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“Jexi” (Lionsgate)

By: The Catholic Post - October 11, 2019 - Movie Review

Adam DeVine stars in a scene from the movie "Jexi." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/CBS films)

By Catholic News Service Vulgar one-joke comedy about a cellphone-addicted San Francisco internet worker (Adam Devine) whose life is turned upside down when he acquires a new device that comes equipped with the virtual assistant of the title (voice of Rose Byrne), an insulting, domineering personality determined to get him out of his lonely rut. […]

“Gemini Man” (Paramount)

By: The Catholic Post - October 9, 2019 - Movie Review Ang Lee, Clive Owen, Will Smith

Will Smith and Mary Elizabeth Winstead star in a scene from the movie "Gemini Man." 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 Tedious sci-fi action-thriller in which a highly gifted secret-ops sharpshooter (Will Smith) is betrayed by his superiors (most prominently Clive Owen), goes on the lam together with a fellow agent (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) who was originally dispatched to surveil him and, after defeating a number of outclassed pursuers, winds up being […]

Debbie Benz named director of diocesan Office of Development and Stewardship

By: The Catholic Post - October 9, 2019 - News Article

Debbie Benz

Debbie Benz has been appointed director of the Office of Development and Stewardship for the Diocese of Peoria, effective Oct. 1. A native of Champaign, Benz joined the diocesan staff in 2014 as financial operations coordinator. She has been associate director of development for 15 months. “I am delighted to have Debbie take on this […]

The miracle in Bonnie Engstrom’s awe-inspiring “61 minutes” book is (very) local

By: The Catholic Post - October 9, 2019 - Book Review

Reviewed by Nancy Piccione Bonnie Engstrom’s new book is literally awe-inspiring. “61 Minutes to a Miracle: Fulton Sheen and a True Story of the Impossible” is part page-turning medical mystery story; part spiritual memoir, about faith, acceptance, and openness to the Holy Spirit; and part primer on the fascinating process of “saint-making” in the church. […]

A gift from God, faith requires conversion throughout our lives

By: The Catholic Post - October 9, 2019 - Living the Word

Father R. Michael Schaab

By Father R. Michael Schaab Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Oct. 13 2 Kings 5:14-17; Psalm 98:1,2-3,3-4; 2 Timothy 2:8-13; Luke 17:11-19 Both in the Old Testament, as in today’s first reading from the Second Book of Kings, and in the New Testament, as in today’s Gospel reading, those who are healed and respond in faith are […]

“Joker” (Warner Bros.)

By: The Catholic Post - October 8, 2019 - Movie Review

Joaquin Phoenix stars in a scene from the movie "Joker." 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 Origin stories of Batman villains don’t get any darker than this one. Director Todd Phillips and screenwriter Scott Silver turn the cackling maniac into a warped homage to Travis Bickle, the violent anti-hero in 1976’s “Taxi Driver,” and a bit of frustrated stand-up comic Rupert Pupkin in 1983’s “The King of […]

Pope Francis declares a special Sunday each year dedicated to word of God

By: The Catholic Post - September 30, 2019 - Featured Article

A young woman studies the Bible at St. Mary of Celle Parish in Berwyn in this CNS file photo. To help the church grow in love and faithful witness to God, Pope Francis has declared the third Sunday in Ordinary Time to be dedicated to the word of God. (CNS/Karen Callaway)

By Carol Glatz / Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — To help the church grow in love and faithful witness to God, Pope Francis has declared the third Sunday in Ordinary Time to be dedicated to the word of God. Salvation, faith, unity and mercy all depend on knowing Christ and sacred Scripture, he […]

Who is the Lazarus lying at our door? Couldn’t every one of us help someone?

By: The Catholic Post - September 27, 2019 - Living the Word

By Tim Irwin Twenty-Six Sunday in Ordinary Time/Sept. 29 Amos 6:1a,4-7; Psalm 146:7,8-9,9-10; 1 Timothy 6:11-16; Luke 16:19-31 Once again, this week, St. Luke offers yet another teaching concerning God’s love for the outcast, the perils of arrogance, and our critical need for humility. This story features the other Lazarus, not the man from Bethany who […]

“Abominable” (DreamWorks)

By: The Catholic Post - September 25, 2019 - Movie Review animated, Yeti

Animated characters Peng, voiced by Albert Tsai, Everest, Yi, voiced by Chloe Bennet, and Jin, voiced by Tenzing Norgay Trainor, appear in the movie "Abominable." The Catholic News Service classification is A-I -- general patronage. (CNS/Universal)

By Catholic News Service The dreaded Yeti monster — the legendary abominable snowman — becomes a lovable fur ball in this family-friendly animated adventure directed by Todd Wilderman and Jill Culton. A resourceful teenager (voice of Chloe Bennet), aided by two friends (voices of Tenzing Norgay Trainor and Albert Tsai), embarks on an epic adventure […]

“Rambo: Last Blood” (Lionsgate)

By: The Catholic Post - September 20, 2019 - Movie Review Rambo, Sylvester Stallone

Adriana Barraza and Sylvester Stallone star in a scene from the movie "Rambo: Last Blood." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Lionsgate)

By Catholic News Service Bleak, absurdly brutal swan song for the character of the title, first played by Sylvester Stallone in 1982. Working from a script by Stallone and Matthew Cirulnick, director Adrian Grunberg relies on the old trick of setting up easy-to-hate villains, then doling out their presumably just desserts. In this case, it’s […]

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