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Aris Servetalis as Nektarios.

'Man of God' illustrates St. Nektarios’ indomitable spirit

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Though a devout believer in Jesus Christ, Serbian-American filmmaker Yelena Popovic, the director of the newly released Man of God, did not foresee tackling religious subject matter in her professional career.

Bishop Scott McCaig of the Military Ordinariate of Canada acting as Franciscan Friar Father Frédéric Janssoone, who witnessed the miracle of the Our Lady of the Cape statue open its eyes.

Showtime for Our Lady of the Cape

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The final countdown is on until Our Lady of the Cape receives its splashy film premiere treatment.

Quasimodo hugs his two gargoyle friends in Disney’s animated musical The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Disney’s Hunchback ages well

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“The Hunchback of Notre Dame at 25: ‘The Most R-Rated G You Will Ever See.’ ”

A new documentary chronicling Pope emeritus Benedict XVI’s papacy was to be released April 16.

Film explores Benedict’s papacy

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VATICAN CITY -- A documentary released on Benedict XVI’s 94th birthday states that his personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, tried to dissuade him from abdicating the papacy.

The replica Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of the Cape was on display at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Ottawa to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1947 Marian Congress.

Film to chronicle Our Lady of the Cape

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Canadian Catholic filmmaker Kevin Dunn was spellbound when he first heard the story of Our Lady of the Cape.

This is a scene from the movie "Cuties" streaming on Netflix.

Netflix's 'Cuties': Exploration of immigrant experience or child exploitation?

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NEW YORK -- Controversy has surrounded the airing on Netflix of the French film "Cuties" ("Mignonnes").

Filmmaker Hermann Boya intends to make art that promotes living like Christ.

Faith is Quebec filmmaker’s 'Destination'

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Though he grew up in a religious household in Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire), West Africa, it was in 2009, at age 26, when Hermann Boya sanctified his bond with God by entering into the Catholic faith.

Jorge Lamelas (Francisco), Alejandra Howard (Jacinta) and Stephanie Gil (Lucia) play the three children at the heart of Fatima.

Showing the beauty in Fatima’s truth

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When Mary steps out of the blinding light of the sun and into view for three children who have broken away from watching over a few sheep to pray the rosary, she isn’t surrounded by angels. No trumpets blare. Before the musical score rises to support this moment in the new film Fatima, there are crickets and birdsong and distant bleats of sheep. Mary is surrounded by hills, trees, fields and blue sky.

The Divine Mercy, conceived by St. Faustina and painted by Eugeniusz Kazimirowski in 1934.

St. Faustina film sends a timely message

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It’s a cliché heard all the time: “This is a movie that is so right for its time.”

Jonathan Pryce as Pope Francis and Anthony Hopkins as Pope Benedict in a scene from The Two Popes.

'Two Popes' in search of truth

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Anthony McCarten wants the truth and nothing but the truth. To get at the truth, he has made up a fictional dialogue between the Church’s two living popes.

St. John Paul II greets throngs of Poles waiting for a glimpse of their native son at the monastery of Jasna Gora in Czestochowa during his 1979 trip to Poland.

Film highlights John Paul II alliance with Reagan

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WASHINGTON -- Forty years after his first pilgrimage to Poland, a film and book has been released exploring St. John Paul II’s alliance with “deep spiritual bond” with U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

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