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By: The Catholic Post - April 10, 2019 -
News Article
The dome of the Edicule, the traditional site of Jesus' burial and resurrection, is seen after restoration work at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem March 23, 2017. (CNS/Debbie Hill)
Saying “the Christian community in the Holy Land is urgently in need of our help,” Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, has asked for generous donations to a collection to be received during Good Friday liturgies in parishes across the diocese on April 19. “This collection is absolutely vital,” said the bishop in a letter describing […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 10, 2019 -
Living the Word
Father Michael Schaab
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion/April 14 (At the procession with palms) Luke 19:28-40 (At the Mass) Isaiah 50:4-7; Psalm 22:8-9,17-18,19-20,23-24; Philippians 2:6-11; Luke 22:14 — 23:56 There are two Gospels this Sunday. The first is from Luke and is part of the Procession With Palms. As with all familiar Scripture readings, it is easy to […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 5, 2019 -
Movie Review
Ku Klux Klan, Osha Gray Davidson, Sam Rockwell, Taraji P. Henson
Sam Rockwell, Babou Ceesay and Taraji P. Henson star in a scene from the movie "The Best of Enemies." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/STXfilms)
By Catholic News Service Appealing fact-based drama, set in 1971 Durham, North Carolina, in which a no-nonsense civil rights activist (Taraji P. Henson) and the head of the local Ku Klux Klan (Sam Rockwell) are forced to spend time together as leading participants in an arbitration process (steered by Babou Ceesay) deciding the future of […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 5, 2019 -
Movie Review
Amy Seimetz, Jason Clarke, Stephen King
Jete Laurence stars in a scene from the movie "Pet Sematary." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Paramount Pictures)
By Catholic News Service After relocating from Boston to rural Maine, a doctor (Jason Clarke), his wife (Amy Seimetz) and their 9-year-old daughter (Jete Laurence) find themselves living near the burial place of the title beyond which lies a second cemetery of a different kind, one from which the dead can emerge revivified. All this […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 4, 2019 -
Movie Review
David F. Sandberg, DC Comics, Zachary Levi
Jack Dylan Grazer and Zachary Levi star in a scene from the movie "Shazam." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Warner Bros.)
By Catholic News Service Endowed by a wizard (Djimon Hounsou) with the ability to transform himself, by dint of the titular exclamation, into a superhero with the body of an adult (Zachary Levi), a 14-year-old foster child (Asher Angel) does battle with a formidable villain (Mark Strong) who wants the lad to surrender his newfound […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 3, 2019 -
Movie Review
Matthias Schoenaerts stars in a scene from the movie "The Mustang." The Catholic News Service classification is A-lll -- adults. (CNS/Focus Features)
By Catholic News Service Director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mona Fastvold and Brock Norman Brock, has tailored this drama around a real-life horse-taming program for inmates operated by the Bureau of Land Management. A prisoner (Matthias Schoenaerts) at Northern Nevada Correctional Center learns to soothe both his own demons and the […]
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By: The Catholic Post - April 2, 2019 -
Featured Article
Pope Francis speaks during a gathering with young people and members of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican on Oct. 6, 2018. On April 2, the pope released a new apostolic exhortation, Christus Vivit" ("Christ Lives"), offering his reflections on the synod. (CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters)
By Cindy Wooden / Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The life of a young person and the vocation to which God calls each one is “holy ground” that pastors and parents must respect, nurture and encourage, Pope Francis wrote in a new apostolic exhortation. “Christus Vivit” (“Christ Lives”), the pope’s reflections on the […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 31, 2019 -
Movie Review
Colin Farrell, Danny DeVito, Disney, Michael Keaton, Tim Burton
Colin Farrell, Nico Parker and Finley Hobbins star in a scene from the movie "Dumbo." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Disney)
By Catholic News Service Lush but insubstantial live-action reimagining of the 1941 animated classic, set in 1919, in which the young elephant of the title becomes a pawn in a struggle to profit from the fact that his outsized ears enable him to fly. Out to protect him are a wounded and recently widowed World […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 31, 2019 -
Movie Review
Isla Fisher, Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg
Matthew McConaughey and Snoop Dogg star in a scene from the movie "The Beach Bum." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive.(CNS/Neon)
By Catholic News Service Relentlessly immoral and annoying comedy follows the exploits of a boorish hedonist (Matthew McConaughey) who is also, supposedly, a gifted writer as he pursues a Bohemian lifestyle in the Florida Keys. His rich wife (Isla Fisher) supports his antics even as she carries on an affair with one of his closest […]
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By: The Catholic Post - March 28, 2019 -
Uncategorized
Children's ADA, Debbie Benz, Priests pedaling for prayers, vocations
The sight of three bicycling young priests energized school communities around the Diocese of Peoria the last two springs. This year, young Catholics will have a chance to support the Priests Pedaling for Prayers in a new way even before the ride begins. The pedaling priests are one of three vocations programs that will benefit […]
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