini-encyclical, or the synthesis of Laudato Si” he said.
The movie “The Mission” (Mission 1986) was directed by Roland Joffé, with soundtrack by Enio Morricone. The drama, which had as its protagonists the actors Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons, alludes to the missions founded by the Jesuits in South America, destroyed by conflicts of interest between the Portuguese and Spanish crowns.
In Paraguay, the Pope Francis referred on three occasions to the Jesuit Reductions, defining them as “one of the experiences of evangelization and most interesting social organization in history.”