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Stories From the Silver Screen: Life Is Beautiful
If it is finally love that moves the sun and the stars, to sound the great trumpet blast struck seven centuries ago by Dante Alighieri, along with every planet here …
Year: 2026
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Remembering the ‘forgotten lilies’
When seen through the eyes of the soul, forgotten lilies are a reminder to hold onto that which can resurrect: goodness, goodwill and decency.
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Mark Kermode on restoration of ‘The Devils’ and the director’s Catholicism
The movie, based on a 1951 Aldous Huxley book, met intense controversy, and it was heavily edited and censored. Now the full version is in theaters, tackling topics of power …
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Catholicism’s haunting strangeness warrants celebration, says author
“These things are not just sideshow attractions,” said W. Tyler Allen, who wrote A Catechism of the Strange. “They’re not just cool little things that make Catholicism creepy and fun. They …
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Man arrested for releasing insects inside German cathedral (OIDAC Europe)
A 72-year-old man was arrested after 50 crickets were released inside the Cathedral of St. Peter in Trier, Germany. The release caused the temporary closure of the Chapel of the …
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Indonesian bishops: Burnt forests should be restored, not converted to economic use (AsiaNews)
The Commission for Justice, Peace, Migrants, and Itinerant People of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Indonesia said that there is a moral obligation to restore forests that have burned down, …
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Brother of slain Catholic official urges West to act against persecution in Pakistan (OSV News)
Peter Bhatti, the brother of the Servant of God Shahbaz Bhatti (1968-2011), said that “neither the U.K. nor any other Western government is doing enough for the persecuted Christians of …
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Venezuela’s bishops call for free elections (Aid to the Church in Need)
Citing “polarization, a lack of institutional integrity, and restrictions on democratic guarantees,” the bishops of Venezuela called for “free and transparent elections, with an impartial National Electoral Council (CNE) and …
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Teens disrupt Vienna Mass with shouts of ‘Allahu Akbar’ (CNA Deutsch)
Shouting “Allahu Akbar” (Allah is the greatest), a group of teenagers disrupted Mass at an unnamed parish in Vienna, Austria, earlier this month. “There was no danger; it was not …
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Detroit archbishop joins anti-ICE protest (The Detroit News)
Archbishop Edward Weisenburger of Detroit joined a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on October 30. “Sometimes what people most need is for others to stand in solidarity …