1a) http://london2003.anglican.tk/
- FACE OF CANADIAN Anglicanism to change as it holds same-sex shotgun to own forehead, 
prepares to pull trigger-- ignoring the cries of the faithful church living and departed… http://www.anglicanjournal.com/130/04/oped01.html
Resolution will surely change face of church 
April 2004 Anglican Journal
LEANNE LARMONDIN When it finally came, it seemed anti-climactic.
      There, in typically bureaucratic, church-style vernacular, was the resolution that could 
change the face of the Anglican Church of Canada. To be sure, the language of the resolution 
masks the storm that preceded it photo by Saskia Rowley and gives little sense of the dramatic 
changes the church will face if it passes at General Synod in just a few months:
      "Be it resolved that this General Synod … affirms the authority and jurisdiction of any 
diocesan synod, with the concurrence of its bishop, to authorize the blessing of committed same-sex unions."
      The resolution would give dioceses the so-called "local option" to decide for themselves 
if they wish to offer blessing rites to couples of the same gender.
      The words are harbingers of a very uncertain future, yet they sound and feel so innocuous… 
It is doubtless that the church faces upheaval, regardless of the decision reached by General Synod. 
A vote in favour of the local option will quite possibly see individuals, parishes, and perhaps 
dioceses realign themselves with like-minded Anglican networks; some will leave the denomination 
entirely. A vote against the motion does not guarantee that the matter is dead; it may simply 
mean that the church would face yet another three years of dialogue and parishes and dioceses 
would find themselves paralyzed by indecision about how to carry on with the work of the church… 
It will, however, be increasingly difficult for parishes in the coming months and years to 
ignore the matter of same-sex blessings. If the local option resolution passes, a second motion 
calls for the faith, worship and ministry commission to prepare resources for the church to use 
in addressing issues relating human sexuality, including the blessing of same-sex unions and the 
changing definition of marriage in society.
      The ground beneath us is shifting.
      Now is not the time to duck and cover.
1b) http://www.anglicanjournal.com/130/04/canada30.html
Archbishop protests interference of foreign primates
Offer of episcopal oversight called 'unfortunate'
MARITES N. SISON, STAFF WRITER, March 2004 Anglican Journal Archbishop David Crawley, the 
acting primate, has written formal letters of protest to the primates of Central Africa, 
Congo, Rwanda and Southeast Asia saying their offer of "temporary adequate episcopal oversight" 
to New Westminster parishes opposed to same-sex blessings constitutes interference in the 
affairs of the Anglican Church of Canada.
      Four out of 11 churches that do not recognize the authority of Bishop Michael Ingham 
of New Westminster and formed the Anglican Communion in New Westminster (ACiNW) have accepted the offer.
      "I regret that these four primates have chosen to interfere in the life of the Canadian 
church, especially since a task force has been set up by the house of bishops to develop and 
provide guidelines for episcopal oversight and it has not completed its work," said 
Archbishop Crawley, who is metropolitan of the church province of British Columbia and Yukon, 
in an interview. "It was made clear over 100 years ago and restated in the 1998 Lambeth Conference, 
in a motion made by two Canadian bishops, that primates should not interfere in each other's affairs."
      Bishop Victoria Matthews, chair of the task force created by the house of bishops to 
look into the issue of adequate episcopal oversight for dissenters, said the offer was "unfortunate." 
(See related story on the task force's findings)
      One of the primates who made the offer, Archbishop Bernard Malango of Central Africa, 
is a member of the Lambeth Commission created to find ways of preserving the Anglican Communion. 
The Church of England Newspaper said there was an unconfirmed report that members of the commission 
had "chastised" Archbishop Malango for his action.
      St. Andrews, Pender Harbour, Church of Emmanuel (Richmond), St. Simon's ( North Vancouver) 
and Immanuel Church West side announced in a press statement that they were accepting the offer. 
Seven other ACiNW member congregations are "mulling their options," said the coalition.
      (A fifth primate, from Kenya, later joined the alliance of primates offering oversight, 
according to a news release from one of the
parishes.)
      Bishop Ingham said the acceptance by the four parishes of pastoral care from overseas 
"means that (they) have given up on the Anglican Church of Canada." He said in an interview 
that the move "pre-empted the work of the (bishops') task force." Last year, Bishop Ingham 
asserted his authority as diocesan bishop and prevented Bishop Terrence Buckle of the Yukon 
from coming in as a "flying bishop." Bishop Buckle had made an offer to oversee the dissenting 
parishes, which he later withdrew after the task force was formed.
      In a statement, ACiNW spokesperson Lesley Bentley expressed the hope that the national 
church would make the same offer of episcopal oversight. "This may be a sign that time is 
running out," she said.
      Rev. Paul Carter executive director of ACiNW and priest at Immanuel Church Westside 
(a church plant not affiliated with the diocese of New Westminster), said the offer of episcopal 
oversight "will now enable us to have relief and move forward in mission while the Anglican 
Communion works out how to deal with false teaching in its midst, and the impending re-alignment."

