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By: The Catholic Post - April 21, 2017 -
Movie Review
Charlotte Le Bon and Christian Bale star in a scene from the movie "The Promise." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Open Road Films)
By Catholic News Service The relatively little-known 1915-22 genocide of the Armenian people by the Ottoman Turks is brought into sharp focus in this epic drama. Director and co-writer (with Robin Swicord) Terry George melds an important history lesson with a tender love story. In 1914 Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), an idealistic medical student (Oscar Isaac) falls […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 21, 2017 -
Movie Review
Katherine Heigl and Geoff Stults star in a scene from the movie "Unforgettable." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service Feverish domestic drama in which an obsessive ex-wife (Katherine Heigl) conspires against her former husband’s (Geoff Stults) fiancee (Rosario Dawson), eventually framing her rival for murder. Director Denise Di Novi keeps the pot boiling but, together with screenwriter Christina Hodson, throws in some unsavory and gratuitous ingredients that limit the appeal […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 21, 2017 -
Movie Review
Brie Larson and Sharlto Copley star in a scene from the movie "Free Fire." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/courtesy of A24)
By Catholic News Service The premise of this action comedy is that a single extended gunfight can sustain an entire film, provided the participants in the showdown keep making incongruously funny and mordant remarks. The setup involves a deal to buy assault rifles that quickly goes bad. So the two sides — represented, most prominently, […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 21, 2017 -
News Article, World/National News
abortion, Cupich, Rauner
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago is seen in Chicago April 4. He praised Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner for his promise to veto a bill that would use public funds for abortion. (CNS/Karen Callaway)
By Catholic News Service CHICAGO (CNS) — Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich said Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has taken a “principled stand” by promising to veto a bill to allow taxpayer money to pay for elective abortions for Medicaid recipients and state employees. Under the bill pending in the state General Assembly, the public money […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - April 21, 2017 -
Featured Article
baptism, Easter Vigil, Father Laible, Lincoln, Matthew Bidwell
After years of searching for answers, Matt Bidwell's journey of faith brought him to the font at Holy Family Church in Lincoln, where he was baptized by Father Jeffrey Laible at the Easter Vigil on April 15. His son Roman, who was baptized next, looks on at right. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
LINCOLN — Matthew Bidwell finds it difficult to talk about himself, but there was no need for words after his baptism during the Easter Vigil at Holy Family Church last Saturday night. The smile on his face said it all. It soon communicated itself to his son Roman, who was the next to have holy […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 20, 2017 -
Movie Review
Mckenna Grace and Chris Evans star in a scene from the movie "Gifted." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults.
By Catholic News Service A 7-year-old math prodigy (McKenna Grace) gets caught up in a custody battle between the easygoing uncle (Chris Evans) by whom she has been raised since her mother committed suicide during her infancy and her hard-driving grandmother (Lindsay Duncan). At issue is the degree to which she should forsake a normal […]
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By: Tom Dermody - April 20, 2017 -
Uncategorized
In preparation for a planned flight of honor to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and to recognize their service, names of Vietnam (or Vietnam era) veterans from the former Spalding Institue, Bergan High School, or the Academy of Our Lady (all in Peoria) are being sought. See related story. Following is the list […]
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By: Tom Dermody - April 20, 2017 -
Featured Article
canonization, Masses, prayers, Sheen
A grass-roots effort calling on Catholic churches around the world to celebrate a special Mass on the May 8 birthday of the late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen could see its goal of 1,000 Masses soon reached. As of April 13, close to 900 churches had pledged to celebrate a Mass in memory of the Diocese […]
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By: Tom Dermody - April 20, 2017 -
News Article
Anton, Bergan, Brophy, LaHood, Spalding, Ten on the Wall, Vietnam
The names of nine Spalding Institute and one Bergan High School alumni on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., are recreated in this graphic promoting a planned flight of honor to the memorial. (Provided graphic)
Are you a graduate of the former Spalding Institute, Bergan High School, or the Academy of Our Lady in Peoria who served in Vietnam or were in the military during the Vietnam War era? Do you know of someone from those schools who did serve in Vietnam? Would you like to be part of a […]
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By: Tom Dermody - April 19, 2017 -
Editorial
This spring, hundreds of young Catholics in the Diocese of Peoria will receive their First Communion or the sacrament of confirmation. Along with the promises of faith they have made or will make to Jesus, we invite the young people to make another: Promise Jesus you will never engage in bullying. Our invitation is not […]
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