There have been many movies that have priests as important characters. There are movies about saints and some of them are awesome. But my post today is about priests as characters, as men involved in a story. I was watching the excellent Tom Wilkinson as Father Moore in “The Exorcism of Emily Rose” the other day on cable. It got me to thinking about some of my favorite priests as characters and also some of my least favorite.
So for discussion purposes, I thought I would get into the who’s and whys. After all, what is a Catholic blog for if not discussing movie priests. On with it.
October 12, 2011 at 4:28 pm
Father Gabriel in "The Mission"
Father Karras in "The Exorcist" for overcoming his doubt
Father O'Malley in "The Bells of St. Mary's"
to name just a few. There are more, but can't think of them right now.