Rosa de Santa Maria

EWTN produces films with messages intended for Catholics or would be Catholics. I was raised in the Church but have drifted from a belief in any organized religion for over fifty years. A recent loss has steered me back into a need for some reason for our lives and I have attempted to pray in the way I was taught as a child. So far, it has not restored a belief in the afterlife but I continue to watch the movies on EWTN every Saturday night. Saint Rose of Lima is shown with badly dubbed english dialogue. Subtitles would have been better. The lead actress is fine as the saint but the acting is rather soap opera-ish. The visuals of purgatory are in the style of The Exorcist, a film I found silly. We are all a combination of saints and sinners and Rosa is shown as an extremely pious woman who prayed with fervor all of her life. I was moved by her portrayal but even so, I am still searching for my own faith.