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The Passion Top Religion Event of 2004 |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / RELIGION AND SOCIETY |
| Author: Uwe Siemon-Netto |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2005 |
| Size: 781 Words, 5,015 Characters |
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Mel Gibson's film "The Passion of the Christ" was seen by many believers as the most important religious event of 2004. On that, Catholics, evangelical Christians, and even some moderate Muslims will agree.
Some found it to be more relevant than the debate over homosexuals in the priesthood and same-sex marriages, or the cruelty committed by terrorists in the name of their version of Islam.
Gibson's intensely religious film grossed nearly $700 million -- more than 20 times the original investment -- despite the fact that the dialogue was entirely in Aramaic and Latin.
The Rev. Richard John Neuhaus, president ...
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...low sufferers during his pilgrimage to Lourdes in France, surrounded by huge crowds of jubilant young people.
They cheered him because by his very appearance he sent a counter-cultural message to faint-hearted postmodern Christians: "Christ did not come down from his cross. So if you want to be disciples, don't give up as soon as the going gets tough."
© 2004 United Press International
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