2a) http://www.virtuosityonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=594
ORTHODOX DEAN SAYS HOB DEPO STATEMENT "UNSATISFACTORY"
By David W. Virtue, 3/29/2004

BIRMINGHAM, AL- (The Very Rev. Dr. Paul Zahl), The Dean of the Cathedral Church of the Advent 
in Birmingham says that the recent HOB statement regarding Delegated Episcopal Pastoral Oversight 
is unsatisfactory, because it withholds "jurisdiction", and makes a consistent distinction between 
"jurisdiction" and "pastoral oversight"…

2b) http://www.albanyepiscopaldiocese.org/equipping/newsitems/pdupdate-07.html
(Bishop Dan Herzog, Albany New York) …I saw the negative assessment of the Bishops' statement 
by the AAC. Bishop Dave and I disagree with that view. We believe that with charity and grace
 we can work together. The only way to find out is to try… http://www.albanyepiscopaldiocese.org/equipping/newsitems/feature-14.htm
(Bishop Dave Bena)…In the end, it is half a loaf for those wanting Adequate Episcopal Oversight 
and half a loaf for those wanting Supplemental Pastoral Care. Let's give it a try…

2c) http://london2003.anglican.tk/ http://newark.rutgers.edu/~lcrew/natter/msg00159.html
(Louie Crew)…My read on that is that someone near the Archbishop of Canterbury, if not the 
ABC himself, got to (Bishop Bob) Duncan quickly and warned that the Network had better not 
trash this plan lest they be left out in the cold.  Of course, that is just a guess, based 
on Duncan's uncharacteristic restraint this time.

Those in the Network know that they are having an increasing credibility problem.  They said 
that if NH elected +Gene, many would leave.  No one did.  Then they said that if GC consented, 
many would leave.  No one did.  Then they said that unless the PB bowed to the Primates' 
demands, many would leave.  He didn't, and they didn't leave.  Then they said that if NH 
consecrated +Gene......

3a) http://www.canada.com/edmonton/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=e59e7316-548b-4d44-b2a1-1ac71dcafeae
An evangelical crusade on the screen
Movie allows people to talk about a religious experience
 David Howell and Liane Faulder, Edmonton Journal
Sunday, March 28, 2004
EDMONTON - Far from just another Hollywood blockbuster, The Passion of the Christ has quickly 
become a cultural phenomenon, sparking debate in churches, university lecture theatres and coffee shops…

"You can't ignore it," said Gerald Krispin, chair of the religious studies division at 
Concordia University College in Edmonton.

"It's almost become an obligation for Christians, specifically, to go and see it. People will 
ask you, 'Have you seen it yet?' If you haven't, it's 'Why not? Why haven't you gone to see it?' "

Krispin has lectured on the film in every class he teaches. "Students demand it," he said.

