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Star of 'The Chosen' Visits Vatican for Special Screening
- Jonathan Roumie, the actor portraying Jesus in the television series The Chosen, had an audience with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on June 25, 2025.
- The meeting followed the streaming of a Season 5 episode at the Vatican's Filmoteca theater and occurred while the cast was filming Season 6 in Matera, Italy.
- Roumie had the privilege of meeting Pope Leo XIV, during which he gave him a keepsake related to The Chosen and captured a selfie together. He described the experience as a deeply humbling honor and reflected on the rare opportunity to converse with the pope in their shared native language.
- Season 6 focuses on Jesus' final 24 hours, including crucifixion scenes filmed over three weeks in Matera, a location also used for The Passion of the Christ; the season finale will release exclusively as a theatrical feature film in 2027.
- This Vatican encounter, alongside press engagements, highlights the show's growing impact as a top ten Amazon Prime Video series with a mission to broaden Gospel outreach internationally.
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'The Chosen' star Jonathan Roumie visits the Vatican
VATICAN CITY — Jonathan Roumie, a U.S. actor known for playing Jesus on a popular television show visited the Vatican on Monday. Roumie, star of the streaming series “The Chosen” about the life of Jesus Christ, spoke at an event ahead of a special Vatican screening of an episode from the fifth season of the show, which will release internationally in July. Roumie was joined by fellow cast members Elizabeth Tabish, George Xanthis, and Vanessa Ben…
Pope Leo received a special visit this week. He met the cast of the Prime Video series The Chosen, about the life of Jesus Christ, at the Vatican.
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Jonathan Roumie, Jesus in ‘The Chosen,’ meets Pope Leo XIV: ‘An immeasurable honor’
Jonathan Roumie, the actor who plays Jesus in the series “The Chosen,” greets Pope Leo XIV at the end of Wednesday’s general audience on June 25, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 25, 2025... [...]
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