Pope FrancisMeets Martin Scorsese After Recovering From Fever

Pope Francis meets with director Martin Scorsese and his wife Helen Morris during a conference at the Vatican on May 27, 2023
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Pope Francis Saturday addressed a conference attended by prominent artists and directors including Martin Scorsese, a day after he canceled his regular work schedule due to a fever.

Returning to his duties on Saturday, Francis made a speech at the event at the Vatican, which was called “The Global Esthetics of the Catholic Imagination,” the Vatican News reported.

Speaking of his love of literature, he said, according to the title: “The words of those authors helped me to understand myself, the world and my people, but also to understand more profoundly the human heart, my personal life of faith, and my pastoral work, even now in my present ministry.”

He added that he has “loved many poets in his life” and taught himself literature when he was young.

Award-winning film director Martin Scorsese and his family were among the audience of international writers, poets and other artists at the conference.

Scorsese met Pope Francis in 2016, when the two held a private audience to discuss his film “Silence,” about Christians persecuted in 17th century Japan

Francis was earlier this week struck down by a fever which forced him to cancel his work commitments on Friday and sparked renewed concerns for his health.

CNN/Jide Johnson.