…that the USCCB plans to do more in the Passion wake than this:

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which has not commented on the movie, plans to reissue its criteria for dramatizing the crucifixion along with papal and church statements on Catholic-Jewish relations.

Let us hope that they will be issuing statements, as well, to all involved in catechesis in the United States, with an eye to assisting them answering other questions possibly raised by the film, such as:

“This made me think about Jesus in a whole new way. Can you tell me more about Jesus?”

“Why is Jesus’ death so important? It was really powerfully presented in this movie, but I’m trying to figure out what it means for me. Can you help me?”

and maybe..

“I want to know more about Jesus. Hey, I want to know Jesus. Can you help me?”