The most incredibly prescient film about a catholic Pope ever made, "The Shoes of the Fisherman" is now available for pre-order at Amazon.com. It will be released on April 4, 2006, so you have plenty of time. At the time of its' theatrical release, the concept of a Russian or Eastern European Pope was unthinkable. Of course, we all know what happened only a few years later; Cardinal Karol Joseph Wojtyla of Poland became Pope John Paul II, and the rest was history.
"The Shoes of the Fisherman", stars Anthony Quinn as Kiril Lakota, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Lvov, who has spent twenty years in a Soviet gulag. Upon his release, he is promoted to Cardinal by the ailing Pope, who is trying to deal with an ongoing Chinese-Soviet feud. After the Pope dies, Kiril is chosen to replace him. Everyone is surprised--especially Kiril! But he accepts election, and becomes Pope Kiril I. The choices he makes will change the world.
This movie is awesome, and can be safely viewed by people of any and all religions (except Republicans). My rating: 10/10.
"The Shoes of the Fisherman", stars Anthony Quinn as Kiril Lakota, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Lvov, who has spent twenty years in a Soviet gulag. Upon his release, he is promoted to Cardinal by the ailing Pope, who is trying to deal with an ongoing Chinese-Soviet feud. After the Pope dies, Kiril is chosen to replace him. Everyone is surprised--especially Kiril! But he accepts election, and becomes Pope Kiril I. The choices he makes will change the world.
This movie is awesome, and can be safely viewed by people of any and all religions (except Republicans). My rating: 10/10.
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