Documentary filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi helms this film that characterizes Pope Francis, especially during his first nine years of holding the highest position in the Catholic church. Rosi examines archival footage and synthesizes the Pope's thirty-seven visits to about fifty-three countries, where he met and interacted with various Catholics worldwide. He focuses on how the Pope is trying to make himself accessible to people and taking an interest in the state of their lives and their troubles.