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10 Newhall Signal Saugus Enterprise Wednesday, August 10, 1988 Catholics and Protestant Religious Leaders Condemn 'Last Temptation of Christ' losing their souls because some people don't care." Universal officials were not available for comment. Tom Pollock, chairman of MCA Motion Picture Group, parent company of Universal, said last week the studio supports Scorsese's right "to express his personal artistic and religious (rights, as well as) the right of individuals to decide what they will see and think." United Press International Mother Angelica, a Catholic nun and founder of the Eternal World Television Network, said she mourned "the spiritual death of apathetic Christians and Catholics who stand by and watch the Lord Jesus Christ maligned, blasphemed, and made to seem a fool. "This movie is the most blasphemous ridicule of the Eucharist that's ever been perpetrated in this world. This is a holocaust movie that has the power to destroy souls eternally. I don't want to see innocent people leaders who gathered Tuesday as the National Coalition of Concerned Religious Leaders charged that Scorsese had made a mockery of Christ.

Bill Bright, president and founder of the Campus Crusade for Christ, who tried to stop the film's release by buying it from Universal for its $10-million investment and destroying it, said the makers of the film showed a lack of respect for Christians. "This film will be a tragic experience for tens of millions," Bright said. The religious leaders charged that Universal repeatedly ignored their request to allow them to see the film in advance of Friday's scheduled release in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Seattle, Minneapolis and Toronto. Ward said the Catholic rating was based on a screening attended by Bishop Anthony Bosco, chairman of the National Conference of By Russell Kishi Los Angeles Religious leaders from a range of Catholic and Protestant denominations Tuesday condemned the movie "The Last Temptation of Christ" as a blasphemous portrayal of Jesus with "the power to destroy souls eternally." "(Director Martin) Scorsese indicated he is trying to portray Christ as a loving figure," Auxiliary Bishop John J. Ward of the Los Angeles Roman Catholic Archdiocese said at a news conference.

"(But) there is nothing of that to be found in this picture. It is a bumbling Christ, a Christ more of this world than of the next." Ward said the National Conference of Catholic Bishops had given the film an "0" (morally offensive) rating, the lowest possible. The Catholic and Protestant Catholic Bishops. Robert Ziener, national chairman of Rosaries for Peace, read a statement from Mother Teresa, who said she had written a letter to Scorsese, a Roman Catholic, but could not release its contents without the consent of Cardinal John O'Connor of New York. The nun, who has gained worldwide admiration for her work among the poor, called on American Catholics to pray to stop the screening of the film.

"If they will implore the power of God through increased recitation of the Holy Rosary then, our Blessed Mother will see that this movie is removed from your land," she said. Larry Poland, president of Mastermedia International, which ministers to people in the entertainment industry, said demands from the Christian community ranged from "a 10-year boycott of all MCA-Universal projects to a simple matter of not paying six bucks for a movie." Based on a 1955 novel of the same title by Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis, "The Last Temptation of Christ," stars Willem Dafoe as Christ, with Barbara Hershey as Mary Magdalene, Harvey Keitel as Judas and rock star David Bowie as Pontius Pilate. Conservative Christians of several denominations have protested what was described as a portrayal of Christ as a weak, vacillating figure who dreams of having sex with Mary Magdalene. Father John Bartke of St. John's Greek Orthodox Church in Los Angeles said, "We look at a film like this with seriousness because we have condemned it once as a book." "We have our historical roots in the Mideast, where Christ walked, talked and taught.

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