Film shows 'fearless' pope taking on church

For director Wim Wenders, who had unprecedented access to Pope Francis, the 81-year-old is a revolutionary. [File, AFP]

There is a killer moment in the new film "Pope Francis -- A Man of His Word" when you realise what he is up against.

The Argentine is dressing down the cardinals and bejewelled princes of the Curia who run the Catholic Church, lacerating them for their greed, back-stabbing and lust for power.