"Leo in Rome" - Documentary

July 1, 2026 · 1 min read

The Editorial Directorate of the Dicastery for Communication presents the documentary "Leo in Rome", featuring interviews, archival footage, and images that retrace the years Robert Francis Prevost—now Pope Leo XIV—spent in the Eternal City. The documentary was produced by journalists Felipe Herrera-Espaliat, Salvatore Cernuzio, and Tiziana Campisi, with editing by Jaime Vizcaíno Haro.

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Людмила Шевченко

Who else was on the team when Jaime Vizcaíno Haro was the editor?

Христина Панченко

Yes, other participants are also mentioned in the film: Felipe Herrera-Espaliat, Salvatore Cernuzio and Tiziana Campisi. While watching, I noticed that their names are listed in the video credits.

Dušan Stanković

I know that Tiziana Campisi is from Banja Luka, but is she also Orthodox? In our town, many people knew her relatives.

Михайло Литвин

Yes, Salvatore Cernuzio himself took archival photos for the film, it was his professional contribution. Did you notice how it showed the old streets of Rome?

Marija Lukić

Tiziana is from Banja Luka, but she is Italian, not Orthodox. Her relatives lived near Stari trg, near the church of St. Nikola, many knew them.

Анна Бондаренко

Yes, I noticed those names in the end credits too. It would be interesting to know which of them worked the most on interviews with the Roman period. Did you not pay attention, which of them talked more about the archives?

Petar Popović

Marija, interestingly, I didn't know that Tiziana was from Banja Luka. So her family was tied to that region near St. Nikola - did you personally know any of those relatives or did you just hear stories?

Олександр Ткаченко

Yeah, I noticed those names in the credits too. What I liked the most was how Felipe Herrera-Espaliat talked about archival photos from the period in Rome - they really brought those years to life. And you don't remember if any of them mentioned the specific parish where he served?

Олександр Бойко

Yes, Felipe spoke well about those photos, especially from the street near the Augustinian Institute. But the parish, it seems, was not named - they only mentioned that he served somewhere in the area where the students lived. Did you watch the piece about the meeting with the cardinal yourself?

Dušan Obradović

Maria, I did not know that Tiziana was from Banja Luka, it is very close to my cousin who served at St. Nicholas in the nineties. Did her relatives stay there after the war or did they all move to Italy?

Milan Milošević

Petre, yes, I heard that her grandfather was from that area at St. Nikola, but I didn't know any of the relatives personally. Have you ever been there for a party or fishing?

Stefan Popović

I was neither celebrating nor fishing there, but I once stopped by the monastery near St. Nikola when I was going to Skopje. Grandpa's neighborhood sounds familiar, maybe you've heard of the Jovanović family from the village below? Have you ever tried their grilled trout?

Đorđe Petrović

I haven't tried that trout, but I heard it's excellent at Jovanović's. When you stopped by the monastery near St. Nikola, did you find father Jovan or was he already retired?