{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"New film 'The Two Popes' explores Catholic ideology's 'gray areas'","publication_date":"December 27, 2019","summary":"When Pope Benedict resigned in 2013, it was the first papal resignation since 1415 -- nearly 600 years. At the time, his successor, Pope Francis, was perceived as essentially Benedict's opposite. But in a new film, \"The Two Popes,\" director Fernando Meirelles imagines the relationship between the two men and discovers that the Catholic figures are not \"black and white.\" Jeffrey Brown reports.","author_name":"By Jeffrey Brown","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2019\/12\/6e32dfb6b6e5fb336c683019c77c7647-twopopes-1024x683.jpg","thumbnail_height":683,"thumbnail_width":1024}