Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Last weekend was a big one for faith-based films — both of which received a lot of attention from this blog.  Here are the results:  For Greater Glory, the epic story of a fight for religious liberty in 1920’s-era Mexico, pulled in an impressive…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. For Greater Glory: Epic and timely. Synopsis: In the late 1920’s, a ragtag group of Mexicans take up resist their government’s crackdown on religious liberty — a crackdown, in this instance, directed at the Catholic Church.   Enrique Gorostieta Velarde (Andy Garcia),…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Yesterday, this space featured an interview with Eduardo Verástegui (Bella)  in which he spoke about his riveting supporting role as Anacleto González Flores in the historical epic For Greater Glory which opens in U.S. theaters next Friday (June 1).  The story, as noted, chronicles the…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. It’s ironic that For Greater Glory, a film about Mexico’s little-discussed Cristero War, an early 20th century uprising against government intrusion on religious liberty, is set to open in the U.S. next Friday (June 1). Coming less than two weeks after 43 Catholic institutions…

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