Voices

John Dougherty is the director of mission and ministry at St. Joseph’s Preparatory School in Philadelphia, Pa.
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The election of a pope is a joyful thing. But in this 1968 film starring Anthony Quinn, being pope is the hardest job in the world.
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Throughout his papacy Pope Francis referenced ‘La Strada’ in homilies, interviews and public addresses.
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As the film’s title promises, there is plenty of sin on display, even before the vampires arrive.
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Martyrdom finds perhaps its most powerful cinematic expression in Carl Theodor Dreyer’s “The Passion of Joan of Arc” (1928), a classic of the silent film era and widely considered one of the greatest films ever made.
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‘A Man Escaped’ is a story of a man seeking temporal salvation, but Robert Bresson’s film takes on deeper meaning, becoming a parable of the Spirit.
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During Lent, we are called through death to new life. In “The Way” that journey becomes literal.
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In Llewyn I see a reflection of the human soul: restless, fumbling towards eternal but frequently getting sidetracked.
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The stories about Catholics that Hollywood tells—and awards—has as much to do with what is happening with the church off-screen as what is shown on-screen.
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RaMell Ross’ film ‘Nickel Boys’ is nominated for Best picture. His 2018 documentary is an attempt to express Black life and history as dynamic and vital.
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“Pan’s Labyrinth” embodies the core tension of Catholic life: the push and pull between the eternal and the worldly.