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ROME — Pope Francis received Italian American director Martin Scorsese for a private meeting in the Vatican on Wednesday. Scorsese, who directed the controversial 1988 film The Last Temptation of Christ and is currently working on a movie of the life of Jesus, has said that when he thinks of Pope Francis, he thinks of “compassion.” n Wednesday’s meeting, the 81-year-old director presented Pope Francis with a book chronicling the making of his Oscar-nominated film Killers of the Flower Moon. Papal confidant Father Antonio Spadaro, a harsh critic of American Christians, gushed effusively over the meeting, insisting that it formed...

Sunday, February 27, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ACADEMY AWARDS Scorsese disses Oscar ceremony Director warns of Christians' impact, rise of political correctness from left -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: February 27, 2005 5:56 p.m. Eastern -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com Martin Scorsese After three decades of waiting to win an Academy Award, film director Martin Scorsese says a victory tonight for "The Aviator" would be meaningless. In an interview with London's Sunday Times, Scorsese was asked if there would still be any impact on him were his name to be read as the winner of the best director award at the Hollywood event. "No...