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From the Legion of Decency to Netflix: Catholics and Movies - Questions with Father #56

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Christianity, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Today on Questions with Father, we take up a timely and challenging question: how should Catholics judge movies and modern media? We walk through the Church’s traditional teaching on cinema by revisiting Pope Pius XI’s 1936 encyclical Vigilanti Cura. Why did the Church once take movies so seriously? What makes cinema uniquely powerful—for good or for evil? And what lessons can Catholics today draw from the Legion of Decency, the Hays Code, and the collapse of moral standards in film after Vatican II? This episode offers clear principles to help Catholics navigate movies wisely in a culture saturated with screens.

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Today on Questions with Father, we take up a timely and challenging question.

0:11.0

How should Catholics judge movies and modern media?

0:15.0

We walk through the church's traditional teaching on cinema by revisiting Popeius XI-11's

0:20.0

1936 encyclical Vigilante Cura.

0:22.7

Why did the church once take movies so seriously?

0:25.8

What makes cinema uniquely powerful for good or for evil?

0:29.8

And what lessons can Catholics today draw from the Legion of Decency, the Hays Code,

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and the collapse of moral standards in film after Vatican 2.

0:38.3

This episode offers clear principles to help Catholics navigate movies wisely in a culture saturated with screens.

0:45.3

This is free to listen to and always will be, but if you can help with a one-time or a small monthly recurring donation on SSPXP Podcast.com,

0:52.3

you'll be making sure that we can continue this work

0:54.8

of producing good Catholic content on a regular basis. Now let's join Father Paul Robinson

0:59.6

for Questions with Father No. 56, from the Legion of Decency to Netflix, Catholics, and the

1:05.0

movies. Father Robinson, it is a great joy to have you back.

1:11.6

How are you? How was Christmas? We're still in the Christmas season as we're recording this, but how is, was your Christmas?

1:17.6

It was excellent, Andrew. We had a very nice time here at the Denver Priory among the priests,

1:23.6

exchange of gifts and everything, beautiful ceremonies. And yeah yeah i was able to spend some time with

1:31.8

my family after after christmas which was nice as well um and yeah we some have some exciting

1:39.6

things going on here in denver for 2026 So welcoming the new year and trying to cooperate with the

1:49.0

many graces guide is giving us here. I thought you were about to say trying to cooperate with

1:55.2

the trials and the challenges, but maybe I'm just a pessimist. I'm glad you're cooperating with

1:59.8

the graces. That's also good.

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