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Mel Gibson has also financed the construction of a traditionalist cathedral in ] called Holy Family. Mel Gibson has also financed the construction of a traditionalist cathedral in ] called Holy Family.

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Mel Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American-born Australian-reared movie actor, director, and producer best known for his role in the Lethal Weapon series and Braveheart.

Gibson was born in Peekskill, New York as one of 11 children, but raised in Australia from the age of 12. He maintained his U.S. citizenship.

In 1996 he received two Academy Awards (Best Director and Best Picture) for the film Braveheart (1995).

Following a victory on the Jeopardy! game show, Gibson's father Hutton moved his family to Australia in the 1970s in protest of the Vietnam War and for concern over the way that American society was turning, morally. The elder Gibson is a member of the "traditionalist" Catholic Church, who believes that the Mass should still be said in Latin and that all of the Second Vatican Council is in error, and that there is a conspiracy behind the leadership of the Catholic Church. Hutton is an advocate of Holocaust denial; Mel Gibson has made a number of public statements recently supporting his father's views, and is giving over a million dollars to build a new church to preach the beleifs of his father.

Mel Gibson recent complete the controversial movie, The Passion, a 12-hour film in the Aramaic language. The movie has received praise by many conservative Christians, but has been heavily criticised by both Catholic and Jewish scholars as promoting anti-Semitism, as violating Catholic teachings on the New Testament, as including many gross historical errors of fact. When a commitee of interfaith scholars attempted to work with Mr. Gibson on the issue, all efforst were rebuffed for several months. When an interfaith committee eventually wrote a review of the script, Mel Gibson threatened them with legal action.

Mel Gibson has also financed the construction of a traditionalist cathedral in Malibu, California called Holy Family.

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