Legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese, who visited the Vatican several times, has said he was lucky to have known Pope Francis, who died yesterday at the age of 88.
“There is so much that can be said about the significance of Pope Francis and everything he meant to the world, to the church, to the papacy I will leave that to others,” Scorsese said in a statement to Variety. “He was, in every way, a remarkable human being. He acknowledged his own failings. He radiated wisdom. He radiated goodness. He had an ironclad commitment to the good."
