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One night while visiting his mother, a man contends with the nature of faith and family.
In a futuristic world, a human fights heresy on behalf of the Christian church and goes to challenge a new church on a different planet, only to find out from its creators is a giant lie. Though he does his job and destroys the heresy, it destroys his already wavering faith.
A middle-aged Catholic priest, ignorant of his own flaws, struggles with ambition and the judgement of others as he comes to terms with the future that the Church has decided for him.
After discovering the remnants left by an extinct extraterrestrial species, a Jesuit astrophysicist asks the spirit of Father Loyola what there’s left for a Christian like him to believe.
A bitter rivalry between two priests and a cat takes a violent turn as the two men orchestrate the death of the animal - but the unexpected and miraculous consequence of their plot leave them horrified.
A young priest comes down with a debilitating illness when another pastor is sent to join his parish.
A father recounts a story to his son about his past life as a priest.
Jeremiah, an atheist and an in-debt adjunct media studies professor, arrives at his Calvinist in-laws’ for Christmas, where he must deliver the Christmas dinner prayer and mend his strained relationship with his wife.
A young priest who sees the world through rose-colored glasses admires an older woman dedicated to the parish. When she requests that he visit her, his overly optimistic expectations of churchgoers, and his honor of being a young clergyman, are challenged.
When a scientist discovers science-based information that negates his world's established creation myth and belief system, he sends the world into chaos, with some zealots clinging desperately to their dogma, while others attempt to embrace the unknown future.