The Two Popes

I liked this

It has its flaws. It could be described as ``Sister Act in the Vatican''. Francis being the outsider who shakes up the Vatican and gets them to change their ways. When we first see Francis in B.A in a barrio talking to a crowd.Bishop Francis talks about football. We see Francis bantering with a tobacconist and watching football matches.

He is very Argentine. This is I think an issue with Francis's Papacy. A lot of Northern Hemisphere Catholics are not familiar with how Argentine's act and talk. ``Jumping off the top of his ego''

Firstly it is beautiful. The Vatican is beautiful. The colour, the art. The bright red thread to tie the vote.

There are some flaws with the piece. For example, the Pope always eating alone, is a tradition This tradition upset John Paul the second. It is not something that can be blamed on Benedict

Secondly, it is well observed. Hopkins -Benedict is German. The Nun who serves Francis comments on the meals that Bennedict eats. The constant bottles of Fanta   You can see Benedict's mind always working. He notes Francis's jokes and comments that they are silly. You also see him tell Francis to show him the respect of being angry with him. This is one of the few debates between conservatism and reform that you will see

`` A Church that marries the spirit of it's age will be widowed in the next''


We detour to Francis's past in the dirty war in Argentina. Interestingly we did not see Benedict talk about his time in the HJ. It would have been nominal. I note, but we have other characters mention it.