"They want to know, 'Was it really like this?' And I have Muslim students who see it and want 
to know what this is all about, because in the Koran the crucifixion of Christ is never mentioned."…

Bob Berney, the head of Newmarket Films, which agreed to distribute The Passion after Gibson 
had been spurned by the leading Hollywood studios, said the age and demographic range of the 
audience has startled the entertainment industry. In the U.S., it's getting teens, college-age 
young adults, and is doing unexpectedly well with Latino and African-American audiences, 
Berney said….

Viewers in Edmonton have had passionate reactions to the film.

"It's the best movie I've seen in my life. I'm emotional still," Holly Muskego said, her voice 
trembling, as she left a matinee last weekend at Edmonton City Centre. "There's a lot of feeling 
in it. I can't express it in words. You just have to see it."

At the same theatre, Melinda Falkenberg-Poetz said the movie made a powerful impression. She 
predicted its momentum will only grow as Easter approaches.

"You think about the Friday when He was crucified," Falkenberg-Poetz said. "As a Christian, 
you read it in the Bible, but you don't really think about the suffering. This brings it alive. 
He did suffer. It was a hard movie to watch."…

The movie has been most fervently embraced by evangelical churches and their congregations.

At the Sherwood Park Alliance Church, more than 1,000 people saw The Passion of the Christ at a 
special advance screening in January. Other parishioners are now going to theatres "in droves," 
executive pastor Jim Thiessen said.

"Some people are organizing discussion groups at coffee shops and restaurants, setting up three-, 
four- or five-week conversation series about the story in the movie, that kind of thing."

An ad on the church's website, specifically designed to entice moviegoers to come to church, 
explains that Gibson's movie showed "what happened ... now find out why it happened."

Pastors at Sherwood Park Alliance are building no less than five Easter services around the film, 
"all working on why the story in the movie is so gripping," Thiessen said.

Thiessen sees the movie as a modern-day version of the evangelical crusades of decades past.

"In some ways it substitutes the large group gatherings that crusades were for smaller group 
gatherings around a movie. And while the movie is only a movie, it points to a story, a concept, 
an action that allows people to talk -- legitimately -- about a religious experience."…

Like Krispin, he sees peer pressure as another factor at work in drawing people into theatres.

"I know some of my colleagues have seen it only because it's part of a pervasive religious 
conversation," he said. "They're out of it if they haven't seen it." dhowell@thejournal.canwest.com lfaulder@thejournal.canwest.com © Edmonton Journal 2004

2b) http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2004/March/28/local/stories/07local.htm
March 28, 2004, Santa Cruz Sentinel Newspaper
Dan Harper: Americans come clean with 'The Passion'
It seems like everyone I know wants to talk about his or her personal relationship with God. 
I was under the mistaken notion that faith was something private, not to be shown off. I thought 
we were supposed to live our faith, not talk about it.

But we live in confessional times so we're eager to confess our sins and declare our piety to 
anyone who will listen. If you doubt it, just watch Jerry Springer or Oprah Winfrey.

Maybe our open declaration of faith is caused by Mel Gibson's film "The Passion of the Christ."… 

2c) http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2004/March/28/style/stories/01style.htm
March 28, 2004
Star Power: Boulder Creek woman helped put Jesus in 'The Passion' By PEGGY TOWNSEND, Sentinel staff writer

2d) DOWNEY: Rabbi gives his view about "Passion of the Christ" http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=386&dept_id=444925&newsid=11194987&PAG=461&rfi=9
The Time Herald Newspaper, Olean, New York 03/28/2004
"The Passion of the Christ" movie has brought forth many views. Messianic Rabbi Frank Lowinger 
of Kenmore, pastor at B'rith Hadoshah congregation on Elmwood Avenue, told this column "at first 
I didn't know whether I wanted to see it, but so many people were asking for my opinion, I went." 
Did he consider the movie anti-Semitic? "Not really. If you go in (to the movie) as an anti-Semite, 
you'll leave that way and vice versa. Being a Jew, the movie reinforces for me that Y'shua (Jesus), 
indeed, was the King of the Jews, that he was the long-awaited Messiah for both Jews and Christians," 
said the rabbi. "To the movie's creator Mel Gibson I say 'good for you for making the movie. 
You followed the convictions of your heart.' " The violence? "The movie is not for everyone. 
The violence is as advertised - very strong. It can make you squeamish." Rabbi Lowinger has been 
B'rith Hadoshah's pastor since 1990.

