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Caesar, voiced by Andy Serkis, appears in the movie "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

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NEW YORK - Those super-sentient simians are back in "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" (Fox).

Antonio Banderas, left, may be cast in the role of Pope Francis in the first feature film to be made on the life of the Argentine pontiff.

Antonio Banderas may be cast as Pope Francis in biopic

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ROME - Spanish heartthrob Antonio Banderas may be cast in the role of Pope Francis in the first feature film to be made on the life of the Argentine pontiff.

Aurélien Recoing as Pope John Paul II and Laurent Lucas as Cardinal Aaron Jean-Marie Lustiger in The Jewish Cardinal.

Film examines Cardinal's Lustiger's conflict between his roots, Catholicism

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In the era in which Catholics saw their first Polish pope, the Church in France saw its first Jewish cardinal.         

Todd Burpo, left, next to Colton, and the rest of the Burpo family.

A son’s journey opens father’s eyes

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Todd Burpo never expected his four-year-old son to test his faith. But that’s exactly what happened to the Nebraska pastor.

Jennifer Connelly and Russell Crowe star in a scene from the movie "Noah." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inapprop riate for children under 13.

Noah director not religious, but he says film's environmental messages are

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WASHINGTON - Director Darren Aronofsky says he is not religious, and that his Russell Crowe blockbuster movie Noah is the “least-biblical biblical film ever made.”

Kelly Reilly, Greg Kinnear and Connor Corum star in a scene from the movie "Heaven Is For Real." The Catholic News Service classification is A-I -- general patronage. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG -- parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.

Heaven Is for Real

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NEW YORK - "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength." Those familiar words, addressed to God in Psalm 8 of the King James Bible, might serve as the tagline for the fact-based drama "Heaven Is for Real" (TriStar).

Jennifer Connelly and Russell Crowe star in a scene from the movie "Noah." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inapprop riate for children under 13.

Why some Muslim countries won’t screen ‘Noah’

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Worried there weren’t enough quality retellings of Muslim stories for children, Adiba Ataeva decided to start her own publishing company. But rather than printed books or videos, Ataeva went with audio books in part because the medium offered the least hassles with fellow Muslims.

The Old and New Testaments have inspired filmmakers since the genesis of the silver screen.

Biblical films back in style

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A decade after The Passion of the Christ, Hollywood has seen the light — again — and it’s the colour of money.

Jennifer Connelly and Russell Crowe star in a scene from the movie Noah. The film is one of several biblical epics Hollywood is expected to release in coming weeks.

Noah sparks debate over one of the world’s oldest and most beloved stories

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NEW YORK - In recent years, Hollywood has made a concerted effort to lure religious audiences to the local cineplex with such films as The Passion of the Christ, Son of God and even dark-horse hits like Facing the Giants. And most of the time, it’s worked.

Getting to know Mary of Nazareth as mother

Getting to know Mary of Nazareth as mother

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Catholics know the Virgin Mary well as mother, but not as daughter, woman or wife. The film Mary of Nazareth extrapolates from what is known of the Immaculate Conception to explore the life of a Jewish girl famous for saying yes to God.

Stars of a new documentary Jerusalem — Nadia Tadros (left), Farah Ammouri and Revital Zacharie — join director Daniel Ferguson at the Ontario Science Centre after an advanced screening of the film.

Jerusalem divided but shockingly similar

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TORONTO - When three young women, strangers to each other, were brought together in Jerusalem by an adventurous movie director they were surprised to discover how much they had in common.

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