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By: The Catholic Post - May 18, 2018 -
Movie Review
Ryan Reynolds stars in a scene from the movie "Deadpool 2." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Twentieth Century Fox)
By Catholic News Service A second helping of excessively violent action with a side of foul-mouthed sarcasm is on offer in director David Leitch’s follow-up to the 2016 original. This time out, the titular smart aleck (Ryan Reynolds, who also co-wrote the script) teams with a fellow mutant (Zazie Beetz) whose superpower is amazing luck […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 16, 2018 -
Movie Review
Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, Jane Fonda and Mary Steenburgen star in a scene from the movie "Book Club." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Paramount)
By Catholic News Service An ensemble of friends, all ladies of a certain age, find a renewed interest in amour after their book club takes on E.L. James’ sadomasochistic “Fifty Shades” trilogy. Timid recent widow Diane Keaton lets the patronizing attitude of her duo of over-solicitous adult daughters stand in the way of her romance […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 16, 2018 -
Movie Review
Ethan Hawke stars in a scene from the movie "First Reformed." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/courtesy A24)
By Catholic News Service This drama about a Protestant minister (Ethan Hawke) in upstate New York has quite a bit to say about religious belief, environmentalism, grieving, alienation, rage, the power of love and the corruption of religion by money and power. Writer-director Paul Schrader does not condescend to belief, but is interested in launching […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 14, 2018 -
News Article
The Illinois State Capitol in Springfield.
Saying “you cannot teach killing is wrong by killing,” the Catholic Conference of Illinois expressed alarm over Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposal May 14 to reinstate the death penalty in Illinois for mass killers and those who murder law enforcement officers. Gov. Rauner proposed the change as part of his rewrite of a gun control bill. […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 13, 2018 -
Movie Review
documentary, Pope Francis, Wim Wenders
Pope Francis stars in a scene from the documentary "Pope Francis: A Man of His Word." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Focus)
By Catholic News Service Well-crafted, sometimes moving documentary in which the pontiff largely speaks for himself, touching on a wide variety of topics of interest to believers and nonbelievers alike and setting out his vision for the future of the church. Filmmaker Wim Wenders, who also narrates, uses interviews with the pope as well as […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 11, 2018 -
Movie Review
Melissa McCarthy stars in a scene from the movie "Life of the Party." The Catholic News Service classification, A-III -- adults. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service Anemic comedy in which middle-aged mom Melissa McCarthy (who also co-wrote the script) is dumped by her husband (Matt Walsh) in favor of the hard-edged real estate agent (Julie Bowen) with whom he has been having an affair and decides to get a fresh start by returning to the university she […]
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By: Tom Dermody - May 10, 2018 -
Featured Article
Father Carl LoPresti, Father Robert Spilman, Msgr. Ernest Pizzamiglio, Msgr. Paul Showalter, senior status, vicar general
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, has granted senior status to (from left) Msgr. Paul Showalter, Msgr. Ernest Pizzamiglio, Father Carl LoPresti (upper right) and Father Robert Spilman. Msgr. Showalter, who has served as vicar general of the Diocese of Peoria for 14 years, was given the title vicar general emeritus.
Msgr. Paul Showalter, 77, vicar general of the Diocese of Peoria for 14 years and former pastor of parishes in Peoria, Rock Island, and Nauvoo, will move to senior status effective June 13. He has been granted the honorary title of vicar general emeritus by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, “as a sign of my […]
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By: Tom Dermody - May 10, 2018 -
Uncategorized
SPRING VALLEY — Father Robert D. Spilman, 71, who has served in Spring Valley since 2004 and who guided the local Catholic community through the creation of a new parish dedicated to the Nativity of Our Lord five years ago, will transition to senior status on June 13. Father Spilman, whose 22 years of priestly […]
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By: Tom Dermody - May 10, 2018 -
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Galesburg, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Msgr. Ernest Pizzamiglio, senior status
GALESBURG — As Msgr. Ernie Pizzamiglio prepares to move to senior status at age 84 and after 52 years of priestly service, he repeatedly sums up his feelings with one word: Gratitude. That’s not surprising for someone who begins each day with the prayer: “Thank you, God, for this new day. May I glorify you […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - May 10, 2018 -
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Chenoa, Colfax, Father Carl LoPresti, Lexington, senior status
CHENOA — Father Carl LoPresti may be starting life as a senior priest of the Diocese of Peoria on June 13, but he doesn’t consider it to be retirement. “My plans are to live in Fairbury and continue my ministry among the sick, the shut-ins, people in hospitals and nursing homes, and perhaps even expand […]
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