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Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen and Spike Lee were among those present as Pope Leo delivered a speech in Italian about the transformative power of cinema.
Vatican News shared a video of the event and provided an interpreter.
The Pope said that movies aren't just about entertainment.
They also help people pursue meaning, justice and beauty.
He also lamented the widespread closure of cinemas and urged filmmakers and institutions to work together to promote the social and cultural value of moviegoing.
The speech came just a few days after the Pope talked to Variety about his favourite movies.
Top of the Chicago-born pontiff's list?
Alice Wong was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project.
The group highlighted disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels.
Wong also received acclaim for her 2022 memoir, Year of the Tiger and Activist's Life, edited several works on disability and wrote a column for Teen Vogue.
Disability justice organiser Yomi Sachiko-Young spoke about Wong in an interview earlier this year with NPR member station KQED.
Alice Wong was born in Indiana in 1974 to immigrant parents from Hong Kong.
She was diagnosed at birth with muscular dystrophy, a progressive neuromuscular disease.
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In an email to NPR, Washington National Opera Board of Trustees President Andy Farrow said the company, quote, has no plans to move out of the Kennedy Center and is proud to be part of America's cultural center.
The statement came hours after The Guardian published a story quoting Washington National Opera artistic director Francesca Zambello as saying her company may quit the Kennedy Center as a result of President Donald Trump's takeover.