2e) http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-03/29/content_1389299.htm
Movie moves man to confess murder
www.chinaview.cn 2004-03-29 10:33:44
BEIJING, Mar.29 (Xinhuanet) -- A repentant man in Houston, Texas, in the United States, went to 
police after seeing Mel Gibson's controversial film The Passion of Christ and confessed to 
murdering a 19-year-old woman who was pregnant with his child, authorities said Thursday…

2f) http://www.charismanews.com/a.php?ArticleID=8778
March 30, 2004 edition  CNS World News
Man Confesses to Murder After Watching 'The Passion' …Elsewhere, well-known pastor and author 
Rick Warren said his Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., gained 2,500 new members in the 
few days after the Feb. 25 release of the movie, Discipling A Whole Nation (DAWN), a global 
Christian research and strategy network, reported.

Robby Dobbs of the Second Baptist Church in Houston said his congregation has had "hundreds of 
conversions" because of the film. Along with many pastors nationwide, Warren held church services 
in rented cinemas.

Churches overseas are reportedly copying this style of evangelism. In Essen, Germany, the owners 
of the country's largest cinema allowed churches to speak for 20 minutes after each showing, 
DAWN reported…

2g) http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/entertainment/films/articles/9946078?source=Metro
Mel Gibson's huge career gamble has paid off
Film fans flock to Passion
By Metro, (UK) 29 March 2004
The Passion Of The Christ, Mel Gibson's blood-soaked Easter offering, is proving a sell-out at 
the box office.  Despite the controversy surrounding the film, many cinemas have reported bumper 
ticket sales…

2h) http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2004/mar/29usbo.htm
Arthur J Pais | March 29, 2004 14:11 IST
…Still enjoying strong support, Mel Gibson's The Passion Of The Christ, which was the third 
highest grossing film over the weekend, has accumulated about $315 million. The movie 
phenomenon, which is in about 3,200 movie houses, will add at least 500 movie houses 
coming Friday as distributor Newmarket Films hopes to give the film a higher profile during 
the Easter week. Many box-office observers think the film has a
good chance to capture the top position that week.   

It was followed by the slasher hit, Dawn Of The Dead which, despite the ghostly 61 per cent 
fall from the previous week, has collected an impressive $43.8 million in just about 10 days. 
It is not uncommon for sci-fi and horror films to lose about 50 per cent of their audiences 
in the second week…

2i) http://www.news24.com/News24/Entertainment/Abroad/0,,2-1225-1243_1505101,00.html 
News24 - South Africa http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=9432
First Published 2004-03-29, Last Updated 2004-03-29 12:11:25 Who to please? Gibson film stirs 
religious controversy in Kuwait Kuwait's Sunni Muslims oppose 'Passion of the Christ', 
emirate's Shiite Muslims call on authorities to show it. KUWAIT CITY - Mel Gibson's film 
"The Passion of the Christ" has stirred a religious controversy in Kuwait between majority 
Sunni Muslims who oppose the movie and the emirate's Shiite Muslims who call for showing it.

The authorities, meanwhile, have not decided either way.

The dean of the local Islamic college, Mohammad al-Tabtabai, said in a fatwa, or religious 
edict, Monday that parts of the controversial movie contradict the Muslim faith, in addition 
to its depiction of Jesus.

Tabtabai went so far as to outlaw the film's screening by any Muslim country and prohibited 
Muslims from watching it, saying anyone who has seen the movie must "repent".

