Monthly Archives: April 2004

“THE PASSION” WOUNDS THEOLOGIANS’ EGOS

By |2013-06-25T20:23:34-04:00April 22nd, 2004|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Catholic League president William Donohue issued the following statement today on the wounded egos of theologians opposed to the Mel Gibson film, “The Passion of the Christ”: “It’s been going on for some time now, but over the weekend it really broke loose: Catholic, Protestant and Jewish theologians are irate over ‘The Passion of the Christ.’ [...]

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“PASSION” CRITICS EVINCE NEW PURITANISM

By |2019-09-20T20:18:13-04:00April 22nd, 2004|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Catholic League president William Donohue commented today on how film critics of “The Passion of the Christ” are reacting to the movie: “Having failed to tag the movie as anti-Semitic, those who hate everything about Mel’s masterpiece are trying to convince the public not to see it because it’s too violent. Alas, there is a New [...]

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REPORTS ON PRIESTLY SEXUAL ABUSE WELCOMED

By |2013-06-25T20:49:43-04:00April 22nd, 2004|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Catholic League president William Donohue offered the following remarks today on the two studies that were released regarding the problem of priestly sexual abuse: “The researchers at John Jay did a fine job. But it is the men and women of the National Review Board that deserve the plaudits of all Catholics: they had the courage [...]

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CRITICS SEE PORN AND S&M IN “THE PASSION”

By |2013-06-25T20:50:45-04:00April 22nd, 2004|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The following quotes are from the critics of “The Passion of the Christ”: —Rev. Andrew Greeley calls it “sadomasochistic and pornographic.” —Christopher Hitchens dubs it “an exercise in lurid sadomasochism.” —Ex-priest John Dominic Crossan labels it “pornographic.” —David Edelstein of Slate finds it an “exercise in sadomasochism.’ —Rabbi James Rudin brands it “a sadomasochistic film.” —David Denby of The [...]

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CRITICS OF “THE PASSION” CRACKUP

By |2013-06-25T20:51:35-04:00April 22nd, 2004|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Catholic League president William Donohue notes today how critics of “The Passion of the Christ” continue to rant: “In a Knight Ridder column, Rev. John Pawlikowski, director of the Catholic-Jewish Studies Program at the Catholic Theological Union, wrote the following: ‘Christians who react favorably to Gibson’s film are shamefully evading their religious responsibility.’ Thus did he [...]

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VATICAN SPOKESMAN: “THE PASSION” IS NOT ANTI-SEMITIC

By |2013-06-25T20:52:03-04:00April 22nd, 2004|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Joaquín Navarro-Valls, the Director of the Holy See’s Press Office, said yesterday that “The Passion of the Christ” was “a cinematographic transcription of the Gospels. If it were anti-Semitic, the Gospels would also be so.” He added that the pope would have criticized the movie if it were bigoted against Jews, but, he declared, there is [...]

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON “THE PASSION”

By |2017-03-20T17:56:04-04:00April 22nd, 2004|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

“The Rev. Philip Eichner, chairman of the League’s board of directors, called the film ‘a powerful rendition of the last 12 hours of Christ.’“‘I don’t believe it’s anti-Semitic,’ he said. ‘And it wasn’t Jews who killed Jesus, the religious authorities did because Jesus challenged them.’” —Associated Press, February 25, 2004 “‘This movie is about sin and [...]

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TWO MONTHS AFTER “THE PASSION”: BODY COUNT—ZERO

By |2012-10-12T18:07:44-04:00April 21st, 2004|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

 Catholic League president William Donohue commented today on the Mel Gibson movie, “The Passion of the Christ”: “Two months have elapsed since the film was released and no Jew has been killed.  Not only have there been no pogroms, there have been no reported beatings, and no reported acts of vandalism associated with the film.  This [...]

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BUSH’S “GOD TALK” OFFENDS NADER, ELITES

By |2017-03-20T17:56:04-04:00April 20th, 2004|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

 In Bob Woodward’s new book, Plan of Attack, reference is made to how President Bush prayed “for the strength to do the Lord’s will” when he committed the nation to war.  According to Woodward, Bush did not seek “to justify war based upon God,” but he did look for guidance. In an interview with the Christian Science Monitor yesterday, [...]

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Sister Margherita Marchione: Crusade of Charity: Pius XII and POW’s

By |2017-03-20T17:56:04-04:00April 19th, 2004|Categories: Book Reviews, White Papers and Essays|

by Eugene J. Fisher (Catalyst 4/2006) Patrick J. Gallo, editor, Pius XII, the Holocaust and the Revisionists: Essays. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co, 2006. 218 pages. PB. NP. Sister Margherita Marchione, Crusade of Charity: Pius XII and POW's (1939-1945). New York: Paulist Press, 2006. 284 pages. Ronald J. Rychlak, Righteous Gentiles: How Pius XII and the [...]

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