Rembert Weakland
Actor · 1927 – 2022 · Patton, Pennsylvania, USA
Rembert George Samuel Weakland OSB was an American Roman Catholic bishop and Benedictine monk who served as Archbishop of Milwaukee from 1977 to 2002.
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Movie8.5DocumentaryIn his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social criticism. For nearly 27 years he was a monk of the austere Trappist order, where he became an eloquent spiritual writer and mystic as well as an anti-war advocate and witness to peace. Merton: A Film Biography provides the first comprehensive look at this remarkable 20th century religious philosopher who wrote, in addition to his immensely popular autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain, over 60 books on some of the most pressing social issues of our time, some of which are excerpted here. Merton offers an engaging profile of a man whose presence in the world touched millions of people and whose words and thoughts continue to have a profound impact and relevance today.
Merton: A Film Biography
1984 · 4 votes
Movie7.3DocumentaryAlex Gibney explores the charged issue of pedophilia in the Catholic Church, following a trail from the first known protest against clerical sexual abuse in the United States and all way to the Vatican.
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
2012 · 65 votes