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By: The Catholic Post - May 3, 2018 -
Movie Review
Eugenio Derbez Leonardo and Anna Faris star in a scene from the movie "Overboard." Catholic News Service classification, A-III -- adults. (CNS/MGM, Pantelion Films)
By Catholic News Service Director and co-writer Rob Greenberg’s surprisingly buoyant remake of the 1987 romantic comedy offers a fresh take on the original’s zany forgotten-identity plot while also avoiding its frivolous treatment of adultery. The spoiled scion (Eugenio Derbez) of one of Mexico’s richest families whiles away his days on a luxury yacht, awash […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 1, 2018 -
Movie Review
Mackenzie Davis and Charlize Theron star in a scene from the movie "Tully." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Focus Features)
By Catholic News Service Though it winds up strongly affirming marriage and family life, this comedy takes a path to that positive outcome that most viewers may not wish to follow. As a baby present to mark the arrival of her third child, an already overworked and exhausted mother (Charlize Theron) is offered the free […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 1, 2018 -
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Father Steffen, homily, men's march
EDITOR’S NOTE: Following is the full text of the homily given by Father Johnathan Steffen on April 28 at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria following the annual diocesan Men’s March. Father Steffen is pastor of St. Mary Parish in El Paso and a chaplain at the St. John Paul II Catholic Newman Center in Normal. […]
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By: Tom Dermody - May 1, 2018 -
Featured Article
A Call to Catholic Men of Faith, Bishop Jenky, Devin Schadt, Father John Steffen, men's march
Hundreds of Catholic men from throughout the Diocese of Peoria begin the mile-long march through downtown Peoria to St. Mary's Cathedral on April 28 during "A Call to Catholic Men of Faith." (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
Before and after prayerfully walking through the streets of downtown Peoria on April 28, hundreds of Catholic men from across the diocese were urged to turn to St. Joseph “to discover what it means to be a real man, a real father, a real leader.” “We men are called to live his example,” said Devin […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 28, 2018 -
Movie Review
A scene from the animated movie "The Lego Flash Movie." The Catholic News Service classification is A-I -- general patronage. Not otherwise rated. (CNS photo/Warner Brothers)
By Catholic News Service Delightful animated direct-to-video feature in which the speedy superhero of the title (voice of James Arnold Taylor) battles his evil counterpart, Reverse-Flash (voice of Dwight Schultz). Lured into a time loop by his opponent, the crime fighter is forced to relive the same day over and over, an experience that eventually […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 28, 2018 -
Movie Review
Omar Epps and Paula Patton star in a scene from the movie "Traffik." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Codeblack Films)
By Catholic News Service Muddled thriller about an idealistic journalist (Paula Patton) who, while on vacation with her live-in boyfriend (Omar Epps), stumbles across the victim (Dawn Olivieri) of a human trafficking ring (led by Luke Goss) and is soon herself being terrorized by the gangsters. Writer-director Deon Taylor’s ostensibly good intentions about dramatizing a […]
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By: Tom Dermody - April 27, 2018 -
Featured Article
Diocesan Museum, exhibit, Secrets of the Archives, Sister Lea Stefancova
“Secrets of the Archives: Trinkets and Treasures from the Basement” is a newly opened exhibit at the Museums of the Diocese of Peoria, which is observing its 10th anniversary at the Spalding Pastoral Center in Peoria. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
Clean out the basement of a home you’ve lived in for a while and you’ll find as many memories as objects. For an exhibit to mark the 10th anniversary of the Museums of the Diocese of Peoria, planners poked through the diocesan archives in the basement of the Spalding Pastoral Center and found memories — […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 26, 2018 -
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Christina Capecchi
“Twenty Something” column / By Christina Capecchi When Oprah Winfrey was first asked the question, the talk-show queen was left tongue-tied. She was doing a live television interview with the late film critic Gene Siskel to promote her film “Beloved,” and he concluded by asking, “Tell me, what do you know for sure?” “I got […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 26, 2018 -
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Carey Toalson, Father, FSGM, grief, Rock Island, Sister M. Clementia
Sister M. Clementia, FSGM, is pictured with her parents, Brenda and Carey Toalson. Mr. Toalson died suddenly on Feb. 25, 2018, at the age of 62. (Provided photo)
By Sister M. Clementia, FSGM A severe mercy. This is what C.S. Lewis described of death to his friend in the book with the same title. At the mourning of his wife’s untimely death, Sheldon Vanauken was struck by Lewis’ description: A mercy that was as severe as death, a death that was merciful as […]
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By: Tom Dermody - April 25, 2018 -
Featured Article
Planned Parenthood, Vicki Tyler, Women's Choice Center of the Quad Cities
The Women's Choice Center of the Quad Cities, above, a pro-life pregnancy help center opened in 2002 at 2711 Happy Joe Drive in Bettendorf, Iowa, has announced expansion plans that include the purchase of the former Planned Parenthood of the Heartland clinic across the street. Abortion was among the services offered at the Planned Parenthood facility since it opened in 1999 after considerable controversy. (Provided photos)
BETTENDORF, Iowa — “We see this as a redemption project.” Vicki Tyler, executive director of the Women’s Choice Center of the Quad Cities, was speaking about a development announced Monday that the area pro-life community also sees as two decades of prayer answered in a most unlikely way. The Women’s Choice Center, a pro-life pregnancy […]
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