Among my friends and acquaintances, the recent made-for-television movie Mary generated little interest. Perhaps that is because I spend too much time with Protestants for whom any display of interest in Mary continues to be slightly suspect.
Fans of VeggieTales and its animated singing and talking vegetables may notice a change in the episodes aired in NBC’s Saturday morning cartoon lineup: they are not so heavily edited.
Conservative critics have claimed victory over the pulling of a fledgling prime-time TV program depicting an Episcopal priest with a host of family problems who held long conversations with a seemingly hip Jesus.
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