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White Pope vs Black RobeBack in the early days of films and television, a common convention used in American Westerns to distinguish good guys from bad guys was by the color of their cowboy hats and clothing: the good guys wore white and the bad guys wore black. This practice was followed in other genres of the film industry as well. Notable examples of evil figures in black include the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, the cartoon character Snidely Whiplash with his black hat, and the evil lord Darth Vader in Star Wars.But the use...

SERMON for the Feast of Saint Pius V, the Great Reformer - Fr. Cipolla Sermon for the Feast of St. Pius V Preached at the Lepanto Youth Rally Waterbury, Connecticut 5 May, 2018 There is a church in Rome not too far from the train station, Termini. Its exterior looks like many churches in Rome, white marble, baroque style.  The fame of this church is not because of its rather over the top late baroque interior that leaves nothing to the imagination.  It is famous because of the statue in one of its side chapels of St Teresa of Avila...