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They didn’t like it<\/a><\/p>\n

“(The film’s) violence, which overwhelms the spectator, ends up blotting out the meaning of the Passion and the essence of Christ’s person and message — love carried to its perfection by the voluntary giving of one’s self,” said the bishops.<\/p>\n

Noting the film opening in 500 cinemas around France was banned for children under 12, it added: “Isn’t it paradoxical that a film about Jesus cannot be shown to children?” <\/p>\n

Leading French Catholics, including Paris Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, have expressed their personal dislike of the film but the bishops’ criticism was the first official statement from the Church hierarchy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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