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By: The Catholic Post - April 21, 2018 -
Movie Review
Ekaterina Samsonov and Joaquin Phoenix star in a scene from the movie "You Were Never Really Here." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Amazon Studios)
By Catholic News Service Writer-director Lynne Ramsay’s adaptation of the Jonathan Ames novella about a stressed-out, self-loathing hitman (Joaquin Phoenix) gets lost in a quagmire of immorality. Hired by a New York state senator (Alex Manette) whose 13-year-old daughter (Ekaterina Samsonov) is being held captive in a brothel of underage girls, the assassin sets out […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 21, 2018 -
Movie Review
Amy Schumer stars in a scene from the movie "I Feel Pretty." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/STXfilms)
By Catholic News Service A thump to the head during a Soul Cycle workout gives a young, ambitious but out-of-shape woman (Amy Schumer) the illusion that she is suddenly slim and beautiful, and this supercharges her self-confidence, transforming her failing romantic life as well as her career at a cosmetics firm (led by Lauren Hutton […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 17, 2018 -
Movie Review
documentary, exorcist, Father Gabriele Amorth
Pauline Father Gabriele Amorth performs an exorcism on Christina in the documentary "The Devil and Father Amorth." (CNS/LD Entertainment)
By Catholic News Service William Friedkin, director of 1973’s “The Exorcist,” helmed and narrates this brief, mostly straightforward documentary about demonic possession. He follows the case of an Italian woman who was ministered to by Pauline Father Gabriele Amorth, chief exorcist of the Diocese of Rome from 1986 until his death in 2016, aged 91. […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 13, 2018 -
Movie Review
Rosamund Pike, Jon Hamm and Dean Norris star in a scene from the movie "Beirut." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Bleecker Street)
By Catholic News Service Every word matters in this espionage thriller set in 1982 during the civil war in Lebanon. A U.S. negotiator (Jon Hamm) struggles with his emotional demons and a great deal of alcohol as he attempts to free an American hostage (Mark Pellegrino) held by Palestinian terrorists (including Idir Chender). A CIA […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 13, 2018 -
Movie Review
Dwayne Johnson and Jason Lilies (as George the Gorilla) star in a scene from the movie "Rampage." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service Entertaining bit of outsized nonsense combining 1970s-style disaster movie spectacle with the even older altered-animal trope that gave the world Godzilla, and derived in part from the video arcade game of the same title. When a space station is destroyed, the DNA-changing chemical an evil corporation (led by Malin Akerman and […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 13, 2018 -
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Father James DeBisschop
EDITOR’S NOTE: Following is the homily from the April 6 funeral Mass for Father James DeBisschop. (Read his obituary here.) The Mass was celebrated at Sacred Heart Church in Moline and the homilist was Father Mark DeSutter, pastor. — Christians believe that Jesus is the template of our lives. Also, we feel that when people […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 13, 2018 -
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Father Richard L. Mullen
EDITOR’S NOTE: Following is the homily from the March 28 funeral Mass for Father Richard Mullen, a senior priest of the Diocese of Peoria. (Read his obituary here.) The funeral was celebrated at Holy Cross Church in Champaign, and the homilist was Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC. — The early Christians called themselves “The Living.” […]
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By: Tom Dermody - April 13, 2018 -
Featured Article
Annual Diocesan Appeal, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, Deacon Tony Nickrent, Dr. Sharon Weiss, Maddie Mangieri, Sister Isabel, Sister Silvia
The Annual Diocesan Appeal opens in parishes across the Diocese of Peoria this weekend, inviting Catholics to serve Christ by sharing their gifts “to enable the church to do what is called to do.” “It is religious truth that by giving we receive,” says Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, in a nine-minute video to be […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 13, 2018 -
News Article
Bingo, Sherman's, The Catholic Post
All paid subscribers to The Catholic Post receive a unique card in the first-ever, diocese-wide Bingo game. A new number will be revealed in each issue, and the winner will receive a $5,000 shopping spree from Sherman's.
The largest and longest game of Bingo in the history of the Diocese of Peoria is under way. Thousands are already playing, but there’s still room for you and your household to join the fun — and, more importantly, be an informed Catholic throughout 2018 The prize for the Bingo winner? A $5,000 furniture shopping […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 12, 2018 -
Movie Review
Tyler Posey and Violett Bean star in a scene from the movie "Blumhouse's Truth or Dare." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS photo/Universal)
By Catholic News Service Rather than chilling viewers, director and co-writer Jeff Wadlow’s thriller merely succeeds in endangering its cast via a supernatural version of the titular game from which there is no apparent escape. While visiting Mexico for spring break, a group of friends (most prominently Lucy Hale, Tyler Posey and Violett Beane) becomes […]
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