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'8 Mile' director, Oscar-winning writer Curtis Hanson dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Curtis Hanson, who won a screenwriting Oscar for "L.A. Confidential" and directed the psychological thriller "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" and Eminem's tale of Detroit hip-hop "8 Mile," has died. He was 71....
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Asked to reminisce about his life and where he was at key moments in history, the 87-year-old Pope Francis obliged, but also used the opportunity to talk about the lessons the events hold today and his hope for the future.The book, "Life: My Story Through History," written with Italian journalist Fabio Marchese Ragona, begins with Pope Francis explaining that while he was only 3 years old when World War II started, he remembers his parents talking about a "monster" -- Hitler -- and his family and neighbors sharing letters from relatives still in Europe."Even though it happened more than 80 years ago, we must never forget the moments that devastated the lives of so many innocent families," the pope said in the book."War eats you up inside," he said, before adding, "You see it in the eyes of young children who no longer have any joy in their hearts, only terror and tears." Since Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, he has spoken often of meeting Ukra...
The Vatican on March 16, 2024, determined that nothing prevents the opening of the cause for canonization of Niña Ruiz-Abad, a 13-year-old girl who died in 1993 in the Philippines and whose grave has become a place of pilgrimage. / Credit: Diocese of Laoag/Public Domain via Wikimedia CommonsACI Prensa Staff, Mar 18, 2024 / 16:05 pm (CNA).The Vatican has determined that nothing prevents the opening of the cause for canonization of Niña Ruiz-Abad, a 13-year-old girl who died in 1993 in the Philippines and whose grave has become a place of pilgrimage.On March 16, the Vatican news agency Fides reported that the Vatican has granted the "nihil obstat" ("nothing stands in the way") for the cause of canonization to begin for Ruiz-Abad, who is now considered a "Servant of God," the first step toward sainthood. If the Filipina girl is declared a saint, she will be one of the youngest in history.The news was announced with a circular from the bishop of Laoag, Renato Mayugba, that was read...
Stephen Colbert and Pope Francis. / Credit: Montclair Film, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Vatican MediaWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 18, 2024 / 17:00 pm (CNA).The Catholic late-night talk show host and comedian Stephen Colbert is one of the narrators for the English audiobook version of Pope Francis' upcoming autobiography, which comes out on Tuesday, March 19.Francis' book, titled "Life: My Story Through History," documents the most significant moments of the pontiff's life from his childhood until the present day. The publisher, HarperCollins, lists "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" host, along with Franciscan Father John Quigley, as the narrators for the English-language audiobook version of the autobiography.The book discusses Francis' upbringing, his time in the seminary, and his service as a priest, bishop, and ultimately pope. It does not shy away from the controversial elements of his papacy but rather addresses his detractors and defends his efforts t...