Sex to superheroes - Sister Rose shepherds Catholics through Hollywood movies


  • World
  • Tuesday, 05 Jun 2018

Sister Rose Pacatte, a Catholic nun who reviews movies, poses for a picture at her office in this picture taken May 24, 2018 in Culver City, California, U.S. Picture taken May 24, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake

CULVER CITY, Calif. (Reuters) - Tucked into a suburban Los Angeles office between her convent and a chapel, film critic Sister Rose Pacatte sits at her computer and plays a clip from edgy dark comedy "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri."

The numerous expletives in the award-winning movie don't faze the 66-year-old Daughter of St. Paul. Sitting at a desk surrounded by inspirational posters, a treadmill and a bobblehead of Pope Francis, she rates "Three Billboards" as her favourite movie of 2017.

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