[Apologetics] Re: Catholicism tarred by Christian Film

[Art Kelly]

Jim,

This sounds like one of the most anti-Catholic films
ever made. I wonder who is actually behind it.

Art

--- jmurf80 at bellsouth.net wrote:

> Art,
> 
> This article was taken from the Catholic League
> website.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> CATHOLICISM TARRED BY CHRISTIAN FILM
> 
> December 3, 2007
> 
> 
> On December 7, Gener8Xion Entertainment, a prominent
> Protestant film company, will release “Noëlle.”
> Catholic League president Bill Donohue disputes the
> claim that the movie is merely “a parable of
> forgiveness and grace”:
> 
> “We’ve seen the movie and it’s a gem. In the
> synopsis provided by Gener8Xion, it accurately
> describes Jonathan Keene as ‘a young Catholic priest
> seemingly devoid of genuine human emotion’; his job
> is ‘to do what he does best: shut down a failing
> parish.’ Then there is ‘the child-like Fr. Simeon
> Joyce, a faithful but disillusioned priest who
> blatantly disregards church regulations, uses church
> monies to pay an old fisherman’s medical bills and
> spends most of his time drinking at the local pub.’
> Both priests are portrayed as losers.
> 
> “Viewers learn that the only reason Fr. Keene became
> a priest is because he felt guilty about getting a
> girl pregnant when he was in college; to top things
> off, he pressured her to have an abortion. Fr.
> Joyce, the alcoholic, has serious reservations about
> celibacy and his idea of heaven is a jolly good
> Christmas party. Fr. Joyce tells Fr. Keene he wants
> to marry a woman named Marjorie so he can help raise
> her illegitimate kid, saying he ‘made a vow to God
> not to the Church.’ But Fr. Keene, a first-class
> klutz, is also in love with the same woman: he is
> shown bolting in the middle of Midnight Mass to be
> with her, knocking over a filled chalice and ripping
> off his vestments.
> 
> “Throughout the film, confession is trivialized,
> celibacy is ridiculed, the Virgin Mary is
> disrespected, nuns are belittled, last rites are
> mocked, and priestly vocations are caricatured. In
> short, that which is uniquely Catholic is trashed.
> However, the plot and the acting are so deliriously
> absurd that it is impossible for us to get too
> worked up about this flick. 
> 
> “It means nothing that the movie has a pro-life
> message. Stereotypes about Protestant ministers
> abound, raising the question, Why didn’t Gener8Xion
> choose to mock one of their own clergy? Similarly,
> given that the film’s writer, David Hall, has said
> that his primary interest was in ‘dealing with
> hypocrisy,’ why didn’t he consult with Sen. Charles
> Grassley about all those ‘prosperity church’ pastors
> being investigated for ripping off their flock? We
> know why, and that’s why the Catholic League
exists.”


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