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It’s all too rare these days to find science-fiction movies that aren’t simply bombastic superhero flicks or alien-invasion thrillers. The current Brad Pitt film Ad Astra bravely breaks that mold, offering up a meditative yet […]

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The archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, is the first Jesuit to be named Supreme Pontiff. John Allen’s profile of Bergoglio can be read here. John Thavis’ profile can be read here. 

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