Jim Caviezel has made a very interesting point: why the press is presenting him as a 'Catholic devout actor'? Is just due to the surprise or respect because they find themselves for the first time in front of a sort of "Catholic pride"? Is maybe because they do not want to accept somebody who really lives according his faith? Is maybe because they find that the Catholic faith that Caviezel is talking about is too hard or strong as a personal commitment? Let say, not enough a "soft" or "weak", or a little bit more superficial, distant, cynical or critical approach, you know? Is or can be understood the 'devout' denomination as a politically correct way to say 'zealot' or 'fundamentalist' without mention those words? Because, in such a case, maybe the same treatment is due, for instance, to the ADL approach to their own points. Or to the fitness or the diet as a way of seriously take care of the body. Interesting point made by Jim Caviezel on the "press tainting", anyhow. Read the CNA flash:
DENVER, USA, March 15 (CNA) - The actor who played Jesus in Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” says he is not worried about what the press and others say about him and his Catholic faith.
In a exclusive interview with the Catholic News Agency after receiving the Imago Dei Award from the Archdiocese of Denver last week, Jim Caviezel said he is aware of the attempt of some people in the media to taint Catholic actors and turn them into religious zealots. But his only concern is to live his faith, knowing that he will have to answer to God.
“Much of the time, in the press, they look for angles to taint you,” Caviezel told CNA. “For example, they continually say: ‘devout Catholic Jim Caviezel, devout Catholic Jim Caviezel, devout Catholic Jim Caviezel.’
“But let me ask you. Do they say: 'devout scientologist Tom Cruise’ … [or] ‘devout Jew Adam Sandler’?
“They understand what they're doing – trying to taint you, make you a religious zealot,” he continued. “There's lots of persecution like this all the time.
“I can't worry about what people think,” he told CNA. “I'll have to answer to God. I am more afraid of not doing the right thing, because I'll have to answer to Him some day.”
Caviezel received the Imago Dei Award on behalf of the filmmakers and crew of “The Passion of the Christ”.