Over the holidays, I had time to catch up with an old collection. I watched The Cardinal (1963), a movie about a young Catholic priest who has to confront some hard issues such as interfaith marriage, sex outside marriage, abortion, racial bigotry, and the rise of fascism and war. I must admit those three hours flew by so fast.
But I was specifically impressed to discover that the Vatican actually bankrolled some of the films despite the bold themes — fun fact: the Vatican liaison involved was a young Joseph Ratzinger, who in 2005 became the 265th Catholic Pope as Benedict XVI and was buried on Thursday.
