Academy-Award winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese joins James Martin, S.J. to talk about Scorsese’s Catholic upbringing and the spiritual themes that emerge from his films:

00:00 Who is Martin Scorsese?
3:04 Audience Question: How can I keep the faith when I have many doubts?
8:14 Scorsese’s Catholic childhood against the backdrop of the mean, mafia-run streets of the Lower East Side, NYC
13:30 The priest who changed Scorsese's life—and his films
18:30 How Scorsese developed a love for the Catholic Mass
22:28 Scorsese's passion for storytelling and how religious and spiritual themes emerge organically in his films
28:22 The making of "Silence" and the mystery of God's love
30:15 What Scorsese (and his crew) learned by doing the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius
38:43 Who Jesus is to Martin Scorsese

Link to Fr. Jim’s spiritual advice column on this episode: https://www.americamagazine.org/podcasts/2025/08/05/martin-scorsese-catholic-filmmaker-prayer-imagination/

The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola: https://www.ignatianspirituality.com/ignatian-prayer/the-spiritual-exercises/

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