What is it about?
Takes a look at the HBO show, The Young Pope and applies the hero's myth journey to the main character's development (Jude Law as Pope Pius XIII/Lenny Belardo).
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Why is it important?
It helps show parts of Catholicism in a different light. It's timely because the next installment, The New Pope, is being released soon.
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This page is a summary of: Signs of Contradiction: Understanding the Church, the Papacy, and the World around Us through a Textual Analysis of HBO’s The Young Pope, Journal of Religion Media and Digital Culture, December 2020, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/21659214-bja10002.
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