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The shattering final shot in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather, while it is among the most celebrated closing shots in cinema history, was not the original ending envisioned by Coppola. Anyone who knows the film […]

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From Vatican Information Service: Vatican City, 7 December 2012 (VIS) – Benedict XVI today received in audience the members of the International Theological Commission following their plenary session. The Pope expressed his appreciation for the […]

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