Father James DeBisschop
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 6, at Sacred Heart Church in Moline for Father James P. DeBisschop, 57, pastor of Mary, Our Lady of Peace Parish in Orion and St. Maria Goretti Parish, Coal Valley. Father DeBisschop died on Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018, following a […]
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Father Richard L. Mullen
CHAMPAIGN — A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 28, at Holy Cross Church here for Father Richard L. Mullen, pastor emeritus of Holy Cross Parish and former associate editor of The Catholic Post. Father Mullen, who was granted senior status in 1997, died on Friday, March 23, […]
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James Faulkner stars as Paul in a scene from in the film "Paul, Apostle of Christ." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS/Sony Pictures)
By Catholic News Service Bible-based drama in which St. Paul (pleasingly sonorous James Faulkner), imprisoned in Rome and facing martyrdom in the wake of that city’s Great Fire of AD 64 — which the Emperor Nero notoriously blamed on the followers of Jesus — is visited by his longtime collaborator and friend St. Luke (Jim […]
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Sherlock Gnomes, voiced by Johnny Depp, center, Gnomeo, voiced by James McAvoy, and Juliet, voiced by Emily Blunt, appear in the animated movie "Sherlock Gnomes." The Catholic News Service classification is A-I -- general patronage. (CNS/Paramount)
By Catholic News Service Busy but flat animated adventure in which the hero (voice of James McAvoy) and heroine (voice of Emily Blunt) of 2011’s “Gnomeo and Juliet” team with the detective of the title (voice of Johnny Depp) and his sidekick, Dr. Watson (voice of Chiwetel Ejiofor), to stop a spate of garden gnome […]
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Bella Thorne and Patrick Schwarzenegger star in a scene from the movie "Midnight Sun." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. (CNS photo/Open Road Films)
By Catholic News Service This remake of the 2006 Japanese film “Song to the Sun” is a sweet, heartfelt movie, directed by Scott Speer, that presents a refreshing view (for Hollywood, that is) of young people who are not behaving badly. A teenager (Bella Thorne) suffers from an incurable disease due to which any exposure […]
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John Boyega and Scott Eastwood star in a scene from the movie "Pacific Rim Uprising." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Universal)
By Catholic News Service Directed and co-written by Steven S. DeKnight, this sequel to 2013’s “Pacific Rim” is a noisy, violent, and utterly ridiculous sci-fi adventure. When a new threat appears from aliens intent on world domination, two hot-shot pilots (John Boyega and Scott Eastwood) must train a group of very green cadets, including a […]
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Claire Foy and Jay Pharoah star in a scene from the movie "Unsane." The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (CNS/Bleecker Street)
By Catholic News Service Suspense drama that demonstrates why the “trapped in a mental asylum” subgenre has become a rarity. A stalking victim (Claire Foy) left with mental health issues by her experience is involuntarily committed by a predatory facility that leeches payments from its captive patients’ insurance companies. Things take an even darker turn […]
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Daniel Bruhl and Rosamund Pike star in a scene from the movie "7 Days in Entebbe." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Focus Features)
By Catholic News Service All the tension of a daring military raid has somehow been drained from this historical drama based on the 1976 hostage rescue in Uganda by Israeli commandos. With a better script and bigger budget, director Jose Padhila and screenwriter Gregory Burke could have made an effective thriller. But neither is in […]
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MENDOTA – A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, March 24, at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Cross Church for Deacon Vincent L. Slomian. Interment will take place in Holy Cross Cemetery with military rites by Mendota VFW Post 4079. Visitation is planned for Friday, March 23, from 2 to 7 p.m. and […]
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Jorge Lendeborg, Nick Robinson, Alexandra Shipp and Katherine Langford star in scene from the movie "Love, Simon." The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. (CNS/Twentieth Century Fox)
By Catholic News Service Good-hearted but morally misguided romantic comedy in which a closeted gay teen (Nick Robinson) strikes up a pseudonymous email exchange with a fellow student from his high school who is in the same situation, and gradually falls for his unidentified correspondent. When a callous classmate (Logan Miller) discovers his secret, and […]
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