But the emirate's leading Shiite cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Baqer al-Muhri said there was 
nothing wrong in showing the film and called on the authorities to approve it…

2j) "The Passion of the Christ" stirs religious controversy in Kuwait http://www.albawaba.com/headlines/TheNews.php3?sid=273774&lang=e&dir=entertainment
Entertainment       March30 ,2004  Albawba News, Amman, Jordan,
The Middle East Gateway
A religious scholar in Kuwait issued a fatwa demanding the banning of the film "The Passion 
of the Christ", by Mel Gibson from being screened in the Islamic world, in addition to 
prohibiting Muslims from watching it, saying anyone who has seen the movie must "repent".

Mohammed al-Tabatabai, who heads the oil-rich Arab kingdom's Sharia (Islamic jurisprudence) 
College, said Mel Gibson's film hurts religious feelings of the Muslims. "It is based on 
fictitious material and shows a man acting as Jesus. Both negate Islamic beliefs," said Tabatabai.

The Muslims regard Jesus as one of the three great prophets of god, along with Mohammed 
and Moses, and consider it a sin to mimic them. They also consider it a sin to concoct 
information about a prophet for making a film or a play…

2k) Christ movie sparks neo-Nazi confession http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=484872§ion=news
Mon 29 March, 2004 13:37
OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian neo-Nazi has confessed to two bombings a decade ago after a 
pang of repentance triggered by watching U.S. director Mel Gibson's controversial film 
"The Passion of the Christ"…

2l) http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article762867.ece
Monday March 29 2004
Aftenposten Nettutgaven 
Confessed after seeing 'Passion'
Johnny Olsen, a notorious convicted killer and neo-Nazi, has confessed to two bombings 
in Oslo in the 90s. Olsen, 41, decided to purge his guilty conscience after viewing 
Mel Gibson's controversial film The Passion of the Christ, newspaper Dagbladet reports.

On Saturday evening Olsen, one of Norway's most feared men, walked into the offices of 
Dagbladet and confessed to two bombings of Oslo's Blitz House, a self-styled 'counterculture 
center' that is a gathering spot for young left-wing radicals.

Olsen turned himself in to police late Saturday and claimed he would provide them with 
details that would prove he was responsible for the bombings. Olsen said that he had 
decided to confess after watching "The Passion of the Christ".

"He said that it was the film that made him realize that he had to show his hand. He has 
been preoccupied with Christianity, guilt, punishment, atonement, suffering and conversion 
during the 10 years I have known him," said Olsen's lawyer Fridtjof Feydt.

"It has been a long process but the Jesus film made the difference. Now he shows true regret 
and is ready to make amends," Feydt said.

"It is important that two of Norway's worst attempted assassinations are cleared up. It is 
my way of creating more peace in the world," Olsen told Dagbladet.

Olsen had been trying to lead a quiet life in recent years and in a 2000 interview with 
Dagbladet said he hoped to break with right-wing nationalist groups and settle down to a 
normal life.

Despite this wish and his professed faith in God, he continued to have active links to violent 
extremist circles, though in recent years he was absent from headlines.

Olsen was sentenced to 18 years in prison after the double murder of two youths on a remote 
forest road in Hadeland in 1981. He was released on probation after serving 12 years.

Olsen was involved in a series of violent clashes with Blitz and anti-racist groups and was 
convicted of shooting at anti-racism activists and threatening members of Blitz.

Police suspected Olsen of the Blitz bombings in the mid-90s but never managed to connect him 
to the crimes.

The Passion of the Christ has had similar effects on American viewers. A Texas man recently 
confessed to murder and a Florida thief turned himself in after watching Gibson's film of 
the final hours of Christ's life.

