This made me think of a

MrSmith1 — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:17:24 +0000

This made me think of a British comedy from the early 90's called "The Pope Must Die". It starred Robbie Coltrane (who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films). It had some funny moments, but is probably best remembered because when it came out, the Vatican raised such a stink about the title that, a couple of weeks after it was released, the title of the movie was changed to, "The Pope Must Diet."

I got Netflix. I am gonna

Richard Day — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:31:55 +0000

In reply to We Have A Pope

I got Netflix.

I am gonna look at this. No kidding.

But my favorite film about the Catholic Church was called The Shoes of the Fisherman.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shoes_of_the_Fisherman#The_1968_film

Anthony Quinn plays this Soviet prisoner at some Gulag installation and ends up as a Cardinal in Rome and is elected Pope.

Please let this cup pass my lips, of course.

I have viewed this film at least twenty times over the last 40+ years; they will show it on our pseudo Catholic network from time to time.

It is wonderful. The Vatican per Quinn's character ends up selling/mortgaging the entire fortune in Rome.

And then, John Paul II shows up and I am amazed; and I am an agnostic for the simple reason that no one can adequately define the word 'GOD'.

John Paul II was a Soviet prisoner; he was Polish; and he would have electrified me as an altar boy in the older days.

And I was reading some article recently about the fact that we must be looking at billions upon billions of dollars in art treasures located at the Vatican!

Anyway, I will certainly take a look at this film.

Thank you for this.

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This made me think of a

I got Netflix. I am gonna