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Famed director Zeffirelli: Cardinals should have chosen a more theatrical Pope
Catholic Culture ^ | August 19, 2009

Posted on 08/19/2009 8:47:09 AM PDT by Pope Pius XII

In a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times, 86-year-old film director Franco Zeffirelli-- perhaps best remembered for his 1977 Jesus of Nazareth-- called Pope Benedict a “wonderful man” theologically but said that the cardinals made an “image error” when they elected him. “Catholic is another thing,” he said. “It’s open, it’s theatrical, it’s flashy,” adding, “when you have to deal with the Vatican-- St. Peter’s, ‘The Last Judgment’ of Michelangelo-- you have to be larger than life, you can’t be a professor from north Germany.”

As the New York Times article writer observed, the Pontiff hails from southern Germany.

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TOPICS: Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: hollywood; vatican; zeffirelli
I had to laugh at this one.
1 posted on 08/19/2009 8:47:09 AM PDT by Pope Pius XII
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To: Pope Pius XII

That’s what I value in a spiritual leader. Theatricality. Can’t go wrong. Posture is cool too.


2 posted on 08/19/2009 8:52:16 AM PDT by all the best
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"Laugh now, son...because ALL film directors have been
on Double Secret Probation since the beginning of the pontificate.
One more slip-up and..."

3 posted on 08/19/2009 8:55:07 AM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: all the best
Theatricality. Can’t go wrong. Posture is cool too.

4 posted on 08/19/2009 8:56:52 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: oh8eleven

brilliant


5 posted on 08/19/2009 9:23:15 AM PDT by all the best
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To: Pope Pius XII

Franco is a talented director, excelling in film, theater and opera. But he’s just an old poofter who thinks everything needs extra theatricality.


6 posted on 08/19/2009 9:25:58 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte
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Under his reasoning, they should have elected Obama to be the Pope. Well, if he doesn’t not think Benedict is theatrical enough, I wonder what he thought of Pius XII and Paul VI.


7 posted on 08/19/2009 9:26:28 AM PDT by CdMGuy
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You mean like finally electing an “elegant” president?


8 posted on 08/19/2009 9:28:22 AM PDT by mancini
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To: Pope Pius XII

That’s just one of the gazillion reasons the movie industry doesn’t elect popes.

Hollywood gets to groom the current president of America, but not the pope.


9 posted on 08/19/2009 9:37:34 AM PDT by OpusatFR (Those embryos are little humans in progress. Using them for profit is slavery.)
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To: oh8eleven

LOL!


10 posted on 08/19/2009 9:40:42 AM PDT by rom (Israel got Saul before they got David. Where's our David?)
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**“Catholic is another thing,” he said. “It’s open, it’s theatrical, it’s flashy,” adding, “when you have to deal with the Vatican— St. Peter’s, ‘The Last Judgment’ of Michelangelo— you have to be larger than life, you can’t be a professor from north Germany.”**

But he excels in reverence, apologetics and theology.

I’ll take those any day over theatrical.

Living our lives as Christ would have us live them is the goal — not entertainment!


11 posted on 08/19/2009 9:47:19 AM PDT by Salvation (With God all things are possible.)
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Maybe that’s why some at the Vatican are enthralled by Obama. Remember how Obama came onstage ALONE in Denver and sang his acceptance aria!


12 posted on 08/19/2009 1:36:56 PM PDT by RobbyS (ECCE HOMO!)
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