Media Casts 'The Young Pope' As Super-villain For Being Catholic
The Federalist Wed, Feb 15 7:51 AM EST
A long time ago in a decade far, far away, in Catholic high
school I was assigned to write a personal obituary. An unholy spirit
prompted me to characterize myself as the first American pope, elevated
after attracting a sizable number of youths to the one true faith by
means of a marketing campaign titled “Christ is my buddy”—this 22 years
before George Carlin introduced the Buddy Christ in Kevin Smith’s 1999
simultaneously hilarious and often sacrilegious film “Dogma.” It’s not
difficult to conjure the dismayed expression of Sister Diane when she
read a high-school poem written by yours truly based on his observations
of our small-town parish: The bishop went golfing today While the
congregation ...
5 comments:
I watched some of the episodes and it's a bizarre show. A lot of false information disseminated as well. I like Jude Law but this is not one of his better performances
But would it be acceptable to have a show where Muslims are portrayed as villains? Hollywood hypocrisy at work. Bigotry against Catholics- the only acceptable form of bigotry since 1970.
Before Vatican Disaster II Hollywood portrayed Catholicism with great respect: Bells of St. Mary's, Going My Way, etc. Do you think the Democrat Party would be promoting abortion and gay marriage if the Catholic Church today were as powerful as it was before the Council? Dishonest bishops and clerics ignore this because it points to their pathetic leadership.
TJM,
Good point, but in fairness, the Freemasons had made great strides in undermining the Faith in European and Latin American nations before VCII.
Dialogue,
I never understood the fascination with Freemasonry. Kind of a silly organization, something Bugnini would be attracted to for some reason since he lost his faith in God
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