Word: motioned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week they were undeceived. In the longest encyclical he has ever addressed primarily to the archbishops and bishops of the U. S., Pope Pius XI roundly flayed the U. S. motion picture industry, congratulated the Legion of Decency on improving it slightly and advocated reviewing boards in every country in the world to list the cinemas fit for Roman Catholic consumption...
...Everyone knows what damage is done to the soul by bad motion pictures. They are occasions of sin; they seduce young people along the ways of evil by glorifying the passions; they show life under a false light; they cloud ideals; they destroy pure love, respect for marriage and affection for the family...
...encyclical pointed out that "a motion picture is viewed by people who are seated in a dark theatre and whose faculties . . . are relaxed." It deplored the "havoc wrought in the souls of youth and childhood . . . the loss of innocence so often suffered in motion-picture theatres. . . ." It regretted the inability or indisposition of right-minded Catholics to become cinema producers, whose wares would be morally an improvement upon Hollywood's. After 3,500 or so words the encyclical came down "to certain practical indications...
...pastors of souls will undertake to obtain each year from their people a pledge similar to the one . . . given by their American brothers in which they promised to stay away from motion-picture plays which were offensive...
...will be necessary that in each country the bishops set up a permanent national reviewing office in order to be able to promote good motion pictures, classify others and bring this judgment to the knowledge of the priests...