Salvatore Basile
Author
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"It's a contraption that makes the lists of “Greatest Inventions Ever”; at the same time, it's accused of causing global disaster. It has changed everything from architecture to people's food habits to their voting patterns, to even the way big business washes its windows. It has saved countless lives . . . while causing countless deaths. Most of us are glad it's there. But we don't know how, or when, it got there. It's air conditioning. For thousands...
Publisher
Distributed by Vivendi Visual Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
In this feature-length film Jon Voight delivers an incredibly inspirational portrayal of the spiritual life journey of Pope John Paul II, from his youth in Poland, to his international crusade to advocate for the poor and oppressed, to his final days at the Vatican.
Publisher
Ignatius Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Filmed on location in Italy, it tells the beautiful story of young Rita who fell in love and married a handsome knight from a violent family, whom she eventually succeeded in reforming, but then lost him to murder, and also lost their two sons to illness before she lived as an Augustinian nun for forty years. She is renowned for her prayer life, her role as a peacemaker, her service to the sick, and her stigmata. Countless miracles are attributed...
4) Cobra Verde
Publisher
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
Deutsch
Description
A 19th-century Brazilian rancher, born Francisco Manoel da Silva, turns to banditry after being driven from his land by drought and famine. As Cobra Verde, he is a solitary, vengeful figure, roaming the dusty backlands, shooting, drinking and womanizing. Hired as an overseer by a decadent sugar planter, he runs into trouble when his employer's three daughters wind up pregnant. The local bigwigs ship da Silva off to Africa to administer the faltering...
5) Saint Peter
Publisher
Ignatius Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
As a dedicated follower of Christ, Peter spreads the message of the Gospel across the land, often staying only one step ahead of those determined to persecute him. Peter and Paul meet and together they form a strong friendship in preaching about Christ. While fleeing persecution in the Eternal City, Peter sees Jesus walking toward him saying, Peter, I am coming to Rome, to be crucified again. Peter realizes he must follow Christ to the end, and returns...