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‘Spotlight’ company settles complaint over made-up dialogue

BOSTON (AP) — The distributor of the Oscar-winning film "Spotlight" has acknowledged that filmmakers fabricated dialogue that made it appear as if a Boston College spokesman downplayed the extent of the Catholic priest sex abuse scandal. Jack Dunn, director of the news and public affairs office at the Jesuit

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Italian priest offers $2,000 to families with three or more children

ROME (RNS) — A Tuscany priest is offering a baby bonus of more than $2,000 to Italian Catholic families who have three or more children. But there are strings attached. The gift to parishioners in Staggia, a village close to Siena, was announced online as an "extraordinary contribution"