Opening Holy Week under quarantine, Pope tells suffering, 'You are not alone'
- Apr 5, 2020
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Actor savors the opportunity to play St. Patrick in new movie
- Mar 19, 2020
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ctor John Rhys-Davies may be best known for his role as Gimli in the “Lord of the Rings” film trilogy, but given that he’s got more than 260 movies and television series under his belt, he may be better known by some for another project. One of his latest is the role of St. Patrick, the patron of Ireland, in “I Am Patrick.”
Panel assesses Dorothy Day’s impact on church and their own lives
- Feb 1, 2020
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If you met Dorothy Day, you were changed, said panelists at a Jan. 27 discussion following an advance screening of a new documentary, “Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story,” which profiles the co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement.
‘The New Pope’ shows Hollywood interest in mystery of the papacy not waning
- Jan 11, 2020
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Just weeks after the premiere of “The Two Popes” on Netflix, a new take on the idea of dueling pontiffs is about to show itself.
West Virginia Catholic school wins video contest on opioid awareness
- Jan 6, 2020
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A West Virginia high school has won a video contest aimed at raising awareness of the dangers of prescription painkiller abuse.
Catholicism influenced moviemaking from the early days of film
- Dec 25, 2019
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The U.S. bishops had a hand in how movies were rated until the 1980s.
Catholic press continues mission to reach contemporary film audiences
- Dec 22, 2019
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The once influential Catholic film office had been able to get Hollywood studios to change content in movies it deemed morally offensive for decades, but that power was extinguished as the 1970s rolled into the 1980s.
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