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By: The Catholic Post - March 24, 2016 -
Movie Review
Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill star in a scene from the movie "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service The titans of the DC Comics universe battle it out in this follow-up to 2013’s Superman reboot, “Man of Steel,” once again directed by Zack Snyder. The Dark Knight (Ben Affleck) grows to resent the death and destruction wrought as collateral damage in the clash between Krypton’s favorite son (Henry Cavill) […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 24, 2016 -
Movie Review
Jennifer Garner, Queen Latifah and Kylie Rogers star in a scene from the movie "Miracles From Heaven." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS photo/Columbia Pictures)
By Catholic News Service Remarkable fact-based story of a 10-year-old Texas girl (Kylie Rogers) who develops a rare, painful and incurable disease that prevents her body from digesting food. Though her parents (Jennifer Garner and Martin Henderson) are both churchgoers, persistent Mom — after struggling to obtain a correct diagnosis and access to the care […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 24, 2016 -
Movie Review
Shailene Woodley and Andy Bean star in a scene from the movie "The Divergent Series: Allegiant." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Lionsgate)
By Catholic News Service Third time’s not a charm with this ponderous adaptation of the final book of the futuristic trilogy by Veronica Roth, the sequel to “The Divergent Series: Insurgent,” directed by Robert Schwentke. Having brought down the wicked faction system that divided families in post-apocalyptic Chicago, our heroine (Shailene Woodley) and her mentor-lover […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - March 23, 2016 -
Featured Article
Bishop, Chrism, Diocese, Jenky, Mass, Peoria, priests
Priests from throughout the Diocese of Peoria concelebrate the Chrism Mass with Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, at St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria on March 22. (The Catholic Post/Jennifer Willems)
Serving God is no little thing and should fill us with wonder, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, told those who filled St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria for the annual Chrism Mass on March 22. Even so, it is possible to “go through the motions of outward service to God and neighbor without any inward sense […]
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By: Tom Dermody - March 23, 2016 -
News Article
After viewing "The Original Image of Divine Mercy" documentary at St. Jude Parish in Peoria on March 19, more than 250 Catholics had an opportunity to photograph and venerate a six-foot replica and relic of the painting brought to the showing by director Daniel DiSilva. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
The image of Jesus affiliated with Divine Mercy devotion has been reproduced countless times, but there had to be an original. Tracing the remarkable journey of that original painting from its creation based on the visions of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska of Poland in the 1930s to its present location at a shrine in Lithuania […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 23, 2016 -
Living the Word
Easter, Schaab, Scripture
Father R. Michael Schaab
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord/March 27 Acts 10:34a,37-43; Psalm 118:1-2,16-17,22-23; Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8; Sequence: Victimae Paschali Laudes; John 20:1-9 The Church designates the great Feast of Easter as an octave, or eight-day celebration. This means that Easter itself is celebrated as an eight-day-long feast. Every day of the octave is Easter. One indication of this […]
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By: Tom Dermody - March 23, 2016 -
Editorial
men, Pew, religious, Women
Women, especially among Christians around the world, generally are more devout than men by several standard measures, according to a Pew Research Center report released Tuesday. In the United States in particular, women of all religions are more likely than men to say they pray daily (64 percent to 47 percent); attend religious services at […]
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By: Jennifer Willems - March 23, 2016 -
Featured Article, News Article
Brittney, Crossroads, Morales, Peoria, Philomena, Pro-life, walk
Brittney Morales of St. Philomena Parish in Peoria shows the southern route across the United States she will walk this summer as part of the Crossroads pro-life mission. (Provided photo)
At 28, Brittney Morales knows that people her age are targeted by a culture that promotes a contraceptive mentality and casual attitude toward abortion. She is committed to fighting that, even if it means walking 3,000 miles this summer to prove it. Morales, an active member of the young adult group at St. Philomena Parish […]
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By: Tom Dermody - March 23, 2016 -
News Article
accident, Father, Nativity, Spilman, Spring Valley
Father Robert Spilman
Father Robert Spilman, pastor of Nativity of Our Lord Parish in Spring Valley, remained in critical condition at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria on Tuesday after sustaining injuries in a two-vehicle accident on March 17 on U.S. 6 east of Princeton. A prayer service for his recovery took place after 6:30 p.m. Stations […]
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By: Tom Dermody - March 17, 2016 -
Featured Article
cathedral, Irish, Jenky, Peoria, St. Patrick
Students from Peoria Notre Dame High School carry a relic of St. Patrick into St. Mary's Cathedral at the start of the annual St. Patrick's Day Mass celebrated by Bishop Jenky. Truman Ralph is in the foreground, Andrew Winschel is to his left, Luke Shadid is in back and hidden in back is Luc Jackson. (The Catholic Post/Tom Dermody)
St. Patrick’s Day is “a festival of faith,” Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, reminded hundreds of Catholics who began the feast by joining him for an 8 a.m. Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria. “It is a day when we remember and give thanks for a heroic missionary and for Catholic tradition in Ireland,” […]
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