The following movie reviews are supplied by Catholic News Service in conjunction with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Office of Film and Broadcasting. For full reviews of these films, as well as earlier releases, visit www.usccb.org/movies This list will be updated regularly, and all reviews are copyright (c) 2010 Catholic News Service/U.S. Conference […]
Continue readingBishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, and others from the Diocese of Peoria will join tens of thousands of pro-lifers from all over the United States in the nation’s capital for events marking the Jan. 22 anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion. The same day the high court ruled […]
Continue readingTo better unify, inform, and inspire Catholics throughout the Diocese of Peoria, as well as adapt to evolving communication technology, The Catholic Post’s annual subscription drive has been redesigned as the “Delivering Unity Campaign.” “The campaign is an historic change in our approach to the award-winning diocesan newspaper that has been a faithful part of […]
Continue readingBy: Sister Rachel Bergschneider, OSB Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jan.239 Isaiah 8:23 — 9:3; Psalm 27:1,4,13-14; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13,17; Matthew 4:12-23 “When you are up to your neck in alligators, it is hard to remember that you were sent there to drain the swamp.” That is probably a feeling many of us encounter in […]
Continue readingThe Jan. 14 announcement that the late Pope John Paul II will be beatified in Rome on May 1 was met with excitement throughout the Diocese of Peoria. “I agree with all the people who call him John Paul the Great,” said Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, in an interview with The Catholic Post this […]
Continue readingCHAMPAIGN — As part of its celebration for the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman, St. John’s Catholic Newman Center on the campus of the University of Illinois will welcome Deacon John Sullivan on Monday, Feb. 7. His talk at 7 p.m. in the Swetland Assembly Rooms at St. John’s will include time for questions […]
Continue readingThe victims of the Tucson shootings, both living and dead, have become nationally recognizable in a way no one should — through a violent act. Because of the repeated showing of their photographs in the media, we now instantly recognize the faces of Gabrielle Giffords, the U.S. Congresswoman from Arizona who miraculously survived the assassination […]
Continue readingNEW LONDON, Conn. (CNS) — Tobias, a new magazine published by Bayard U.S., aims to address the needs of the 27 million single Catholics in the United States. Dubbed “the magazine for single Catholic living,” Tobias will include articles on singles who dare to make a difference, faith at work and personal stories of courtship […]
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Photo Caption: Pope John Paul II is pictured at World Youth Day in Denver in 1993. Pope Benedict XVI approved a miracle attributed to Pope John Paul II’s intercession, clearing the way for his beatification. By: By John Thavis, Catholic News Service Editor’s note: What is your reaction to this news? If your life has […]
Continue readingThe following movie reviews are supplied by Catholic News Service in conjunction with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Office of Film and Broadcasting. For full reviews of these films, as well as earlier releases, visit www.usccb.org/movies This list will be updated regularly, and all reviews are copyright (c) 2010 Catholic News Service/U.S. Conference […]
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