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Sydney Sweeney accidentally got fake blood in her eyes while filming one of the most gruesome scenes. “We wanted to do everything practically,” Mohan told Indiwire, revealing that the incident took place on the final day on set.“The biggest challenge was on the last take,” the director told the outlet.

took to X ahead of the Golden Globes Sunday evening to criticize the film and scold the actors who starred in it.“Just made the huge mistake of watching the much-celebrated “Conclave” & it is the most disgusting anti-Catholic film I have seen in a long time,” the media personality said. “Shame on Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci & John Lithgow for starring in it & shame on director Edward Berger (among others). ‘Spoiler:’ They make THE POPE INTERSEX!”“There are almost no redeeming characters in the movie – every cardinal is morally bankrupt/repulsive,” she went on.

to offer limited blessings to individuals in same-sex relationships, Burch appeared on the right-wing channel Newsmax and blasted him for creating “massive confusion” within the Catholic Church — which officially opposes and prohibits marriages between same-sex individuals.Burch also said that Francis would not be in office much longer and that the next pope must “clarify” the church’s stance on human sexuality.Burch has accused Francis of demonstrating a “pattern of vindictiveness” in governing the Church after the pontiff removed more conservative cardinals and bishops who had been critical of his leadership.He has also claimed that Francis’ more liberal worldview has offended and chased away devout Catholics, leading them to seek spiritual guidance outside the Church, as reported by the arch-conservative Christian publication The Stream.As evidence, Burch cited a 2015 remark by the pontiff that good Catholics need not breed “like rabbits,” which social conservatives and defenders of pro-natalist political positions saw as an attack on both traditionalists who favor large families and the Church’s stated policy opposing the use of contraception. Burch has expressed views critical of unfettered immigration that place him in good stead with Trump, criticizing some Catholic Church-affiliated agencies or charities for allegedly coordinating with the Biden administration.“American Catholics deserve to know the full extent of the U.S.

the pope movie “Conclave,” in theaters Friday, and wanted to spend time with the real deal.Head-first Fiennes went a bit further than that.“I get a text from Ralph, who had met a cardinal, and the cardinal had invited him to his chambers,” Oscar-winning director Edward Berger told The Post. “On the bed in his chamber was laid out the cardinal robe,” Berger continued, “and then Ralph sent me a [photo] of him … in those robes, in the real robes, with a beaming smile … so proud.”There was a problem, however, because Berger, who directed Best International Feature winner “All Quiet on the Western Front,” was going in a different direction with the official’s outfits.“The costume designer and I knew that we don’t love the way the present-day cardinal robes look,” he said.

John Patrick Shanley likes to run ideas past the people who populated his youth growing up in the Bronx.But one of his regular helpers isn’t even human.“I definitely confer with Bugs Bunny,” the Tony Award and Oscar winner told The Post.Shanley, 73, thinks the tricky rabbit exemplifies New York attitude.“He has a certain ironic thing that he brings to the most exciting or calamitous situation,” he said. “And he tends to find a way to enjoy whatever’s going on, even if it’s Yosemite Sam trying to blow his head off.”Like Bugs, Shanley is certainly loving the moment right now — he has an impressive trio of plays onstage in NYC this year.“It just happened,” Shanley said with a touch of disbelief.

Super Bowl LVIII commercial for the Catholic app Hallow.“God, we take this moment just to give You thanks,” Walhberg’s voice said in a teaser for the spot, in which he appeared with Roumie, who plays Jesus Christ in the Biblical series “The Chosen.”Then, a message flashed on the screen: “For the first time ever, join over 100 million people in prayer during Super Bowl LVIII.”The Hallow app, according to the company, offers prayer-on-the-go and provides users with the opportunity to personalize their prayer experience with a custom-tailored daily prayer routine, according to People.Users can also “connect with friends and family” and build “custom family groups” on Hallow, according to the report.“The goal at Hallow has always been to reach out to as many folks as possible, both those who take their faith seriously and especially those who might have fallen away, and invite them deeper into a relationship with God,” said Alex Jones, Hallow co-founder and CEO, in a press release touting its Super Bowl LVIII commercial.“When we learned about the timing of the Big Game this year, we couldn’t have been more excited to work with Mark and Jonathan to use it as an opportunity to invite millions into prayer.”According to Hallow, the app has more than 10,000 sessions including a Daily Rosary, Daily Gospel, Daily Saint, Novenas, Examens, Father Mike Schmitz’s Bible in a Year, The Chosen’s Jonathan Roumie’s audio Bible, Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons, peaceful Christian music and Gregorian chant.It launched in December 2018 and has been downloaded 10 million times and used to pray over 300 million times across 150-plus countries.Wahlberg told “The Today Show” in February 2023, during Lent on Ash Wednesday, that he tries to “balance”

awards season, beleaguered actor Shia LaBeouf was some 120 miles from the glitz and glamour, quietly receiving a religious sacrament.The 37-year-old “Transformers” star was officially confirmed into the Catholic Church during mass at Old Mission Santa Inés Parish in Solvang, California.“We made sure only a few people knew about it,” