The first Bishop of Rome with his own page at IMDB?
Pope Francis is set to become the first pope in history to play himself in a movie. He will star in the forthcoming film ‘Beyond the Sun,’ which will feature children around the world emulating the apostles, while searching for Jesus Christ.
The idea for the film actually came from Pope Francis himself, who pitched the story to filmmakers at the Hollywood-based AMBI Pictures, which was founded by Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi in 2013. The company released the movie ‘Septembers of Shiraz’ in 2015, which starred Salma Hayek.
The Holy Father wanted to create a movie which would be able to reach out to children in order to spread the Catholic faith. His idea was to effectively portray Gospel passages and fables to youngsters.
Darryl,
Im sure it wont hold a candle to Fireproof, Left Behind, Gods Not Dead, and Saving Christmas.
“The Holy Father wanted to create a movie which would be able to reach out to children in order to spread the Catholic faith. His idea was to effectively portray Gospel passages and fables to youngsters.”
Quelle horreur
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Luckily, Kirk Cameron has no authority over other believers. The closest he got to Popery was an interview he did with Doug Wilson about Saving Christmas.
Gospel passages and fables? I’m sure they’ll be perfectly clear about the distinctions between the two.
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Walton,
I dont remember Aesop being read at any masses. Natural virtues are fine to learn and teach kids; grace builds on nature.
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James Young, see? In a post-Vatican II world no one has a sense of the dignity of office. You’re the frog in the kettle. Priests and kids? It happens everywhere.
Shrug shrug shrug.
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‘Beyond the Sun,’ … His idea was to effectively portray Gospel passages and fables to youngsters.
‘beyond the sun’… hope not TOO far beyond the Son…. but DG’s pope quote from “Where’s Jesus’ today makes it seem doubtful it won’t be…
“Many think differently, feel differently, they seek God or meet God in different ways. In this crowd, in this range of religions, there is only one certainty we have for all: We are all children of God,” the Pope says in the video.The Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim and Catholic religious leaders first declare their personal beliefs before each one declares, “I believe in love.”“I hope you will spread my prayer request this month that sincere dialogue among men and women of different faiths may produce the fruits of peace and justice. I trust in your prayers,” the Pontiff states.
Jesus: Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward. Anyone who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son. 2 John 1: 8 -9…
from today’s reading:
1) give to His people the knowledge of salvation
2) by the forgiveness of their sins,
3) because of the tender mercy of our God,
4) with which the Sunrise from on high will visit us
5) to shine upon those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death
6) To guide our feet into the way of peace. Luke 1:77-79
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And here it is:
grace builds on nature
Things aren’t fallen, just a little askew,
Your heart isn’t dead in sin, follow it, its true.
Buddha, Muhammad, Confucius, all fine,
They’re all valid ways to God, just toe the line..
Jesus needs your help to save you, you’re under the test.
He’ll help you though you reject him if you just do your best
To cut your carbon footprint and try to be nice,
And stay away from the really bad vice.
But venial sin, that’s a whole other story
God’ll beat it out of you after million years of purgatory.
And Jesus will pray to save you but hey,
His prayers they won’t work at the end of the day
If your free will says no, He’ll never go against it
You’re not dead so hey, it’s on you to be fit.
And that’s not so hard, God wants not perfection,
Just show up at mass and sit in your section.
Believe what you want, outside of mass you can go with culture’s flow,
Grace builds on nature, who cares where your non-dead heart goes?
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This papa is a rock star. He belongs in movies like Hillary belongs in politics. (She’ll win by the way, unfortunately. And I’ll bet anyone $100 she does)
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Celebrities don’t have to be coherent, but shouldn’t people who hold the office of infallible interpreter?
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