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“Father Stu” Returns To Theaters

Father Stu: Reborn is a new PG-13 cut releasing exclusively in movie theaters December 9. 

Hollywood actor and producer Mark Wahlberg and Sony studios are re-releasing in theaters a new PG-13 version of Father Stu, a film about an ex-boxer turned Catholic priest after a horrendous auto injury. 

The film premiered earlier this year with an R-rating. Wahlberg recently explained why it will be re-released.

“Well, given the nature of the R-Rated movie, lots of families didn’t feel comfortable with their children seeing it, but they really wanted them to get the message,” Wahlberg told Fox News. 

“So because the Archbishop Thomas of Nevada — who actually ordained Father Stu in Helena, Montana, came to me and said, ‘Mark, I understand why the language is there but it would be a sin and a shame for young people not to see this movie and to really understand the importance of this story.’”

“So we wanted to make sure that we would share that with children of all ages,” he added.