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Pat Oliphant’s cartoon today

Reacts to the film Moreover, the suffering is rendered almost hollow by a dramatic void. Gibson has provided no context so that we can understand better who Jesus is – just a series of cartoon flashbacks. We cannot empathize with Mary fully or with Peter or John – because they too are mere props for…

No, I didn’t see it yet. Looks like next week will be it for me – the news said that tomorrow’s shows are sold out, too here in the Fort. But Michael saw it yesterday, and as we were talking about it, and he was telling me how incredibly Eucharistic and Marian it is, the…

James Bowman of the American Spectator and numerous other places, reviews the film. Starts it off, on his main page: Mel, we may love you for the enemies you’ve made, but your movie is still a mess And then: I have the most tremendous admiration for Pope John Paul II, but if he really said…

via John Derbyshire at The Corner A well-known (I guess) Anglican intellectual will leap the Tiber, but not before some parting shots “My new book is not actually a criticism of the Church of England,” says Canon Edward Norman, chancellor of York Minster, choosing his words with donnish precision. Is he serious? Two minutes later,…

Leon Podles comments on the Passion The negative reviewers don’t to seem to realize that they are in the film too: the shadowy figure that tempts Christ, saying that no human being can bear all the sins of the world, the negative, carping spirit that sneers at suffering. The Catholic bishops have not shown enthusiasm…

Catholic Exchange has a piece on the HMSUniversity, the first offerings of which include a workshop on parables led by me

From the USCCB film office, via CNS. Fair and balanced, I thought. Like other films on Christ’s life, “The Passion” does not simply translate a single Gospel narrative onto the screen. Rather it is a composite of the Passion narratives in the four Gospels embroidered with nonscriptural traditions as well as the imaginative inspiration of…

This thread is for those who have seen The Passion of the Christ to post their reviews/reactions.
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