Posted on 03/18/2004 6:33:06 PM PST by swilhelm73
Edited on 04/23/2004 12:06:38 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The actor James Caviezel, who plays Jesus in "The Passion of the Christ," met with Pope John Paul II on Monday at the Vatican. Afterward Mr. Caviezel talked with me briefly by phone from Rome. I asked him what it was like, and transcribed what he said.
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"I walked in and he just waved to me."
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You can watch a 42 minute video on the making of The Passion of The Christ, along with additional video and audio interviews with MEl Gibson, Jim Caviezel and others in the cast and crew, at the following link:
The Passion of the Christ
"He smiled and waved....Jim's visit with the Holy Father sounds so lovely. There is a tenderness about the article as well; I would guess that's why Peggy Noonan "let it be". Siochan agus maitheasThe pope--this is a very holy man. He's seen the Nazis and the communists [and there were] people he knew that understand what a regime is like and what they do, and how they can take your freedom from you. He's seen it. This is the pope from Fatima. I think the guy's a mystic. He's a saint. I'm not impressed by celebrity--that word is bad when you're standing in front of a saint. But something moved me. I know he is a saint."
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