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By: The Catholic Post - June 8, 2023 -
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Pictured is a large card Pope Francis received after being operated on June 7, 2023, at Rome's Gemelli hospital. The card is from the family of Miguel Ángel, an infant the pope had baptized in Gemelli's oncology ward March 31. (CNS photo/Holy See Press Office)
By OSV News ROME (CNS) — Among the many messages Pope Francis has been getting over the course of his first full day recovering from abdominal surgery at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, his favorite, so far, was a large card from a Peruvian family he met during his last hospital stay. Covered in hearts, smiley faces […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 7, 2023 -
Featured Article
Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican Press Office, looks at Dr. Sergio Alfieri, a chief surgeon at Rome's Gemelli's hospital, who operated on Pope Francis June 7, and speaks to reporters at the hospital as seen in this screengrab of the news conference broadcast live by Vatican Media. Alfieri said the pope was recoverying well from a three-hour surgery for a hernia. (CNS screengrab/Courtesy Vatican Media)
By OSV News ROME (CNS) — Pope Francis was conscious and alert after a three-hour abdominal surgery that was performed “without complications” to treat a hernia, the Vatican said. The 86-year-old pope was taken to Rome’s Gemelli hospital shortly after his general audience June 7. He was put under general anesthesia and underwent abdominal surgery […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 3, 2023 -
News Article
(OSV News photo/Cathal McNaughton, Reuters)
In response to continued acts of violence that have resulted in the deaths of people across the country, the National Council of Catholic Women has planned a prayer vigil for June 10-13. The announcement came from Kim Padan of Danville, the NCCW’s spirituality commission chair and past president of the Peoria Diocesan Council of Catholic […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 3, 2023 -
News Article
Father R. Michael Schaab
CHILLICOTHE — To prepare for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, St. Edward Church will have 40 Hours of eucharistic adoration from Wednesday, June 7, through Saturday, June 10. The featured speaker will be Father R. Michael Schaab, a senior priest of the Diocese of Peoria. Adoration is planned for 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 2, 2023 -
Movie Review
Poster from "Spider-man Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures). The OSV News classification is A-III -- adults. (OSV News photo/courtesy Sony Pictures)
After downbeat opening scenes involving a teen angst-ridden Spider-Woman (voice of Hailee Steinfeld), this animated sequel to 2018’s “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” hits its stride with witty dialogue enlivening the further adventures of the Brooklyn-based hero (voice of Shameik Moore) as he tangles with a mutant mad scientist (voice of Jason Schwartzman) whose increasing powers […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 2, 2023 -
Movie Review
Sophie Thatcher stars in a scene from the movie “The Boggeyman.” The OSV News classification is A-III -- adults. (OSV News photo/Patti Perret, 20th Century Studios)
By OSV News Above-average chiller in which a recently widowed and still grieving father (Chris Messina) and his equally bereft daughters (Sophie Thatcher and Vivien Lyra Blair) become the victims of the unwelcome visitor of the title, with predictably unsettling results. Director Rob Savage’s relatively subtle screen version of a 1973 short story by horror-meister […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 2, 2023 -
Movie Review
Scuttle, voiced by Awkwafina, Flounder voiced by Jacob Tremblay, and Halle Bailey as Ariel appear in “The Little Mermaid.” The OSV News classification is A-I -- general patronage. (OSV News photo/Disney)
By OSV News Charming live-action remake of the classic 1989 animated musical derived from Hans Christian Andersen’s 1837 tale centers, as before, on the sea creature of the title (Halle Bailey). When her insatiable curiosity about life on dry land leads her to fall for a human prince (Jonah Hauer-King), the romance causes a conflict […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 2, 2023 -
Movie Review
Helen Mirren, and Vin Diesel star in a scene from the movie “Fast X.” The OSV News classification is A-III -- adults. (OSV News photo/Peter Mountain, Universal Pictures)
By OSV News This 10th direct installment of the action franchise that first put the pedal to the metal in 2001 features some religious symbolism and much rhetoric about the bonds that unite its self-constituted family of car-racers but also incorporates a high quotient of nasty mayhem. As the clan’s patriarch (Vin Diesel) goes up […]
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By: The Catholic Post - June 2, 2023 -
News Article
Due to an mistake on the part of The Catholic Post, the wrong location was listed for the Diocesan Traveling Monstrance on Thursday, June 8. It will not be at Sts. Peter and Paul in Leonore, but at Sts. Peter and Paul in Peterstown. The Catholic Post regrets the error. The special monstrance will also […]
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By: The Catholic Post - May 31, 2023 -
News Article
Sister Mary Louise Hynd, OSF
WEST PEORIA — A Mass of Christian Burial is planned for Friday, June 2, for Sister Mary Louise Hynd, OSF. It will be celebrated by Msgr. Michael Bliss at 9 a.m. in the chapel of Immaculate Conception Convent, 2408 W. Heading Ave. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery, also in West Peoria. A visitation […]
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