The film “The Case Spotlight”, Oscar winner for best film, is “exciting” and “is not anti-Catholic” because “gives voice to the horror and the profound grief of the faithful” today wrote the Vatican daily L’Osservatore Romano.
“the Case Spotlight” is a film about the journalistic investigation that revealed the sexual abuse of minors committed by priests and religious of the diocese of Boston, in the United States.
in an article published after the delivery of the award of the US Film Academy, on Sunday night in Los Angeles (California), the publication of the Vatican lamented, however, that the film does not mention the “long and difficult struggle” of Pope Benedict XVI in this area.
“it’s true, the narrative is given no space to the long and difficult struggle that Joseph Ratzinger, as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of faith and as Pope, waged against pedophilia in the Church, “the report added, referring to emeritus pope.
” But in a movie you can not say everything and the difficulties that were encountered by Ratzinger only confirm the thesis of the film, (…) often ecclesiastical institutions failed to react with the necessary determination against these crimes, “continued the article.
the text stressed that pedophilia” not necessarily derived from the vow of chastity “also noting that the film manages to show the concern of” many “in the Church by the institution’s image and” not the act of gravity. “
the newspaper of the Holy See described as a” positive sign “the that the ceremony of the Oscars have been made an appeal to Francis Pope to fight the scourge of pedophilia.
“There is confidence in a pope who is to continue with the cleansing begun by his predecessor still as cardinal” completed L’Osservatore Roman.
by Tom McCarthy and starring a luxury cast with names like Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams, the film “the case Spotlight” also won in 88. edition of the Academy Awards the award for best original screenplay.
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