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'''Mel Gibson''' is an [[United States|American]]-born actor who grew up in [[Australia]] and became a celebrity starring in the ''Mad Max'' and ''Lethal Weapon'' series of films.  With his former wife of 30 years, Robyn, Gibson has six sons and one daughter.  His eighth child, a girl named Lucia, was born on October 30, 2009, to his girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/02/mel.gibson.baby/index.html</ref>   

'''Mel Gibson''' is an [[United States|American]]-born actor who grew up in [[Australia]] and became a celebrity starring in the ''Mad Max'' and ''Lethal Weapon'' series of films.  With his former wife of 30 years, Robyn, Gibson has six sons and one daughter.  His eighth child, a girl named Lucia, was born on October 30, 2009, to his girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/02/mel.gibson.baby/index.html</ref>   

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 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> ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)]]'' did better as a [[Christian]] movie, grossing about $850 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> ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)]]'' did better as a [[Christian]] movie, grossing about $850 in [[inflation]]-adjusted receipts.

For his sequel being produced in 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://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/10/28/backlash-brewing-against-polish-pro-abortion-actress-kasia-smutniak-being-cast-as-mary-in-the-resurrection-of-the-christ/</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.

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.

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}}