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Religion and Testimonies
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The Passion of the Christ (2004)
«The Passion of the Christ» (2004), directed and produced by Mel Gibson, portrays the last twelve hours of Jesus’ life: from the agony in Gethsemane, through the trial, the scourging and the road to Calvary, to…
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The Testimony of Gloria Polo
In 1995 Gloria Polo, a Colombian dentist, is struck by lightning while at the university with her niece. Clinically hovering between life and death, she recounts a shattering experience: a «journey» beyond the threshold, before the…
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The Devil and the Exorcist: Father Gabriele Amorth
Father Gabriele Amorth (1925–2016) was for decades the best-known exorcist in Italy: a Pauline priest, official exorcist of the Diocese of Rome and founder of the International Association of Exorcists. In thousands of encounters and many…
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Marcellino, Bread and Wine (1955)
In a Franciscan monastery, an abandoned baby is raised by the friars and named Marcellino. Curious and lonely, one day the boy climbs into the forbidden attic and finds a great wooden Crucifix. Moved by that…
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John Paul II: “Be not afraid”
October 22, 1978: the first pope “from a far country” opens his pontificate with the words that would become its seal. The exact moment, in two minutes.
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John Paul II against the Mafia: the cry of Agrigento
May 9, 1993, Valley of the Temples: after the Capaci and Via D’Amelio massacres, the Pope abandons his script and cries out his defiance of the Mafia.
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Saint Veronica Giuliani: the awakening of a giant
The documentary film about the mystic of the stigmata: fifty years of cloistered life in Città di Castello and one of the most extensive diaries in Church history.
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Jim Caviezel’s testimony: beyond the Passion
The actor who played Jesus in “The Passion of the Christ” recalls the near-death experience he lived on set and what it left in his faith.
