Documentary makes case for "The Saint of 9/11"-Father Mychal Judge

[davidinalameda]

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=694762006

A new documentary film makes a case for sainthood for Mychal Judge, a New York Fire Department chaplain who died at the World Trade Centre in the September 11 attacks.

One of the best-known victims of the worst attack on U.S. soil, the Franciscan friar chose to join his men within the North Tower rather than remaining on the sidelines and died at age 68 after giving last rites to a fallen firefighter.

Glenn Holsten's film, "The Saint of 9/11," shows Judge moving in often-conflicting social circles: a proud Irish-American; a recovering alcoholic helping others fight addiction; a confidant for tough, gritty firefighters, and a celibate homosexual active in the gay community.

"I got a peek into his journey and the fine line that Mychal walked at the time," Holsten said of his film, which premiered at New York's Tribeca Film Festival and was produced by the Philadelphia-based Equality Forum gay rights group.


that would give the fundie Catholics absolute fits!

[prodigal_green]

1. He officiated my friends' wedding

I only spoke to him briefly, but he just had that aura of kindness and power that you encounter so infrequently these days.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Would the Pope allow a homosexual Saint. Sadly, THAT is what

would be their focus, not all the really wonderful and important things that he accomplished in his lifetime.