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Monsignor, pl. monsignori, is the form of address for those members of the clergy of the Catholic Church holding certain ecclesiastical honorific titles. Monsignor is the apocopic form of the Italian monsignore, from the French mon seigneur, meaning "my lord". It is abbreviated Mgr,Msgr, or Mons.
As a form of address, "Monsignor" is not itself an appointment (properly speaking, one cannot be "made a monsignor" nor can one be "the monsignor of a parish"). The three awards or offices most often associated with the style "monsignor" are Protonotary Apostolic, Honorary Prelate, and Chaplain of His Holiness. These awards are granted by the Pope, usually at the request of the local bishop.
In some countries, Monsignor (or its foreign language equivalent) is the usual style of address for all higher prelates of the Roman Church below the rank of cardinal or patriarch, including bishops and archbishops. In other countries, particularly English-speaking ones, it is not used for bishops, but only for priests who have received certain specific honorary awards or who hold certain offices.
John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career spanning almost six decades, he has composed some of the most recognizable film scores in the history of motion pictures, including the Star Wars saga, Jaws, Superman, the Indiana Jones films, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Hook, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, War Horse, Home Alone and the first three Harry Potter films. He has had a long association with director Steven Spielberg, composing the music for all but two (Duel and The Color Purple) of Spielberg's major feature films.
Other notable works by Williams include theme music for four Olympic Games, NBC Sunday Night Football, the NBC Nightly News, the rededication of the Statue of Liberty, and the television series Lost in Space. Williams has also composed numerous classical concerti, and he served as the principal conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra from 1980 to 1993; he is now the orchestra's conductor laureate.
Williams has won five Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, and 21 Grammy Awards. With 47 Academy Award nominations, Williams is the second most nominated person, after Walt Disney. John Williams was honored with the prestigious Richard Kirk award at the 1999 BMI Film and TV Awards. The award is given annually to a composer who has made significant contributions to film and television music. Williams was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame in 2000, and was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004.
Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta (Albanian: Nënë Tereza) as she is known to the Catholic Church, or Mother Teresa as she is commonly known, was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (pronounced [aɡˈnɛs ˈɡɔndʒa bɔjaˈdʒiu]). Although born on the 26 August 1910, she considered 27 August, the day she was baptized, to be her "true birthday". “By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world. As to my heart, I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus.” Mother Teresa died on 5 September 1997 and is not yet a Catholic Saint. In late 2003, the leaders of the church completed the process of beatification, the third step toward possible sainthood. A second miracle credited to Mother Teresa is required before she can be recognized as a saint by the Catholic church.
Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, which in 2012 consisted of over 4,500 sisters and is active in 133 countries. Members of the order must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty and obedience, and the fourth vow, to give "Wholehearted and Free service to the poorest of the poor". The Missionaries of Charity at the time of her death had 610 missions in 123 countries including hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis, soup kitchens, children's and family counselling programmes, orphanages and schools.
Actors: Moshe Diamant (producer), Alain Jakubowicz (editor), Mark Damon (producer), John Shrapnel (actor), John Glover (actor), John Wood (actor), Olivia Williams (actress), Antonio Banderas (actor), Vernon Dobtcheff (actor), Derek Jacobi (actor), Mohammad Bakri (actor), Ian McNeice (actor), Jason Flemyng (actor), Albert T. Dickerson III (miscellaneous crew), Chris Allies (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man's tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was crucifiction. other signs, include a gold coin bearing the marks of Pontius Pilate and faint markings around the skull, lead authorities to suspect that these could be the bones of Christ. Politicians, clerics, religious extremists and those using terror as a means to an end, find their beliefs and identities test while risking their lives to unearth the truth
Keywords: accidental-killing, anger, arab-jewish-friendship, archeology, based-on-novel, blackmail, car-bomb, cardinal-the-priest, cave, christianityActors: Beau Bridges (actor), Jeremy Akerman (actor), Keir Dullea (actor), Michael Brown (editor), Richard Blackburn (actor), Anthony Marinelli (composer), Sissy Spacek (actress), Ardon Bess (actor), Elizabeth Tremblay (miscellaneous crew), Rod Holcomb (director), Gary Levert (actor), Matthew Bennett (actor), Richard Yearwood (actor), Dan Lett (actor), Craig Anderson (producer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Brian Anthony Wilson (actor), Jenna Elfman (actress), Edward Norton (actor), David Wain (actor), Anne Bancroft (actress), Ben Stiller (actor), Martin Pfefferkorn (actor), Tony Devon (actor), Ron Rifkin (actor), Brian George (actor), Matt Winston (actor), Eli Wallach (actor), Milos Forman (actor), Holland Taylor (actress), Laura Summer (actress),
Plot: Jake and Brian are friends. They are Jewish and Catholic respectively. They would grow up and become a rabbi and priest respectively. Anna whom they knew when they were younger comes back to town a stunning woman. Jake is up to be the head of his synagogue but he is not married which doesn't make his appointment any easier. Jake finds himself attracted to Anna but because she is not Jewish, he can't marry cause it would be another thing that will make his appointment less likely. Brian also finds himself attracted to Anna but being a priest doesn't allow that. When they learn of each other's feelings for her, strains their friendship.
