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How Tolkien influenced the conversion to Christianity of his friend C.S. Lewis

January 23, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

The exhibition “Tolkien: Man, Teacher, Author” runs through Feb. 11, 2024, at the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome. / Credit: Almudena Martínez-Bordiú/ACI Prensa

ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 23, 2024 / 17:30 pm (CNA).
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Pope Francis cites JRR Tolkien in essay on storytelling

May 27, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis and J.R.R. Tolkien. / Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk and TuckerFTW via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Vatican City, May 27, 2022 / 04:43 am (CNA).
Pope Francis cited J.R.R. Tolkien in an essay on storytelling published this week.“As … […]

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