The poignant dramatization of an earnest, kindhearted small-town banker ... is Capra’s deepest and most artistically satisfying expression of the Catholic faith. The movie opens with prayer ...

So, when vacation Bible school participants were encouraged to pray for the Faith Community Bible congregation and other North America missions, Bethany began to pray in earnest. It was a prayer ...

Meanwhile, burdened by regret, the man narrates first-person chapters to his long ... Now it faded into an earnest expression, as if he were formally asking her to excuse his initial familiarity." ...