<em>The New Pope</em>’s Old Magic
The HBO show’s second season continues to stylishly embody the fascinating contradiction of priests as people.
This post contains minor spoilers for The New Pope.
The pope: so hot right now. When Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square on New Year’s Eve, his look of annoyance gave the Vatican aviral moment on the secular internet. That flap felt like something out of Netflix’s , a peppery starring Anthony Hopkins as Benedict XVI and Jonathan Pryce as Francis. Or it could have been a scene from HBO’s , the new and retitled second season of , Paolo Sorrentino’s that and viewers in 2017. All three instances
