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By: The Catholic Post - May 3, 2019 -
Movie Review
Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen
Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen star in a scene from the movie "Long Shot." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive.(CNS/Lionsgate)
By Catholic News Service Tasteless romantic comedy in which an out-of-work reporter (Seth Rogen) chances to reconnect with his former babysitter (Charlize Theron) who has since become the U.S. secretary of state and a presidential aspirant. She hires him as a speechwriter and the two fall for each other. Though the relationship is cheered on […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 3, 2019 -
Movie Review
By Catholic News Service A masked vigilante prowls the dark, mean streets of the inner city, fighting crime and defending the defenseless in this first superhero film with an all-Hispanic cast, directed and co-written by Ben Hernandez Bray. A police detective (Raul Castillo), investigating a massacre carried out by the head (Sal Lopez) of a […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 3, 2019 -
Movie Review
Dennis Quaid, Deon Taylor, Meaghan Good, Michael Ealy
Michael Ealy, Meagan Good and Dennis Quaid star in a scene from "The Intruder." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive.
By Catholic News Service A routine thriller for most of its running time, director Deon Taylor’s film becomes increasingly trashy before ending with the justification of a profoundly immoral act in which viewers are meant to revel. A prosperous San Francisco couple (Michael Ealy and Meagan Good) plan to move to the Napa Valley and […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 2, 2019 -
News Article
Alleman, CSV, Father Robert Bolser, Rantoul, Viatorian
Father Robert Bolser, CSV
HENDERSON, Nevada — A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, May 4, at St. Thomas More Church here for Father Robert T. Bolser, CSV, a native of Rantoul who taught at Alleman High School in Rock Island from 1976 to 1983. Father Bolser died on April 28 at Nathan Adelson Hospice in […]
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By: Tom Dermody - May 1, 2019 -
Featured Article
Delavan, Farmer City, OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital of Illinois, Tom Brewer, Tremont, WALK4CHOI
Tom Brewer of Tremont, right, walks along U.S. Highway 150 as he, accompanied by Julie and Matt Hohulin, approach Farmer City on April 30. Brewer is walking a 132-mile route from Danville to Peoria to raise money for OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital of Illinois. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
As Tom Brewer checked various life adventures and experiences off his bucket list, the retired engineer from St. Mary Parish in Delavan reached for a new bucket to fill with gratitude and ways to pay his blessings forward. And so this week Brewer, 73 — who has hiked the Appalachian Trail, climbed Mount Everest to […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 1, 2019 -
Movie Review
animated musical, Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Pitbull, Wanda Sykes
Tuesday, voiced by Bebe Rexha, Kitty, voiced by Charli XCX, and Lydia, voiced by Lizzo, appear in the animated movie "UglyDolls." The Catholic News Service classification is A-I -- general patronage. (CNS/STXfilms)
By Catholic News Service Based on the eponymous line of plush toys, this animated musical offers a worthy lesson for children about the need to look beyond superficial appearances for true beauty and goodness. Rejects from the toy factory live together in a harmonious society led by a cheery mayor (voice of Blake Shelton). One […]
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By: Tom Dermody - April 29, 2019 -
Featured Article
2019, A Call to Catholic Men of Faith, Father Lee Brokaw, Father Matthew Deptula, men's march
A scene from the 2019 "A Call to Catholic Men of Faith." All men of the diocese are invited to take part in the 2022 Men's March and Mass in Peoria on Saturday morning, April 30. (The Catholic Post file photo/Tom Dermody)
Hundreds of Catholic men from throughout the Diocese of Peoria were challenged to be “companions of Jesus Christ” and servant-leaders in their families, parishes and workplaces at the 16th annual “A Call to Catholic Men of Faith” on April 27. “Whether somebody invited you here, or if you came on your own, God wants you […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 26, 2019 -
Movie Review
Ant Man, Black Widow, Captain America, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, Thor
Chris Hemsworth stars in a scene from the movie "Avengers: Endgame." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Disney)
By Catholic News Service Primarily set five years after a cosmic villain (Josh Brolin) used a set of energy-endowed gems to wipe out half of all the living creatures in the universe, this sweeping Marvel Comics-based epic charts the efforts of the titular ensemble to harness time travel via Ant Man’s (Paul Rudd) quantum realm […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 26, 2019 -
Movie Review
Elle Fanning, Max Minghella, Zlatko Buric
Elle Fanning and Rebecca Hall star in a scene from the movie "Teen Spirit." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/LD Entertainment | Bleecker Street)
By Catholic News Service Elle Fanning is a 17-year-old Polish immigrant farm girl living on Britain’s Isle of Wight who enters a TV singing competition with the attendant complications involved in discovering her inner strengths. Writer-director Max Minghella has filled the story with pop songs old and new and keeps the plot predictable but not […]
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By: Tom Dermody - April 26, 2019 -
News Article
abortion, Bloomington, candlelight, Planned Parenthood
Deacon Michael An of Epiphany Parish in Normal blesses about 100 people who had just completed a candlelight prayer vigil on the evening of April 13 on the sidewalk outside Planned Parenthood's Bloomington Health Center. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
BLOOMINGTON — Stephanie Adams saw the movie “Unplanned” and felt a call to do something to support the pro-life effort. “The Holy Spirit took over my heart,” said Adams, who is active in “Alpha,” an evangelization outreach at the Bloomington-Normal Catholic parishes. When Adams learned shortly after seeing the movie that a Protest Planned Parenthood […]
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