简介：SecretsoftheVaticanisanAmericantelevisiondocumentaryfilm.ItwasfirstairedonthePBSChannelon25February2014asanepisodeofPBS'FrontlineTVseries. ThefilmcoverstheperiodafterthedeathofJohnPaulIIuptothefirstyearofPopeFranciswhilepositingatheoryofwhatmadePopeBenedictXVIresignfromthepapacyin2013.ItpresentsareturnoftrustintheVaticananditsnewPope,Francis,bymillionsofRomanCatholicsafteralongperiodofcontroversyregardingsexualabusebyChurchauthorities.Itdelvesintoreportsoftheexistenceofa"gaymafia"insidetheChurch,andhighlightsthescandalinvolvingLegionnairesofChristfounderMarcialMacielwhoallegedlyhadthebackingofJohnPaulII. Thefilmalsotacklesthepapacy'sstruggleswithcleaninguptheVaticanBankofitscorruptfinancialpoliciesasaninternationalinstitution,startingwithBenedictXVI'shinderedinvestigationsandendinginFrancis'supposedlyradicalinitialreforms. ThefilmapproachesthecontroversialtopicsofthedocumentarynotfromperspectivesoutsideoftheChurchbutwithtestimoniesbydevotedCatholics—sexualabusevictims,corruptionwitnessesandpriestinvestigators.…