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SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Media Notebook | St. Francis on film
NEW YORK -- Among the many hundreds of canonized saints recognized by the Catholic Church, few if any enjoy the popularity of Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, the man better known as St. Francis of Assisi.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Women CEOs say faith guides their work in bringing Gospel to the needy
WASHINGTON -- Together, the Catholic organizations led by three women serve millions of people each year across the United States and around the world.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Catholic TV chef has cooked for not one but two popes
WASHINGTON -- Lidia Bastianich, even at age 68, is working like crazy.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: 'I try to make movies a good spiritual experience,' says '33' director
WASHINGTON -- Patricia Riggen, the Mexican-American filmmaker who directed the upcoming move "The 33" about the Chilean miners' rescue in 2010, said Warner Bros., the studio releasing the film, made no attempt to get her to downplay the role of faith in the miners' story.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Work in progress: Holy Spirit can inspire modern art, artists say
FLORENCE, Italy -- Millions of people come to Florence -- an art lover's mecca -- to marvel at centuries-old masterpieces decorating church walls and lining the city's skyline and paving stone squares.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Library of books, materials by and about Father Merton now at prison
SHIRLEY, Mass. -- A Thomas Merton library dedicated to Worcester Catholics and willed to a Trappist abbey has now been donated to a prison.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Captain America and the virtue of hope
NEW YORK -- There are a couple of different ways for the uninitiated to familiarize themselves with Marvel Comics characters. Novices can see the popular movies, of course.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Bury the dead: a work of mercy through the centuries
ROME -- If a pilgrim walking to Rome for a Holy Year fell mortally ill far from home or a poor tenant farmer died working in a field or an unidentifiable victim of murder was found, a group of courageous Christians buried these anonymous or forgotten dead with dignity.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: National Geographic magazine's cover story reveals Mary's appeal
WASHINGTON -- Maureen Orth, a special correspondent for Vanity Fair magazine who has written about music icons, world leaders and Hollywood celebrities, tackled a completely different subject for National Geographic magazine: the Virgin Mary.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Homeless, poor get star treatment at Vatican movie premiere
VATICAN CITY -- The usual fanfare that comes with the world premiere of a movie is pretty standard: the lights and cameras, the celebrities walking down the red carpet and screaming fans trying to catch a glimpse of their favorite actors.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: 'Pumped BMX' high-flying bicycle fun
NEW YORK -- Video games have been accused of contributing to the problem of obesity in America since they keep players idling indoors instead of being active outside.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: For Christians, martyrdom remains a 'never-ending story,' says cardinal
WASHINGTON -- For Christians, martyrdom remains a "never-ending story" that stretches from Scripture accounts of apostolic times to today's "amphitheater of YouTube," Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington writes in a new book.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: What makes a Catholic writer in today's society? It's complicated
TORONTO -- In the Dappled Things online literary magazine and blog, writer Joseph O'Brien of Wisconsin said Walker Percy was one of a small group of writers who have helped define the mid-20th century American literary experience and the Catholic contribution to American letters.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Poet says journey to Catholicism, quest to see Vermeer's art led to joy
CAMDEN, N.J. -- After his parents divorced, Michael White briefly lived with his mother, but she would regularly make him ask his father to "take" him.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Sacred art restoration gives museum holy facet to holiday exhibits
NEW YORK -- Frank Chambers was looking for a peaceful moment as he strolled through the noisy holiday exhibits at the New-York Historical Society Museum & Library on a recent December afternoon.
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