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The bishop's man : a novel
Father Duncan MacAskill, already troubled by years of being the bishop's \"hatchet man\", is sent to a parish church near where he grew up, only to find the memories of the past and new temptations setting him on a possibly disastrous path.
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Reconciling Religious Orientation with the Demands of Fiction in Andrew M. Greeley's Selected Novels
This article attempts to reconcile the religious orientation of Rev. Andrew M. Greeley with the demands of fiction, i.e. the literariness required in a masterpiece. As a sociologist-priest, he has written fictions that are considered or labeled as popular or those that belong to genre fiction. Using Russian formalist literary theories in reading Greeley's selected novels, the researcher was able to elucidate that Greeley's craftmanship is present, though it heavily relies on his background as a priest and sociologist.
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The fifth gospel : a novel
\"A lost gospel, a contentious relic, and a dying pope's final wish converge to send two brothers--both Vatican priests--on an intellectual quest to untangle Christianity's greatest historical mystery\"--Dust jacket flap.
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Grâce à Dieu = By the grace of God
Based on real events, François Ozon's By the Grace of God is a gripping and urgent story of the survivors who band together to expose and dismantle the French Catholic Church's code of silence surrounding pastoral abuse.
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My father's house
\"September 1943: German forces occupy Rome. Gestapo boss Obersturmbannf Amazon.
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Telling Tales : Cruelty and abuse in schooling in Ireland
The report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse - the 2009 Ryan Report - shocked Ireland and the wider world with its chilling descriptions of abuse that was systemic, pervasive, chronic, excessive, arbitrary and endemic. Subsequent debate has, rightly, centred on the 'religious' arena, highlighting the appalling breach of trust in institutions that were church-run and staffed by members of religious orders. Discussion of broader educational values and perspectives has been limited. Exploring the perspectives of writers on schooling, in autobiography, memoir or through their fiction, can contribute to the educational debates that should arise from the Ryan Report. This article considers the insights of selected writers. A strong authoritarianism tradition within Irish schooling is identified as contributing to cultures of docility and compliance. The relevance of such issues for current practitioners is also discussed. [Author abstract, ed]
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Benjamin Sehene vs Father Wenceslas Munyeshyaka: the fictional trial of a genocide priest
The first francophone Rwandan novel published since the 1994 genocide, Benjamin Sehene's Le Feu sous la soutane (Fire Beneath the Cassock) is a fictional exploration of a Catholic priest's involvement in the genocide. Published in 2005, the novel is inspired by the true story of the infamous Father Wenceslas Munyeshyaka who, despite indictments and a conviction for crimes against humanity including genocide and rape, lives and works with impunity as a parish priest in France. Having revealed the real-life story on which Le Feu sous la soutane is based, this article analyzes the fictional reconstruction of Munyeshyaka's story as presented in Sehene's novel. It considers the ways in which Sehene submits Father Munyeshyaka to a trial by fictional proxy. In reading the novel as a fictional trial, the article suggests that Sehene's novel goes some way towards exposing the failure of current systems of justice to respond adequately to crimes against humanity.
Le premier roman francophone rwandais paru après le génocide de 1994, Le Feu sous la soutane de Benjamin Sehene est une représentation fictive du rôle d'un prêtre catholique dans le génocide. Publié en 2005, le roman est inspiré par l'histoire vraie du tristement célèbre père Wenceslas Munyeshyaka qui, malgré de nombreuses accusations et une condamnation pour crimes contre l'humanité, dont pour génocide et viol, continue à habiter et à exercer en tant que curé en France. Après avoir détaillé l'histoire vraie sur laquelle est fondé Le Feu sous la soutane, nous analyserons la mise-en-scène romanesque de l'histoire de Munyeshyaka par Sehene. Nous proposerons que Sehene utilise la fiction pour soumettre le père Munyeshyaka à un jugement, et, ce faisant, expose l'incapacité du système justicière actuel à répondre de manière satisfaisante aux crimes contre l'humanité.
Mots-clés: Rwanda; genocide; Wenceslas Munyeshyaka; Benjamin Sehene; fiction; justice
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Père Marie-Benoît and Jewish Rescue
Susan Zuccotti narrates the life and work of Père Marie-Benoît, a courageous French Capuchin priest who risked everything to hide Jews in France and Italy during the Holocaust. Who was this extraordinary priest and how did he become adept at hiding Jews, providing them with false papers, and helping them to elude their persecutors? From monasteries first in Marseille and later in Rome, Père Marie-Benoît worked with Jewish co-conspirators to build remarkably effective Jewish-Christian rescue networks. Acting independently without Vatican support but with help from some priests, nuns, and local citizens, he and his friends persisted in their clandestine work until the Allies liberated Rome. After the conflict, Père Marie-Benoît maintained his wartime Jewish friendships and devoted the rest of his life to Jewish Christian reconciliation. Papal officials viewed both activities unfavorably until after the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II), 1962-1965.
To tell this remarkable tale, in addition to her research in French and Italian archives, Zuccotti personally interviewed Père Marie-Benoît, his family, Jewish rescuers with whom he worked, and survivors who owed their lives to his network.
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Father Brown. Season 3, episode 11, The time machine
Father Brown visits Jacob, who is determined to prove that a member of his family killed his father a year ago by using his new invention - a time machine.
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Father Brown. Season 3, episode 1, The man in the shadows
Father Brown finds himself embroiled with MI5, which puts Lady Felicia in a compromising position. To protect secrets in her own past, will she betray her friend?
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