[Land of the Free 04]

the archbishop quoted the pope not only as saying "it is as it was" but also as calling the movie "incredibile."

So the story is true---yet the liberals whine on and on and on and ....

[drjimmy]

So the story is true

Anyone who actually reads the article will know that you left three important words out of the sentence fragment you lifted. There's a world of difference between "the archbishop quoted the pope..." and "Mr. Michelini says the archbishop quoted the pope..."

Here is a quote directly from the archbishop, which came out after this article was printed and is not filtered through the producer of the film:
"I said clearly to McEveety and Michelini that the Holy Father made no declaration," Dziwisz said. "I said the Holy Father saw the film privately in his apartment, but gave no declaration to anyone. He does not make judgments on art of this kind; he leaves that to others, to experts."

[NYer]

So the story is true

Apparently - it it as it was !

REMINDER - Friday, January 23 - 8pm EST EWTN will broadcast an EXCLUSIVE interview with Mel Gibson (check your local cable listings for appropriate channel)

In the interview, Gibson breaks his silence, speaking for the first time about charges that his film, The Passion of the Christ is anti-Semitic. He talks about his bold vision for the project and his motivation for making the film. Gibson tells Arroyo, “It reflects my beliefs-I’ve never done that before.”

He also candidly comments on the controversy surrounding the movie, his resistance to altering the film, and his personal commitment to press forward: “I don’t know if I will ever work again. I’ve said that this is a career killer and it could well be, but that doesn’t matter because I don’t care,” Gibson says in the interview.

Based on biblical accounts, the movie, "The Passion of the Christ," depicts the last 12 hours of Christ’s life on earth and will be released in the U.S. on Ash Wednesday, February 25th.

EWTNews Director, Raymond Arroyo was on set, in Italy during the filming of “The Passion of the Christ” last year, and is the only broadcast journalist to conduct an extended interview with Mel Gibson about the project.

[presidio9]

"It Is As It Was"