NHK General TV's "Butterfly Effect: The Century of Images" (Mondays at 10 PM) will broadcast "The Pope" on March 2nd. The Pope is the head of Catholicism, uniting 1.4 billion Catholics around the world. World Wars, Nazism, the end of the Cold War... His presence has always been behind the turmoil of the world.
Popes have struggled with the world, sometimes leaving themselves scarred. Pope Pius XII warned of the threat of atheistic communism, approached the Nazis, and was later called "Hitler's Pope" by some. Pope John XXIII acted as a mediator between the United States and the Soviet Union and worked to avert the Cuban Missile Crisis. Pope John Paul II inspired the democratization movement in Poland during the Cold War, despite an attempt on his life. In the 21st century, child sexual abuse by clergy came to light around the world. Their words, and sometimes even their silence, have changed the fate of the world. Narrated by announcer Itoi Yoji.
