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A New Exorcist Movie

A new movie about an exorcist is set to be released in major movie theaters on January 28 titled The Rite. The movie starts none other than Anthony Hopkins. The movie is loosely based on a book by the same title authored by Matt Baglio about a California priest, Fr. Gary Thomas, who goes to Rome to be trained as an exorcist. Fr. Thomas was called upon to help with certain scenes in the movie and he even said the movie was very good and that it was a movie about faith! Read more of this thoughts about the movie from Catholic News Agency. As always with Hollywood productions there are some elements in movies based on true events that are exaggerated for effect - read more on that from Catholic News Service. You can see a trailer below.

 

Pope's New Book

 
Pope Benedict's new book is set to be released on March 15. This book is the second volume of the Jesus of Nazareth series and will cover the period of Our Lord's life from his entry into Jerusalem to his Resurrection. The first volume went from Our Lord's Baptism to His Transfiguration and sold many copies. Rear more about volume 2 here!

Religious Poverty

Take a look at the video below where Poor Clare sisters reflect on the value of evangelical poverty in their lives.

Solemn Profession of a Poor Clare Nun from St. Louis Review on Vimeo.

JPII Beatification

Thanks to a miraculous healing from Parkinson's disease of Sister Marie Simon-Pierre from France, Pope John Paul II is one step closer to sainthood. He will be beatified on May 1 Divine Mercy Sunday! The news has been met with such great joy all over the world - in particular from young people. Read more from Catholic News Service and Fox News. Amazing how quickly his process for canonization is moving! 

Trenton Seminarians

 
The Diocese of Trenton continues to have a large number of men preparing for the priesthood - in fact this year alone 6 men will be ordained transitional deacons and 6 men will be ordained priests. To celebrate National Vocation Week the Monitor did a story on all the good news with the Office of Vocations in this Diocese. This website was highlighted to show how much this site has helped in getting the word out about being a priest in today's world. Take a look at the article here.

PNAC - Rome

 
Daniel Kirk, a seminarian for the Diocese of Trenton, is currently preparing for the priesthood at the Pontifical North American College (PNAC) in Rome. The PNAC is celebrating their 150th anniversary of preparing men for the priesthood and they have their highest enrollment in 40 years! Read a great article about some changes at PNAC and some things that always remain the same here.

Exorcist on Discovery Channel?

 
There were some reports that the Vatican was teaming up with the the Discovery Channel for a program about exorcisms titled the Exorcist Files. It turns out those reports were false according to Fr. Federico Lombardi (Vatican Press Office director). Read more from Catholic News Agency about this.

2011 for the Pope

 

Catholic News Service did a story on what Pope Benedict will be doing throughout 2011 - they highlight some trips he is taking, Masses he is celebrating and addresses/speeches he will be giving. Take a look at some highlights of 2011 for Pope Benedict here. Also in his message for the World Day of Peace Pope Benedict condemed recent attacks on Christians throughout the world and spoke about religious freedom and peace. An excellent message for the world; read it here.