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As a director, Gibson received a Best Director Oscar for ''Braveheart''. He reached out to a different type of audience with his 2004 depiction of the death and (later added) resurrection of [[Jesus Christ]], ''[[The Passion of the Christ]]'', which was an immense success in grossing over $600 million worldwide.<ref>[http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=passionofthechrist.htm Box Office Mojo]</ref> But it is well below the top-grossing [[Christian]] movies, which include the ''Ten Commandments'' ($1.2 billion in [[inflation]]-adjusted receipts) and ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)]]'' ($850 million in [[inflation]]-adjusted receipts).

As a director, Gibson received a Best Director Oscar for ''Braveheart''. He reached out to a different type of audience with his 2004 depiction of the death and (later added) resurrection of [[Jesus Christ]], ''[[The Passion of the Christ]]'', which was an immense success in grossing over $600 million worldwide.<ref>[http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=passionofthechrist.htm Box Office Mojo]</ref> But it is well below the top-grossing [[Christian]] movies, which include the ''Ten Commandments'' ($1.2 billion in [[inflation]]-adjusted receipts) and ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)]]'' ($850 million in [[inflation]]-adjusted receipts).

For his sequel in which filming began in October 2025, Gibson has senselessly cast an outspokenly [[pro-abortion]] [[Polish]] actress Kasia Smutniak as [[Mary]], the mother of [[Jesus]], in ''The [[Resurrection]] of the [[Christ]]''.<ref>https://variety.com/2025/film/global/mel-gibson-resurrection-kasia-smutniak-backlash-abortion-views-1236562086/</ref> Poland is the target of an intense [[pro-abortion]] campaign to legalize [[abortion]] there at this time, and the choice of this actress is particularly harmful to the [[pro-life]] efforts. A boycott of Gibson's sequel by [[pro-life]] [[Christians]] and others seems likely.

For his sequel in which filming began in October 2025, Gibson has senselessly cast an outspokenly [[pro-abortion]] [[Polish]] actress Kasia Smutniak as [[Mary]], the mother of [[Jesus]], in ''The [[Resurrection]] of the [[Christ]]''.<ref>https://variety.com/2025/film/global/mel-gibson-resurrection-kasia-smutniak-backlash-abortion-views-1236562086/</ref> Poland is the target of an intense [[pro-abortion]] campaign to legalize [[abortion]] there at this time, and the choice of this actress is particularly harmful to the [[pro-life]] efforts. [[Polish]] leaders strongly objected to this [[pro-abort]] casting, and a boycott of Gibson's [[Resurrection]] film by [[pro-life]] [[Christians]] and others seems likely.

Gibson is a traditionalist Catholic who rejects the validity and authority of the [[Second Vatican Council]] and holds the chair of [[Peter]] to be vacant.  Conversely, in an interview in ''Screen International'' in 2004, he referred to Pope John Paul II as "the occupier of the Chair of Peter".  In an interview in [[Time magazine|''Time'']] magazine, January 27, 2003, he blamed Vatican II for declining Church membership and the pedophile priest crisis which erupted in 2002.{{fact}}

Gibson is a traditionalist Catholic who rejects the validity and authority of the [[Second Vatican Council]] and holds the chair of [[Peter]] to be vacant.  Conversely, in an interview in ''Screen International'' in 2004, he referred to Pope John Paul II as "the occupier of the Chair of Peter".  In an interview in [[Time magazine|''Time'']] magazine, January 27, 2003, he blamed Vatican II for declining Church membership and the pedophile priest crisis which erupted in 2002.{{fact}}