On today's Register Radio, Dan Burke led the show off with his interview of Catholic columnist and blogger Jimmy Akin about the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's doctrinal assessment of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), the largest body of women's religious in the country. Jimmy provided a thorough explanation of the document's findings and the reaction to it.
"The CDF investigation uncovered a series of doctrinal problems that challenge the core of the Christian faith," explained Akins. "Some leaders said that the nuns were moving beyond the Church, or beyond Jesus. The investigation found one organization - The Resource Center for Religious Institutes - which runs seminars on 'how to go non-canonical,' and found a group of Benedictine sisters in Wisconsin that had renounced their vows, reorganized their effort as an ecumenical project, and yet kept their property."
In addition to the show, Jimmy wrote an article on the subject, interviewed author Ann Carey, and provided a transcript of that interview - all of which are available at the National Catholic Register.
For Greater Glory
In the second half of the program, Thom Price interviewed myself about the film "For Greater Glory," which opens in theaters on June 1, and tells the largely unknown story of the Mexican Cristero Rebellion. Thom asked about the film, its Catholicity, and the significance of the story.
"It's a unique story that isn't even known by 70% of Mexicans. It tells of the religious persecution and violence that occurred within our hemisphere within the last century," I told Thom. I provided my initial reaction to the epic movie.
You can read my interview with Andy Garcia, and the resulting interviews of other talent in the film, and a short video clip of Andy Garcia talking about his role as General Enrique Gorostieta. To learn more, listen to the show. As always, it airs at 2 p.m. EASTERN on the EWTN radio network this afternoon, and is also available via podcast and on the Register Radio website.
Comments
Post a Comment
In spite of a cynical 1 1/2 star rating in the local paper my husband and I saw “For Greater Glory” yesterday in a very full theater in Escondido. At the end of this very moving story people applauded and many called out “Viva la Cristo Rey!” At a time when our government is enacting laws which violate our religious freedom it is a call to stand up for the right to worship as we desire before it is too late.
The Mexican history of the Cristero War of 1926-1929 had its origins in the Juarez Laws of 1857 concerning Church legal jurisdictions and keeping lands not made economical for the nation’s needs. The Church and Federal government disagreements found their way into Mexico’s 1917 Constitution. President Calles took action to impose the laws that led to the Cristero War. The aftermath of its results are mentioned in my novel “The Worm in my Tomato” 2007, based on true story of my family’s Repatriation during Great Depression, 1932, in Sinaloa, Mexico. My novel can be purchased from me or at Amazon. Santos C. Vega sanvega@aol.com
I too saw the movie. I feel the closeness of this movie to what is happening now. After the movie a few days later I went to Corpus Christi for the Stand Up For Religious Freedom rally. At one point we also chanted Vivo La Christo Rey. I get my beliefs form my church which my family has been pert of for more than a millenium not from a government less than 250 years old. I will stand by my church no matter what happens as my ancestors have always done. I will not deny my God or hide my faith. As the priest said in the movie ” If you do not stand up for what you believe then who are you?” You are no one.
Post a Comment
By submitting this form, you give The National Catholic Register permission to publish this comment. Comments will be published at our discretion, and may be edited for clarity and length. For best formatting, please limit your response to one paragraph and don't hit "enter" to force line breaks.