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PBS "Religion & Ethics Newsweekly", 11 min.

Credit: DP

Correspondent Judy Valente explores the life of Thomas Merton, a best-selling author and one of the most influential spiritual thinkers of the 20th Century. This piece was shot on location at the Abbey of Gesthsemani, near Bardstown, Kentucky, and in the Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University in Louisville.