I just can't wait to see what Netflix produces in conjunction with the pope. I mean you have to ask, if Netflix is allowing this documentary, knowing their standards for evaluating things like this, what can we possibly expect?
I don't expect this documentary to provide really any value whatsoever. I hate to say this, really I do. I wish Netflix would produce morally good content, things which could uplift and edify people of faith. But they don't and they have strict policies against anything which appears to disagree with their extremist ideology.
So Pope Francis is teaming up with this outfit. We don't know precisely what this documentary will look like. It's described as:
a documentary series based on "Sharing the Wisdom of Time," a book in which Pope Francis called for creating "an alliance between the young and old people" by sharing their stories.
One very telling part for me was
"The elders chosen for the documentary come from different ethnic groups and religious traditions, according to the Netflix press release, but their stories demonstrate how in every part of the world and in every culture people are concerned with the same issues: "love, struggle, work and dreams."
Why is Pope Francis promoting other religious traditions? That's not his job. His job is to promote and promulgate the Catholic Faith around the world. That is literally his job. Why does Pope Francis continually try to muddy the waters and create confusion. The Church is universal, but the Church is also missionary. We must reach out to evangelize people.
This will surely just be another confusing, content-free, feel-good, emotional documentary that will offer little value.
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