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As I have promised earlier that I will update you of the winners of the Catholic Oscars this year, so here it is. There are 1600 movies from 120 countries were sent for reviews. From this large number of films here are the winners Best Short Film - Cercavo qualcos’altro by Alessio Rupalti / Italy Best Documentary - Voyage au coeur du Vatican by Stéphane Ghez / France Best Leading Actress - Juliet Stevenson (Mother Teresa, The letters) / USA Best Director - William Riead (The letters) / USA Best Film Un Dios prohibido by Pablo Moreno Capax Dei Foundation Award - The series Catholicism by Father Robert Barron / USA                                                  - L’Apôtre by Cheyenne-Marie Carron / France Association “Friends of the Festival” Award - Nolite timere by Giuseppe Tandoi / It...

Have you heard of the Mirabili Dictu International Catholic Film Festival? It is my first time to encounter such film festival, some sectors dubbed it as Catholic Oscar. Mirabili Dictu means something wonderful to tell or wonderful to relate  in Latin. This International Film Festival is independent, conceived and created by Liana Marabini, a writer, producer, publisher and film maker. The festival was founded in 2010 under the high patronage of the Pontifical Council for Culture, and aims to show the Church from a new perspective: glamourous and traditional at the same time. It  is also privileged place of encounter for actors, directors and film makers, gathered by the concern they may have for the history and the values of the Church. Since it was the first time that i have heard of it, i have also taken the  entries who won from the previous years: 2010 - Desobeir          - The Butterfly Circus    ...

2 bishops call for speedy impeachment trial MANILA, Jan. 18, 2012— Two leaders of the Catholic Church called on the senate to fast track the impeachment trial against Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona and save people’s money. Both Digos Bishop Guillermo Afable and Retired Archbishop Oscar Cruz believe that the longer the trial gets, the more financially taxing it becomes for the people. “I would wish that the impeachment process be fast-tracked because we are spending the people’s money,” Afable said. “All those involved in the impeachment court from lawmakers, prosecutors, senator-judges, the staff and the witnesses are paid by the people… their wages are paid by the tax payers,” said Cruz. This, according to the prelates, is unacceptable since the money could instead be channeled to more useful things for the public. “(Typhoon) Sendong caused heavy damages but where’s the government’s attention? They are more focused at the Senate,” said Cruz. On Tuesday, the Senate,...