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Yes, God brings good out of evil, but we are never permitted to do evil that good may come of it.
Disclosure One: I have not seen the recently released R-rated film about Padre Pio.
Disclosure Two: I refuse to ever watch the film.
The reason for my refusal is that the film contains a sexualized scene of sacrilege involving an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary. (For obvious reasons, I am not going to give any more detail here — and it is with significant trepidation that I mention even that.)
Some might say that mine is an overreaction — that this is only a portrayal, rather than textbook sacrilege. But that is parallel to saying that a sexual act committed in a pornographic film merely constitutes actors playing out a scene. The underlying act, however, is the same. The only difference is that it was captured on film. Similarly, a cinematic depiction of sacrilege against an image of Mary — especially an explicitly sexual-themed one — constitutes a sin. Some might argue about the textbook definition of sacrilege, but at minimum, such a scene constitutes a sin against religion.
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Disclosure One: I have not seen the recently released R-rated film about Padre Pio.
Disclosure Two: I refuse to ever watch the film.
The reason for my refusal is that the film contains a sexualized scene of sacrilege involving an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary. (For obvious reasons, I am not going to give any more detail here — and it is with significant trepidation that I mention even that.)
Some might say that mine is an overreaction — that this is only a portrayal, rather than textbook sacrilege. But that is parallel to saying that a sexual act committed in a pornographic film merely constitutes actors playing out a scene. The underlying act, however, is the same. The only difference is that it was captured on film. Similarly, a cinematic depiction of sacrilege against an image of Mary — especially an explicitly sexual-themed one — constitutes a sin. Some might argue about the textbook definition of sacrilege, but at minimum, such a scene constitutes a sin against religion.
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Sacrilege in Shia LaBeouf’s New Padre Pio Film?
Yes, God brings good out of evil, but we are never permitted to do evil that good may come of it.
