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By: The Catholic Post - April 5, 2019 -
Movie Review
Amy Seimetz, Jason Clarke, Stephen King
Jete Laurence stars in a scene from the movie "Pet Sematary." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Paramount Pictures)
By Catholic News Service After relocating from Boston to rural Maine, a doctor (Jason Clarke), his wife (Amy Seimetz) and their 9-year-old daughter (Jete Laurence) find themselves living near the burial place of the title beyond which lies a second cemetery of a different kind, one from which the dead can emerge revivified. All this […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 4, 2019 -
Movie Review
David F. Sandberg, DC Comics, Zachary Levi
Jack Dylan Grazer and Zachary Levi star in a scene from the movie "Shazam." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service Endowed by a wizard (Djimon Hounsou) with the ability to transform himself, by dint of the titular exclamation, into a superhero with the body of an adult (Zachary Levi), a 14-year-old foster child (Asher Angel) does battle with a formidable villain (Mark Strong) who wants the lad to surrender his newfound […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 3, 2019 -
Movie Review
Matthias Schoenaerts stars in a scene from the movie "The Mustang." The Catholic News Service classification is A-lll -- adults. (CNS/Focus Features)
By Catholic News Service Director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mona Fastvold and Brock Norman Brock, has tailored this drama around a real-life horse-taming program for inmates operated by the Bureau of Land Management. A prisoner (Matthias Schoenaerts) at Northern Nevada Correctional Center learns to soothe both his own demons and the […]
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By: Tom Dermody - April 2, 2019 -
Featured Article
Bloomington, clothing pantry, food pantry, new site, St. Vincent de Paul Society
Volunteers joined clients outside for prayer before doors opened for the first time April 1 at the new location of the food and clothing pantry operated by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Holy Trinity Conference in Bloomington. The pantries moved into the former Corpus Christi (Holy Trinity) Junior High School near Holy Trinity Church following a six-month renovation. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
BLOOMINGTON — “The communion of saints has got to look an awful lot like this.” So said Deacon Bob Hermes, spiritual adviser to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul’s Holy Trinity Conference, as he looked April 1 at more than 50 volunteers gathered in the main distribution room of the conference’s new food and […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 2, 2019 -
Featured Article
Pope Francis speaks during a gathering with young people and members of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican on Oct. 6, 2018. On April 2, the pope released a new apostolic exhortation, Christus Vivit" ("Christ Lives"), offering his reflections on the synod. (CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters)
By Cindy Wooden / Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The life of a young person and the vocation to which God calls each one is “holy ground” that pastors and parents must respect, nurture and encourage, Pope Francis wrote in a new apostolic exhortation. “Christus Vivit” (“Christ Lives”), the pope’s reflections on the […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 31, 2019 -
Movie Review
Colin Farrell, Danny DeVito, Disney, Michael Keaton, Tim Burton
Colin Farrell, Nico Parker and Finley Hobbins star in a scene from the movie "Dumbo." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Disney)
By Catholic News Service Lush but insubstantial live-action reimagining of the 1941 animated classic, set in 1919, in which the young elephant of the title becomes a pawn in a struggle to profit from the fact that his outsized ears enable him to fly. Out to protect him are a wounded and recently widowed World […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 31, 2019 -
Movie Review
Isla Fisher, Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg
Matthew McConaughey and Snoop Dogg star in a scene from the movie "The Beach Bum." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive.(CNS/Neon)
By Catholic News Service Relentlessly immoral and annoying comedy follows the exploits of a boorish hedonist (Matthew McConaughey) who is also, supposedly, a gifted writer as he pursues a Bohemian lifestyle in the Florida Keys. His rich wife (Isla Fisher) supports his antics even as she carries on an affair with one of his closest […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - March 28, 2019 -
Featured Article
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago gives the opening statement at a press conference hosted by the Catholic Conference of Illinois regarding extreme abortion legislation being considered by the Illinois General Assembly. It was held at the State Capitol in Springfield on March 28 and included (from left) Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, of Peoria; Bishop R. Daniel Conlon of Joliet; Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield; Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford; and Bishop Edward K. Braxton of Belleville. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
SPRINGFIELD — Hoping to avoid the “devastating” impact proposed abortion legislation would have on women and their unborn children, as well as the conscience rights of health care professionals, the bishops of Illinois have called on lawmakers to reject the bills, which have been called “extreme.” “Who lives? Who dies? Who decides? The state and […]
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By: Tom Dermody - March 28, 2019 -
Editorial
Abby Johnson, portrayed by Ashley Bratcher, reacts to what she is seeing on the ultrasound screen while assisting with an abortion in this clip from the movie "Unplanned." The movie will officially be released March 29. (CNS photo/courtesy www.Unplannedfilm.com)
It would be fair to ask why so much of our commentary page is given over to the soon-to-be released film “Unplanned,” the story of Abby Johnson. There are movies released every week, some with religious or even specifically Catholic themes or storylines. We regularly post Catholic News Service movie reviews on our website. Why […]
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By: Tom Dermody - March 28, 2019 -
Featured Article
Bishop Jenky, Leah Darrow, Sister Bernadette, Victoria Kortz, Youth Rally
Following an afternoon of talks, games, adoration, and the sacrament of reconciliation on March 23, participants in the Diocesan Youth Rally make their way from the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria to St. Mary's Cathedral for a closing Mass celebrated by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
Every day presents choices between authentic love and imitation love, and a former fashion model urged 150 teens attending the 2019 Diocesan Youth Rally on March 23 to say “yes” to authentic love. “Too often our world distorts love and says it’s just about this act or this feeling and you can do whatever you […]
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