Scorsese’s new film ‘a pilgrimage’

Director Martin Scorsese has described his new film Silence as a major stage in his pilgrimage of faith, a pilgrimage that included dropping out of the minor seminary, investigating other religions and recognising that the Catholic Church was his home.

Growing up in New York, “I was extraordinarily lucky, because I had a remarkable priest, Fr Principe. I learned so much from him, and that includes mercy with oneself and with others,” Mr Scorsese told Jesuit Fr Antonio Spadaro, editor of the journal La Civiltà Cattolica.