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This is a list of films condemned by the National Legion of Decency, a United States Catholic organization. The National Legion of Decency was established in 1933 and reorganized in 1965 as the National Catholic Office for Motion Pictures (NCOMP). Under each of these names, it rated films according to their suitability for viewing, assigning a ...
1960 June 17 Richard Brooks Francis of Assisi: 1961 July 12 Michael Curtiz: King of Kings: 1961 October 20 Nicholas Ray: Jnaanasundari: 1961 December 21 K. S. Sethumadhavan: Barabbas: 1961 December 23 Richard Fleischer: Satan Never Sleeps: 1962 July 12 Leo McCarey: Snapaka Yohannan: 1963 March 31 P. Subramaniam: Lilies of the Field: 1963 ...
The 45 movies are divided equally into three categories—religion, values, and art—with no order of importance placed on the films. The council was careful not to regard the films on the list as the "best", or most important, saying: "not all that deserve mention are included".
Films about Catholicism, involving the Catholic Church, which maintains that it practises the original Christian faith taught by the apostles, preserving the faith infallibly through scripture and sacred tradition as authentically interpreted through the magisterium of the church. Catholicism portal; Film portal
Professor James Skinner wrote that by the late 1950s and early to mid-1960s, the Legion was beginning to lose its influence both within Hollywood and within the Catholic Church. Skinner noted that in some cases, young Catholics throughout the country saw a “C” rating as a reason to see a particular film.
Joan of Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc) 1932. The Sign of the Cross. 1935. The Last Days of Pompeii. 1937. Green Light (1937 film) 1939. The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
The Magdalene Sisters. Majorettes in Space. Mark of the Devil (1970 film) The Milky Way (1969 film) Monsignor (film) Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.
The Church policies after World War II under Pope Pius XII focused on material aid to war-torn Europe, an internal internationalization of the Roman Catholic Church and the development of its worldwide diplomatic relations. His encyclicals, Evangelii praecones and Fidei donum, issued on June 2, 1951 and April 21, 1957, respectively, increased ...