A Vatican-sanctioned, pretty worshipful documentary, and yet I still found it worth watching because of the breadth of the issues that the pope is concerned about.

Afineevsky's message is that Francis is precisely the pope we need in what has developed into a golden age of wickedness, of capitalism run amok and of craven political opportunism.

The documentary highlights his environmental activism and his conviction that rather than building walls between different people, we should erect bridges of understanding and amity.

Francesco is a live-action, illustrated version of the pope's agenda for serving humanity and bringing the peace of Christ to those who suffer.