Aftenposten's Norwegian reporter: Karin Bøhm-Pedersen Aftenposten English Web Desk Jonathan Tisdall

2m) http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37818
'THE PASSION' UNLEASHED
Film inspires wave of crime confessions
From burglars to murderers, cases as old as 10 years reopened
Posted: March 31, 2004, 1:00 a.m. Eastern

2n) http://www.nbc4columbus.com/entertainment/2960558/detail.html
'Passion' Prompts Confessions To Bombings, Murder, Burglary
UPDATED: 12:50 p.m. EST March 30, 2004
"The Passion of The Christ" isn't just eliciting passions -- but confessions as well. A Norwegian 
neo-Nazi admitted he was behind the bombings of a youth group headquarters in the 1990s…

And in Arizona, a burglary suspect saw the light -- after seeing the movie.

Officers in Mesa, Ariz., say 20-year-old Turner Lee Bingham walked up and confessed to about a 
half-dozen burglaries. The officers were checking a burglar alarm at a cell phone store at the time.

They said Bingham told them that he had taken $80 from the cash register there. Bingham said 
he decided to fess up to his crimes after seeing the movie about the last hours of Christ's life.

Bingham told police he threw the money from a highway overpass. But officers couldn't find any 
of the loot. Bingham's been booked into a Phoenix jail on suspicion of felony burglary…

2o) Paris court rejects appeal to ban 'The Passion'http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1080533948188&p=1006688055060 
Jerusalem Post Newspaper, Israel
Mar. 29, 2004 15:00  | Updated Mar. 29, 2004 15:01
By ASSOCIATED PRESS, PARIS

2p) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3579519.stm
Last Updated: Monday, 29 March, 2004, 15:00 GMT 16:00 UK
Judge rejects French Passion ban  BBC UK

2q) http://michnews.com/artman/publish/article_3167.shtml
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SAYS OK TO MEL GIBSON ' S ' PASSION ' Michnews.com - USA ... Information 
has shouted its Amen to Mel Gibson's "The Passion of The Christ", according to the UAE's Gulf News. 
Therefore, beginning March 31, the movie ...

2r) http://news.scotsman.com/features.cfm?id=362322004
The Scotsman, Tue 30 Mar 2004
Has Mel Gibson displayed too much of his own passion?
Brian Morton on culture
This is not a film review. Studio A in Dunoon, unlovely successor to Green's La Scala Moving 
Picture Palace of late and fond memory, has not yet screened The Passion of the Christ, and 
movie reviewing isn't my beat, anyway. But nor is it one of those "I haven't seen Mr Gibson's 
latest work, but I'm disgusted by it anyway" rants that will be surfacing all around you this week…

2s) http://news.scotsman.com/movies.cfm?id=363092004
The Scotsman, Tue 30 Mar 2004
Gibson's Passion takes £2m
ANGUS HOWARTH
MEL Gibson's controversial film The Passion of the Christ has topped the UK box office with 
takings of more than £2 million on its opening weekend…

2t) http://michnews.com/artman/publish/article_3179.shtml
AN African-American Christian's View Of 'Passion'
Michnews.com - USA
... Inasmuch as Mel Gibson's ... from showing that redemption was "bought with a price"
--THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST is destined to become a movie

2u) The power of the 'Passion' http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/international/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000474770
The controversy surrounding Mel Gibson's religious epic could reach a fever pitch as the 
film rolls out in Europe By Charles Masters, Hollywood Reporter, March 29th 2004 Monday PARIS 
-- If religious and political leadership has any influence on cinemagoing, then Mel Gibson's 
"The Passion of the Christ" (Newmarket) could be set for a stellar career overseas…

Early boxoffice is promising, if not overwhelming. In the United Kingdom, where the film 
opened Friday, "Passion" grossed $3.7 million from 323 screens, narrowly beating out 
"Dawn of the Dead," which took in $3.5 million from 339 screens…

Ben Ammar, whose newly formed Quinta Distribution will release the movie Wednesday, hit 
back forcefully. "This is not a fascist movie. On the contrary -- 50 million people have 
seen the film so far; I don't think they're all fascists," says Ben Ammar, a Tunisia-born 
Muslim. Quinta has screened the movie in France to Holocaust survivors and prominent 
Jewish leaders. "Not one said it was anti-Semitic," Ben Ammar adds…

