Vatican Prelate Plugs Passion Pic (Mel Gibson's ``The Passion'')

Drudge Report ^ | 9/10/03 | Matt Drudge

[nickcarraway]

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX WED SEPT 10, 2003 11:56:25 ET XXXXX

**World Exclusive**

An influential Vatican cardinal is about to endorse Mel Gibson's PASSION, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

The controversial Mel Gibson-directed drama about the last 12 hours of the life of Jesus Christ will be praised -- unconditionally -- by Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, the prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy.

The endorsement may pit the Vatican against the Anti-Defamation League, which expressed concerns that scenes depicting Jesus' crucifixion at the hands of Jews and others will fuel anti-Semitism.

“Gibson’s artistic choices make the film faithful to the meaning of the Gospels, as understood by the Church,” says Cardinal Hoyos in an interview set for release in Italy.

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[nickcarraway]

ping

[boomop1]

I wish he would release it on DVD as he wants it to be shown, I would not go see it in the theaters because of my hearing loss. No appeasement to the Christian haters the Jews demanded this Jew be crucified, case closed. Now Jew bashing is being pushed by the liberal Christian haters, were is the anti Christian ACLU?

[catonsville]

Does anybody, Jew or Christian, Muslim, Buddhist and even Taoist really care what the ADL thinks about the film--except the media?

[John Beresford Tipton]

"An influential Vatican cardinal"
ready to leave the movie.

[JesusIsLord]

... Anti-Defamation League, which expressed concerns that scenes depicting Jesus' crucifixion at the hands of Jews and others will fuel anti-Semitism.

Why don't we just rewrite history for the sake of the Anti-Defamation League. Let's see. We can make Jesus a Syrian gentile, living in Damascus. We'll attribute his crucifixion to a conspiracy between the Romans and Syrian (gentile) religious and political leaders. We'll excise any mention of Jews in the account. That should do it.

Editing is easy. So is lying.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Don is a genius.

[nina0113]

If Abe Foxman & his gang don't STFU right smartly, my contributions to Magen David Adam are gone. I've had enough.

[sonsofliberty2000]

I will withhold my views of the movie until I see it but it seems so far to be in line with my views. The Vatican saying one way or another will do nothing to my opinion in any case.

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[Canticle_of_Deborah]

bump for Cardinal Hoyos (my money had been on Cardinal Ratzinger when I read the headline).

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

To Right or wrong: I viewed your #9 deleted post as a most creepy piece of filth.

[ultima ratio]

The Vatican was very early in condemning Nazism. Your comment is proof of the claim made by Gibson in the New Yorker that there is a concerted effort to link the Holocaust to the Catholic Church. People like you think nothing of mouthing such idiocies. This is true anti-Catholic hatred and bigotry, especially since the Church did so much during the Second World War to rescue Jews--more than anybody else, in fact. The Church spoke out early and clearly about the Nazis and Vatican archives reveal that Pius XII considered Hitler evil from the very start of his rise to power and stated this in his letters.

[Mr. K]

ok now you got my interest... what was it?

[Spok]

And wouldn't it be poetic justice if this film turns out to be a huge commercial success, too? The left bashing it's received will do nothing but help sell tickets.

[meg70]

'I give it 2 Communion glasses toasted upwards'

[Truth666]

endorsing a racist movie that rewrites History - consistent with claiming that evolution theory is compatible with believing in God, deploying a Buddha statue in Assisi or implementing a plan to paint the catholic church as an institution that tolerates pedophilia.

[Right to be Wrong]

To Right or wrong: I viewed your #9 deleted post as a most creepy piece of filth.

You proved my point!

[Right to be Wrong]

The Vatican was very early in condemning Nazism. Your comment is proof of the claim made by Gibson in the New Yorker that there is a concerted effort to link the Holocaust to the Catholic Church.

Did Pius XII washed his hands also?

Honestly, Gibson made his money by portraying a violent police officer, or a warrior of some sort. He teaches kids that violence is good to respond to violence. When did he attempted to turn the other chick. How thin is the line separating fantasy from reality. Do you know what his true artistic intentions are? Do you really know?

The Church spoke out early and clearly about the Nazis and Vatican archives reveal that Pius XII considered Hitler evil from the very start of his rise to power and stated this in his letters.

The archives were partially revealed about 50 years after the war. Lots of time to rewrite history, don't you think? You are wrong when you say Hitler was evil, his followers were far more evil than him! Unfortunately, shades of Hitler followers are still around doing their little EVIL THINGS.

[big'ol_freeper]

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