• 2024
  • 5h 12m
The Vatican - The State of the Church

Summary "The Vatican" enters the Pope's inner circle and shows how cardinals, bishops, and members in every echelon of the organisation govern their 1.4 billion followers. In six episodes, director and International Emmy nominee Kat Steppe portrays the 2000-year-old and global institution from within, focusing on its major challenges in the 21st century. View more details

  • 2024
  • 5h 12m

The Vatican - The State of the Church

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Unknown

All cast & crew

8.6

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 2, 2024

Countries of origin : Belgium

Language : English Italian French

Production companies : Panenka

Summary "The Vatican" enters the Pope's inner circle and shows how cardinals, bishops, and members in every echelon of the organisation govern their 1.4 billion followers. In six episodes, director and International Emmy nominee Kat Steppe portrays the 2000-year-old and global institution from within, focusing on its major challenges in the 21st century. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 2, 2024

Countries of origin : Belgium

Language : English Italian French

Production companies : Panenka

Photos

The Vatican - The State of the Church (2024) The Vatican - The State of the Church (2024) The Vatican - The State of the Church (2024) The Vatican - The State of the Church (2024) The Vatican - The State of the Church (2024) The Vatican - The State of the Church (2024) The Vatican - The State of the Church (2024) The Vatican - The State of the Church (2024) The Vatican - The State of the Church (2024) The Vatican - The State of the Church (2024)

Episodes

View All Seasons
Episode 1 • Apr 02, 2024
The Pope, God on Earth
Actual Pope Francis is remodeling the Roman Curia, the central governing body of the church, based in Vatican City. He has repeatedly pointed out the Curia's shortcomings, and is being considered by many as too radical. The episode focuses on the complexity of the papacy and examines to what extent the person behind the cassock gets affected by the duty. The current papacy is the lead-in to the story of the post-war popes.
Episode 2 • Apr 09, 2024
Money and Power
In 2013, in the wake of the revealing Vatileaks scandal, newly appointed Pope Francis put in place three mechanisms to secure transparent financial management. Now, many years later Pope Francis, informed about a revealing article that points out how powerful cardinal Angelo Becciu supposedly embezzled money from the Vatican's Secretariat of State, has the cardinal resign from his office and makes may for an unprecedented Vatican trial.
Episode 3 • Apr 16, 2024
Women in the church
Unlike in the Anglican, Lutheran and Protestant Church, only men can be ordained a priest in the Catholic Church. For more than 2000 years, women have awaited their chance to become a priest. However, the Vatican remains unyielding in its refusal. How is pope Francis, in his bid to have more women in the decision-making process, clearing the way for them? And how likely are women priests in the future?
Episode 4 • Apr 23, 2024
Abuse and sexuality
Global scandals of clergy sexual abuse are still met with growing outrage at the lax response from local clergy and the Vatican. The episode zooms in on French cardinal Barbarin's supposed covering up of sexual abuse by a local priest as well as Italian survivor Francesco Zanardi, who has undertaken a personal crusade against the Vatican. In addition to the Vatican's struggle with files of sexual abuse, this episode highlights the Church's rigid sexual morality, particularly its attitude toward homosexuality.
Episode 5 • Apr 30, 2024
The labour of faith
This episode digs into the foundations of faith. Roman clergy and lay people offer an unprecedented insight in their belief and doubts. Through the eyes of Western European missionaries, we shift our glance from secularized Western Europe to the Democratic Republic of Congo to experience how the gospel is lived among the highly catholic population.
Episode 6 • May 07, 2024
The future
Pope Francis is preparing a highly anticipated visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where no pope has set foot since 1985. More and more priests from vibrant Catholic areas, such as the Congo, are migrating to Western Europe to fill in for the sharply declining number of native priests. In this final episode high-ranking Vatican clergymen and lay observers reflect upon the Church's united future and how pope Francis is shaping it.
Comments
Welcome to juqing comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Login to display more comments

This week's popular movies

Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now

7.3
Generally favorable

After the Screaming Stops

7.1
Generally favorable

The Morricone Duel

8.3
Generally favorable

The Wall: Live in Berlin

8.5
Generally favorable

Playboy Exposed: Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

6.3
Generally favorable

Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

7.3
Generally favorable

John Lee Hooker: That's My Story

7.7
Generally favorable

Down from the Mountain

7.3
Generally favorable

What the Hell Is It This Time? Sparks Live in London

7.7
Generally favorable

Slipknot Unmasked: All Out Life

7.3
Generally favorable

This week's popular TV shows

Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire

7.7
Generally favorable

Air Warriors

7.5
Generally favorable

Stalingrad

8.2
Generally favorable

The Great War

7.1
Generally favorable

U kraya bezdny

9.4
Universal Acclaim

Secret Vatican Files: The Pope and the Devil

6.1
Generally favorable

Dunkirk

7.2
Generally favorable

Secrets of the Dead

7.9
Generally favorable

Grænseland

8.2
Generally favorable

The Celts

8
Generally favorable

Edit Focus

Change Up

Change Up

From the Dominican Republic come two teenage baseball players, best friends, competing against each other to live the American Dream.

  • Movies
Foreigner

Foreigner

Surviving an earthquake that perished 20,000 lives, how does one re-appropriate one's life, and renew his faith in the purpose of living? Where might he find redemption, if it exists in money, love, art, or even religion?

  • Movies
The Screenplay

The Screenplay

A screenwriter struggling to write a project confronts the reality around him.

  • Movies
Uneternal City

Uneternal City

  • Movies
Was Wir Nicht Sehen

Was Wir Nicht Sehen

There are people who feel something that we don't see. They call it electromagnetic hypersensitivity, and it has completely changed their lives.

  • Movies
Corner Store

Corner Store

Ten years ago Yousef left his home and family in search of a better life in San Francisco. Now he returns to Palestine with the aim of bringing his family back. But Yousef is confronted by a rejection of the Western culture he embraced.

  • Movies
All Filters