Keywords: bar, bar-mitzvah, bartender, blind-date, blind-date-from-hell, brooklyn-bridge, businesswoman, buxom, catholicism, celibacyActors: Mischa Barton (actress), Cherry Jones (actress), Randall Kaplan (actor), Caroline Kava (writer), Caroline Kava (editor), Caroline Kava (director), Caroline Kava (producer), Rick Baitz (composer), Patrick Husted (actor), Mick Weber (actor), Chelsea Holland (actress), Louisa Braden Johnson (actress), Raymond Ted Shelton (actor), Ryan Osmond (actor), Alvin Perry (costume designer),
Genres: Short,Actors: Mauro Bonanni (editor), Humberto Gurza (miscellaneous crew), Simon Boswell (composer), Alejandro Jodorowsky (writer), Alejandro Jodorowsky (director), Roberto Leoni (writer), Alejandro Jodorowsky (writer), Blanca Guerra (actress), Joaquín García Vargas (actor), René Cardona Jr. (producer), Sergio Bustamante (actor), Roberto Leoni (writer), Héctor Ortega (actor), Miguel Gurza (miscellaneous crew), Lars Bloch (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: A young man is confined in a mental hospital. Through a flashback we see that he was traumatized as a child, when he and his family were circus performers: he saw his father cut off the arms of his mother, a religious fanatic and leader of the heretical church of Santa Sangre ("Holy Blood"), and then commit suicide. Back in the present, he escapes and rejoins his surviving and armless mother. Against his will, he "becomes her arms" and the two undertake a grisly campaign of murder and revenge.
Keywords: absurdism, acid, adultery, amputation, amputee, apothecary, arm-cut-off, avant-garde, blood, blood-splatterActors: Susan Bierbaum (miscellaneous crew), David Soul (actor), Mike Starr (actor), Christopher Michael (actor), Andy Romano (actor), Angie Dickinson (actress), Joanne Baron (actress), Joseph Bologna (actor), Charles Durning (actor), Michael Gregory (actor), Yaphet Kotto (actor), Richard Cansino (actor), Mark Conte (editor), Joe Regalbuto (actor), Sonny Ritscher (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama,Actors: Antony Gibbs (editor), Jane Fonda (actress), Norman Jewison (producer), Winston Rekert (actor), Bruce McDonald (miscellaneous crew), Anne Bancroft (actress), Norman Jewison (director), Georges Delerue (composer), Susanna David (miscellaneous crew), Deborah Grover (actress), Renée April (costume designer), Gabriel Arcand (actor), Jacques Tourangeau (actor), John Pielmeier (writer), John Pielmeier (writer),
Plot: At a convent, fragile, unearthly Sister Agnes gives birth (she says it's a virgin birth), but the child dies. The police soon are involved because of the death of the baby. However, the main conflict is between Mother Superior Miriam Ruth, who wants Agnes left alone, and Dr. Martha Livingston, a psychiatrist determined to help Agnes gain a stronger grasp on reality and uncover any wrongdoers.
Keywords: alcoholic, amateur-detective, ambulance, amnesia, answering-machine, based-on-play, bed-sheet, bell-tower, blood, bloodstainsActors: Brooke Shields (actress), Patrick Gorman (actor), Tom Signorelli (actor), Lillian Roth (actress), M. Edward Salier (editor), Rudolph Willrich (actor), Stephen Lawrence (composer), Gary Allen (actor), Mary Boylan (actress), Dick Boccelli (actor), Daniel Bregman (miscellaneous crew), Linda Miller (actress), Mildred Clinton (actress), Alfred Sole (writer), Alfred Sole (producer),
Plot: Alice Spages is a withdrawn 12 year old girl who lives with her mother, Catherine, and her younger sister, Karen. Karen gets most of the attention from her mother, and Alice is often left out of the spotlight. But when Karen is found brutally murdered in a church before her first holy communion, all suspicions are turned towards Alice. But is a twelve year old girl really capable of such savagery? As more people begin to die at the hands of a merciless killer, Alice becomes more and more likely of a suspect.
Keywords: 1960s, abandoned-factory, absent-father, accusation, apartment-building, attempted-murder, aunt, autopsy, basement, bicycleActors: Xan das Bolas (actor), Nerio Bernardi (actor), José Calvo (actor), Walter Chiari (actor), Alberto Bonucci (actor), Umberto D'Orsi (actor), Mario De Simone (actor), Pietro De Vico (actor), Fanfulla (actor), Franco Franchi (actor), Franco Giacobini (actor), Claudio Gora (actor), Ciccio Ingrassia (actor), Oreste Lionello (actor), José Luis López Vázquez (actor),
Plot: A day in a tribunal where the defendants are: the manager of a soccer team, charged with bribery, two Sicilians who have sold fake archaeological findings, two nuns who have offended a public servant and an industry manager.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Van Johnson (actor), Harry Hayden (actor), Giuseppe Pierozzi (actor), Joseph Calleia (actor), Emory Parnell (actor), Paul Douglas (actor), Piero Pastore (actor), Tudor Owen (actor), Charles Fawcett (actor), Al Ferguson (actor), Enzo Fiermonte (actor), Luciano Bonanni (actor), Richard Hale (actor), Aldo Silvani (actor), Mario Siletti (actor),
Genres: Comedy,