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Documentary filmmaker Martin Doblmeier, known for his Public Television specials on Dietrich Bonhoffer, Reinhold Niebuhr and Howard Thurman, decided Catholic social activist Dorothy Day would be a great subject for his new documentary which begins […]

NEWS STORY
RNS-Day-Documentary: Dorothy Day defied definition. Now the would-be saint is the subject of a new film.
(RNS) — Documentary filmmaker Martin Doblmeier, known for his Public Television specials on Dietrich Bonhoffer, Reinhold Niebuhr and Howard Thurman, decided Catholic social activist Dorothy Day would be a great subject for his new documentary which begins airing on PBS stations on Friday (March 6). A Q&A with Doblmeier. By Yonat Shimron. 1,500 words. (category: a)

COMMENTARY
RNS-Aten-Oped: How we respond to epidemics like coronavirus may depend on how we practice our faith
(RNS) — Research into how people of faith respond to disasters suggests that faith leaders’ can best prepare for the spread of coronavirus by calling on their flocks to practice “intrinsic religion.” By Jamie Aten. 800 words. (category: k)