FRENCH FILM PROMPTS ROSARY
Pope John Paul II will lead a recitation of the rosary this weekend “to repair the offense inflicted” on the Virgin Mary by a French film depicting the mother of Jesus as a modern woman, Vatican radio said Thursday.
The Pope said last week that the film, “Je Vous Salue Marie,” by French director Jean-Luc Goddard “distorts and insults the spiritual significance” of Christian beliefs.
The announcement said the Pope will recite the rosary in the courtyard of St. Damasus in front of the Apostolic Palace on Saturday evening and that it will be carried live worldwide by Vatican Radio.
The film depicts Mary as the daughter of a gas station operator and the girlfriend of a taxi-driver named Joseph. She is shown nude in some scenes.
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