In Italy, where "Passion" has received a general admission rating, distributor 
Eagle Pictures plans to release the film April 7 on about 500 prints, making it the last 
of Europe's major territories to see the picture. Controversy surrounding the movie hit as 
early as the fall, when Roman Catholic Church members voiced concern that some of the more 
brutal scenes may be too violent for the general public…

In Spain, Aurum plans to release "Passion" on Friday, just ahead of Easter week. Spanish 
media have already reported the debate surrounding the film in detail. Much of the commentary 
has revolved around Gibson's supposed zeal, the perceived absurdity of a film in Latin 
and Aramaic and the alleged anti-Semitism. But the coverage has focused on the film's 
violence and sensationalism.

Aurum's commercial director Jose Maria Sanchez says "Passion's" huge success stateside have 
affected its release plan. "Normally, a subtitled film would open with eight or 10 prints," 
Sanchez says. "Due to (its) success in other territories and audience demand, it will open 
as a tremendous exception with around 270 prints because we are very confident in the film."…

The film was endorsed by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, leader of the Catholic Church 
in England and Wales. "I have not seen it, but everyone I have met who has seen it has been 
profoundly moved," he told BBC1's "Breakfast With Frost." "I don't think from what I hear 
that it is in any way anti-Semitic."…

2v) http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S=1747970
March 30th 2004 Tuesday ABC 7 News, El Paso Texas
"The Passion of the Christ" is a blockbuster among Arab Muslims and Christians Cairo, 
Egypt-AP -- Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" is a big hit among Arab Muslims and 
Christians in the Middle East. The film has drawn large and enthusiastic crowds in Jordan, 
Syria and Lebanon. And Arabs in other Mideast countries are eagerly awaiting its release…

2w) Bishop defends Gibson film http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_objectid=14100413&method=full&siteid=50002&headline=bishop-defends-gibson-film-name_page.html
Local news (UK) Mar 29 2004
…The Rt Revd Dr John Sentamu said…"The Passion of The Christ produced the same reaction 
in me as when I watched Schindler's List, The Diary of Anne Frank and Cry Freedom.  
"No one ethnic group stands condemned…

2x) www.boxofficemojo.com
March 26-28, 2004
Around the World Round Up
by Kenan Bresnan, Early Edition-
The Passion of the Christ continued its record-breaking run in Latin America…

2y) http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=6412&pt=e
FRIDAY 26/03/2004 13:48:41  
Faithful flock to The Passion  (UK) 

2z) http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040331/dew001_1.html
Press Release Source: Zondervan
Poll Finds 'The Passion of the Christ' Boosts People's Bible-Reading Habits; More Than 12,000 
People Take Zondervan/ Beliefnet.com Poll Wednesday March 31, 7:35 am ET GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., 
March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- People are reading the Bible more as a result of Mel Gibson's 
controversial movie "The Passion of the Christ" according to a Beliefnet.com poll, which was 
sponsored by Zondervan, the world's largest Bible publisher.

Sixty-two percent of all respondents answered "yes" to the question, "Are you reading the 
Bible more as a result of the movie 'The Passion of the Christ?'" The poll also found that 
41 percent of respondents had a more positive view of the Bible as a result of the movie, 
while 53 percent said their view of the Bible hadn't changed and 5 percent said they weren't 
sure. One percent of the respondents said they had a more negative view of the Bible as a 
result of the movie.

When asked how close the movie was to the Bible's account of Jesus' death, 75 percent answered 
"very close," while 15 percent responded "somewhat close" and five percent answered "not 
close at all." Another 5 percent said they weren't sure.

More than 12,000 people took the Zondervan-sponsored poll between March 5 and March 25 on 
Beliefnet.com, an independent, multi-faith Web site. Zondervan is the largest Bible publisher 
in the world, distributing and selling 7 million Bibles per year…

3) http://www.pastors.com/RWMT/default.asp?id=148&artid=4278&expand=1
Whose Vision are you following? By Rick Warren, Saddleback Church, San Diego