Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Mel Gibson Consulting with Antisemitic Pope Denier for his “Passion of the Christ” Sequel — Excommunicated Just Last Year

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For decades I’ve written about Mel Gibson’s take on Catholicism.

Both he and his late, crazy father did not — and does not — acknowledge the Pope as the leader of the Catholic church.

They disavow the Second Vatican Council that modernized the Church and removed blame for Jesus’s death on the Jews. The Gibsons are highly antisemitic. Mel created a special church in Agoura Hills, California called Holy Family devoted to these principles. He’s spent about $70 million on it.

So it should come as no surprise that Mel is consulting Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò — who has called the late Pope Francis “a servant of Satan” — for the “The Resurrection of the Christ.”

Variety reports that Vigano was excommunicated by Pope Francis in 2024 for refusing to acknowledge his authority. Vigano is also a Trumper, anti-vaxxer, and notable homophobe.

Ironically, Lionsgate is still listed as distributor of this film. The studio is owned and run by Jewish people who should be smarter about Gibson this time around.

In 2006, Gibson was revealed as an antisemitic when he was arrested for a DUI. He made anti-Jewish comments to the arresting officer that became viral. He told the cop, “The Jews are the cause of all the wars.” An article in the NY Times Magazine by Christopher Noxon prompted me to look into this even more in depth. Gibson’s father, a fervent proponent of the anti Second Vatican Council, wrote for neo Nazi publications.

Vigano posted pictures of himself with Gibson on the “Resurrection” set. So it’s clear what the movie is going to be, and more divisive even than “Passion of the Christ.”

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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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