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[2003], c2002., General, Kino on Video Call No: DVD Fic Amen Edition: Letterbox ed. (1.85:1). Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: When a newly commissioned SS Lieutenant witnesses the chemical disinfectant he's helped perfect being used to systematically murder interred Jews, he knows he must act. The only symphatic ear he finds is a young priest with ties to the Vatican. As the two unlikely allies fight to reveal the truth to the Church and world, they discover that a man of conscience can commit treason and a man of God can commit heresy in order to thwart genocide.
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2003, 1963., General, Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Cardinal Edition: Widescreen ver. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Traces the career of a parish priest and his rise to the upper levels of the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy.
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[2009], p2008., Buena Vista Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Doubt Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. Father Flynn is a charismatic priest who is trying to upend the schools' strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier. The Sister is the iron-gloved principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline. With the winds of political change, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James shares with Sister Aloysius her suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without any proof, besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn. This threatens to tear apart the community with its irrevocable consequence.
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c2013., BBC Worldwide Call No: DVD Fic Father 1 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Father Brown Volume: 1Summary Note: Celebrated author GK Chesterton's beloved character, Father Brown, is brilliantly brought to life in this charming ten-part BBC series starring Mark Williams (Harry Potter, Doctor Who). With the warmth of The Vicar of Dibley, the intellect of Miss Marple, the humour of Father Ted and the intrigue of Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown is a fresh new take on a classic genre. Set in the 1950s in the heart of the English countryside, Father Brown is a kindly cleric with a particular talent for solving crimes. Many years spent hearing his parishioners? confessions have given him an uncanny insight into the workings of the criminal mind, and in each episode the enigmatic priest discovers the truth of a crime by looking into the truth of the soul, the passions, dark secrets, hidden desires.
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[2015]., BBC Call No: DVD Fic Father 2 Edition: Widescreen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Father Brown Volume: 2Summary Note: The stakes are higher for Father Brown, who's joined once again by his secretary Mrs. McCarthy, socialite Lady Felicia Montague and her chauffeur Sid Carter who together must embark on another series of adventures to save the souls of the sleepy village of Kembleford. This season, Father Brown will face more sinister cases than ever before which will include exorcism, abduction, poison, and murder.
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(2005)., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Man for all Edition: Special ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of England, is placed in a difficult position when Henry VIII breaks with the Catholic Church over its refusal to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon so he can marry Anne Boleyn. Henry demands More's endorsement of this act. Torn between his conscience and duty to the crown, Sir Thomas chooses to say nothing.
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2014., General, Entertainment One Films Canada : distributed exclusively in Canada by Entertainment One Call No: DVD Fic Philomena Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Judi Dench stars in the story of Philomena Lee, mother to a boy conceived out of wedlock and given up for adoption. Nearly 50 years later, Philomena meets Martin Sixsmith (Steve Coogan), a former BBC reporter looking for his next big story. Together, they embark on a journey to locate her long lost son. As the pieces of the puzzle come together, the unlikely travel companions form a comic and heartwarming friendship. Based on the 2009 investigative book by Martin Sixsmith, The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, the film adaptation has been hailed as "a triumph for Judi Dench. Brilliant. A performance of grace, nuance and cinematic heroism." Mary Corliss, TIME MAGAZINE --Container.
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[2016]., Adult, Entertainment One : Seville Call No: DVD Fic Spotlight Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: It tells the riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world's oldest and most trusted institutions. When the newspaper's tenacious "Spotlight" teams of reporters delve into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover-up at the highest levels of Boston's religious, legal, and government establishment.
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c2004., General, Warner Home Video Call No: DVD FIC Thorn Edition: Standard format. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Presents the saga of the Cleary family, beginning on an Australian sheep station in the early twentieth century and ending fifty years later, focusing on the forbidden love that develops between Meggie and Father Ralph de Bricassart.
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2017., HBO Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic YoungP Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The fictional story of a newly elected pope, the youngest in history and first-ever American, whose audacity, independence, and arch-conservatism wreak havoc within the Vatican.