CREDO: Streaming platform with Catholic films

This Wednesday premieres CREDOthe new global streaming platform where the viewer can only find Catholic content movies.

Offer films and documentaries “brave and inspiring” content that shows the “good, true and beautiful”: this is the objective of Creed, considered by many as the “Catholic Netflix.”

For its creator, Tim Moriarty – cinestaa award and executive director of Castletown  Media-, Catholic cinema “is not just a profession, but a vocation.”

This is explained to ACI Press Moriarty, who states that his formation in philosophy instilled in him “the desire to explore fundamental questions.”

From the performance, he says, he learned “the importance of empathy” and his formation with the Jesuits taught him that “God can be found everywhere, if we learn to see.”

For the designer of this platform, “a well told story has a remarkable ability to open minds, heal wounds from the past and attract people to the sacraments in a way that few other means can achieve.”

In Creed, filmmakers can exhibit their works, connect directly to the public and receive compensation, while users enjoy rents on demand, without subscriptions or periodic quotas: it is enough to pay for the rent or purchase of the film they wish to see.

In addition, Moriarty explains, his catalog will be “carefully careful”, with a cinematography and writing “at the height of the depth of his message.”

Its content aims to “explore the sacraments, biographies of saints and contemporary witnesses”, as well as narrative films based on a Christian understanding of the human person, in addition to child content designed to cultivate the moral imagination “without being moralizing.”

In addition, movies can be seen on mobile devices through their application and the content will be available in English, Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese and Polish.

How did the idea arise?

Given the demand for films with Catholic content, he explains, “we imagine a platform that felt like a carefully organized shelf, where each film was chosen by their ability to nurture faith and awaken the imagination.”

That vision evolved to becoming creed, “a rental service with a small intentionally selected library, guided by clear theological principles.”

As for the name of the platform, he explained that the word “creed” (I believe in Latin), not only refers to the Church’s profession, “but also has a deeply personal resonance, since it is expressed in the first person.”

“We choose it because we believe that every film we offer invites the viewer to a renewed act of faith: in the power of beauty, in the reality of truth and in the enduring impact of goodness. Each rent represents a silent affirmation of stories that raise the mind to God,” he said.

Premiere of Carlo Acutis movie

The first film with which this platform is released is “Carlo Acutis: the way to the real”, which “offers a unique perspective,” according to Moriarty.

“Instead of simply highlighting their virtues, our film puts them in direct dialogue with today’s digitally saturated culture,” he adds.

The film shows real teenagers who disconnect from their phones for a week and make a pilgrimage to Carlo’s tomb, testing their statement that the Eucharist is the center of reality.

“His trip is intertwined with an exploration of how virtual spaces can be distracted from genuine reality, and how Carlo’s own habits,” worship, worship and disciplined use of technology – offer a path back to what really matters, “he said.

In this sense, he regrets that in the current media landscape “attention is fragmented and the meaning, often diluted.”

“The films rooted in beauty, truth and charity are no longer simple pleasant additions; they are essential tools for pastoral care,” he says.

Therefore, for Moriarty, “a single authentic representation of holiness can often break the cynicism more effectively than long explanations.”

“Good cinema goes beyond mere entertainment; it has the power to reorient our desires, gently guiding spectators of passive consumption towards a deeper communion and service,” he says.

Next documentary about Pope Leo XIV

Soon they will launch on Pope Leo XIV, who will follow Robert Prevost’s journey “from his first experiences in immigrant parishes in Chicago, going through his years as a Augustinian and Missionary Fraile in Peru, until his unexpected elevation to the papacy.”

Currently, they are filming interviews with their family, Augustinian companions, parishioners who served in Peru, theologians and experts.

“Our hope is that, through this film, the spectators reach a deeper appreciation of Pontificate of Pope León as an opportunity for the Church to defend human dignity in an era that tends more and more to see people as simple data points,” he concludes.