In 1851, Bishop Latour and Father Valliant strive to revive Catholicism in New Mexico, facing harsh landscapes and personal struggles over decades.
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In 1851, Bishop Latour and Father Valliant strive to revive Catholicism in New Mexico, facing harsh landscapes and personal struggles over decades.
In 1851 French Bishop Latour and his friend Father Valliant are dispatched to New Mexico to reawaken its slumbering Catholicism. Moving along the endless prairies, Latour spreads his faith the only way he knows-- gently, although he must contend with the unforgiving landscape, derelict and sometimes openly rebellious priests, and his own loneliness. Over nearly 40 years, they leave converts and enemies, crosses, and occasionally ecstasy in their wake. But it takes a death for them to make their ...
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Minor references to hardship and death; no graphic depictions.
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Central focus on Catholicism, clergy, rituals, and conversion efforts.
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Minor cultural commentary on faith and colonization.
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Brief mentions of hardship and systemic struggles in frontier life.
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