Glory Be To Lady Bird. The Impact of Catholic Ritualism on Moral Development and Socialization “It’s not important to be right. It’s only important to be true.” McKinley Henderson, Lady Bird In Lady Bird, mom and daughter, Marion and Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson, find themselves constantly at odds amidst the blitz between gratitude and aspiration,…

The prominence of Catholic themes, namely Exorcisms, in modern horror films is not lost on even those who do not watch the genre. However, as a connoisseur of the Catholic horror genre, I have always wondered why I am so enamored by stories of Nuns and Priests fighting demons and the Devil himself as I…

By: Olivia Cannizzaro Synopsis: In the Disney film Coco, a young Mexican boy, named Miguel Riviera, was born into a family that did not tolerate any kind of music or singing. Miguel’s family is part of Mexico’s working class and they have worked in the shoe-making industry for generations. On the night of Día De Los Muertos,…

Introduction Gregory Nava’s Mi Familia is a story of a Mexican American family in the 1920s. The Sanchez family resides in East Los Angeles only after Jose Sanchez walks roughly 1500 miles from Mexico to Los Angeles. The Sanchez family consists of an ex-convict, a nun, a restaurant owner, a writer, a lawyer, and a…

Introduction For a long time now, the Catholic church has had a complicated relationship with black Catholics and felt uncomfortable with the idea that black Catholics were capable of being a part of the clergy. While the church itself promotes values of love and peace the experience of the black community within the church is…

Introduction Silence (2016), directed by Martin Scorsese, is a historical film based on the ban of Christianity in Japan. On January 27, 1614, an official order was initiated and enacted by Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu. Its main objective was to focus on eradicating Christianity in Japan. Shōgun was a title given to hereditary military leaders who were technically…

Intro The 2014 film, “Deliver Us From Evil”, is a harrowing tale of a NYC police sergeant who becomes involved in a case that goes beyond the boundaries of what we would consider “normal”. Ralph Sarchie is the officer who ends up taking the connected cases that seem to have no rhyme or reason followed…

Catholicism and the Importance of Family Relationships in Catholicism are very important. The connections that the church helps families build is just another step of becoming closer with God. Catholicism is heavily weighted in community and togetherness. The movie “Coco” builds on these ideas by showing the relationship of Miguel and his family during the…

Abel Ferrara’s controversial 1992 film Bad Lieutenant has been heavily critiqued as campy or grotesque. Within 96 minutes, we see rape, harassment, heavy drug use, infidelity, gambling, and murder. However, this outrageous level of criminality is essential to the film’s overall goal: taking the common trope of the wayward Catholic being saved by the church,…

This is an investigation of of the tension between politics and religion through the lease of the 2020 Film Fatima, which chronicles the famous apparitions of Mary in rural Portugal in 1917 and their effects.