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Director Denis Villeneuve first came to my attention when I saw his outstanding science fiction film Arrival (2016), a visually stunning and philosophically profound story about mankind’s first contact with extraterrestrials. Villeneuve then went on […]

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Below is the text of Pope Francis’ Wednesday General Audience catechesis, delivered today in St. Peter’s Square. Via Vatican Radio. *** Dear brothers and sisters, Today I would like briefly to refer to one more […]

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