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Papa (Octavia Spencer) comforts Mack (Sam Worthington) as he tries to come to terms with his daughter’s death.

'The Shack' brings its Holy Trinity to the screen

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William Paul Young initially made 15 copies of The Shack in 2005 as a Christmas present for his six children and for a handful of his close friends.

Women religious pray as the Blessed Sacrament is processed through the Knights of Columbus Mercy Centre during World Youth Day events July 27.

Documentary captures spirit of World Youth Day in Krakow

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The Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy is over, but the call to mercy lives on.

“The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara” painting by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim from 1862.

Steven Spielberg movie to examine notorious Catholic kidnapping of Jewish boy

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BOLOGNA, Italy –  It was a heart-wrenching story that bitterly divided Catholics and Jews in Italy and provoked an international scandal more than 150 years ago.

Global TV mini-series 'Mary Kills People' have been criticized by the Catholic Women's League and the Council of Canadian with Disabilities for trivializing euthanasia.

Global TV's mini-series draws fire for dramatizing euthanasia

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OTTAWA – The Catholic Women’s League (CWL) and the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) have condemned the Global TV mini-series Mary Kills People about a doctor who illegally euthanizes consenting patients.

Jude Law portrays the fictional Pope Pius XIII in The Young Pope, a series airing on HBO Canada.

There’s beauty in 'The Young Pope,' says Sr. Helena

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For those suffering from a frail, forgotten or non-existent belief in God, the HBO mini-series The Young Pope has a message that may change some minds, says Sr. Helena Burns.

Jude Law stars in a scene from the HBO television drama series "The Young Pope."

HBO's 'The Young Pope' repels more than it engages

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NEW YORK – Behind the opening credits of "The Young Pope," a naked baby boy crawls over a sea of infant mannequins, and a man dressed as the Roman pontiff emerges at the other end.

Andrew Garfield plays Father Rodrigues and Shinya Tsukamoto plays Mokichi in the film 'Silence' by Paramount Pictures, SharpSword Films, and AI Films

Review: martyrs are the real heroes of 'Silence'

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I have long been an ardent fan of Martin Scorsese’s films. Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Gangs of New York, Casino, etc. are among the defining movies of the last 40 years. The director’s Catholicism, however mitigated and conflicted, comes through in most of his work.

Andrew Garfield stars as Father Sebastian Rodrigues in a scene from the movie "Silence." Garfield underwent the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, as part of his preparation for playing a Jesuit priest in Martin Scorsese's new film.

'Silence' actor Andrew Garfield did St. Ignatius' spiritual exercises to prepare for priest role

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WASHINGTON – Actor Andrew Garfield underwent the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, as part of his preparation for playing a Jesuit priest in Martin Scorsese's new film, "Silence."

Unlike the communications with aliens movie 'Arrival,' starring Amy Adams as Louise Banks, there's nothing alien about the way God talks to us, writes Bishop Robert Barron.

There’s nothing alien about the way God talks to us

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Like E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Independence Day, and a host of similar films over the past 30 years, Arrival explores the theme of an alien visitation to Earth.

Liam Neeson stars in a scene from the movie "Silence."

Review of Martin Scorsese's 'Silence'

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NEW YORK – Directed and co-written (with Jay Cocks) by Martin Scorsese, Silence (Paramount) is a dramatically powerful but theologically complex work best suited to viewers who come to the multiplex prepared to engage with serious issues.

A documentary that shows the role of St. John Paul II in the end of communism has won two Emmys.

Saint John Paul II documentary takes two Emmys

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CHICAGO, Ill. – Two Emmy Awards have gone to a documentary that shows St. John Paul II’s central role in the end of communism.

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