National Geographic: Inside the Vatican

Nov 21, 2001

0h 50m

★ 8.5

Overview

Provides a behind-the-scenes look, with unprecedented access, into life inside the Vatican. With rare footage of secret archives, private chapels and papal quarters, the program explores the Vatican's long, powerful history, and the unique traditions and ceremonies that have survived for nearly 2000 years. Accounts from Vatican officiants, historians and devoted individuals who work closely with the Pope John Paul II provide privilieged insight into the inner workings of one of the richest wonders of the world.

Genres

Documentary

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Narrator

Martin Sheen

In 2012, Stephen Vaughan and Kay Ferreter are invited to address the congregation at St. Joseph's Redemptorists Church in Dundalk, Ireland for the Solemn Novena Festival. In a powerful speech, the pair describe their experiences being gay and lesbian in Ireland, feeling excluded by Catholic doctrine, and the importance of a more inclusive church.

8.5

Francis: The People's Pope

Apr 24, 2025

Exploring the life and achievements of Pope Francis, from his priesthood in Argentina to becoming the Papal head of the church in Rome.

0.0

The Immortal City

Dec 1, 1954

From the legendary times of Romulus and Remus to the present day, the compelling story of the eternal city's twenty-five centuries of civilization traces the rise of Christianity over paganism through studies of Vatican art treasures.

8.7

Femmes prêtres : vocations interdites

Jan 28, 2025

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Tajemnice Jana Pawła II

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7.7

Nothing Compares

Sep 23, 2022

Since the beginning of her career, Sinéad O’Connor has used her powerful voice to challenge the narratives she was surrounded by while growing up in predominantly Roman Catholic Ireland. Despite her agency, depth and perspective, O’Connor’s unflinching refusal to conform means that she has often been patronized and unfairly dismissed as an attention-seeking pop star.

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Our Father

Apr 6, 2023

Toni, an attractive Catholic priest, impregnates several women in the Swiss countryside of the 1950s until the bishop revokes his priesthood. The six children only meet after Toni's funeral. They talk about their fatherless youth, their brave mothers and the fatal silence they now want to break.

8.0

Musei Vaticani 3D

Oct 2, 2014

An extraordinary voyage of discovery to see the most impressive collection of works of art built up over two thousand years of history. VATICAN MUSEUMS 3D, a SKY production in collaboration with the Vatican Museums Directorate, for the very first time brings Ultra HD 4K/3D film cameras inside the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel, to show the masterpieces in these collections as they have never been seen before.

6.7

Heaven Can't Wait

Feb 24, 2023

The moving story of Carlo Acutis, a young British-Italian amateur computer programmer who died in 2006, aged 15, as a result of leukemia. However, even though he is no longer here, to this day Carlo continues to be a great symbol of strength among young people. The documentary brings together a series of reports from people who entrusted themselves to the intercession of the boy, beatified by the Catholic Church in 2020, and had their lives transformed.

8.0

Les Couturiers de l'Église

Mar 15, 2016

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0.0

Hexenkinder

Sep 17, 2020

The movie recalls children who suffered mental and physical harm both during the last century, particularly in religious orphanages, and during the time of early modernperiod witch-hunts. It shows that the mindsets and behavioural patterns of both time periods are more alike than one might think.

5.0

The Story of the Pope

Dec 17, 1942

The public and private life of Eugenio Pacelli, elected Pope Pius XII.

5.2

Marching to Zion

Mar 26, 2015

Documentary tracing the history of the Jewish people from the destruction of the temple in AD 70 to the modern-day nation of Israel. Through scriptural and historical evidence, DNA, mathematics, and testimony from rabbis and pastors, it attempts to answer the question, "Who are God's chosen people?".

0.0

Padre Pio

Nov 1, 1968

BBC TV movie about the life of the late Francesco Forgione, widely known as Padre Pio.

7.2

Playing Hide and Seek

Mar 28, 2020

The documentary follows the story of two brothers who were sexually abused by the same priest of Polish Catholic Church.

8.2

The Mystery of Padre Pio

Nov 23, 2018

The documentary offers testimonies and documents never disclosed about the plot against its protagonist, who had the stigmata of Jesus Christ in his hands, feet and side for 50 consecutive years.

0.0

Garden of Eden

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An intimate portrait of an old man coming to terms with own mortality and letting go off his magnum opus - his garden. Living through an autumn of his life, he reminisces about his life filled with hard work, love for nature and onions.

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Sur les pas de Marie

May 9, 2022

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6.4

Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust

Oct 8, 2024

A portrait of Pope Pius XII (1876-1958), head of the Catholic Church from 1939 until his death, who, during World War II, and while European Jews were being exterminated by the Nazis, was accused of keeping a disconcerting and shameful silence.

National Geographic: Inside the Vatican

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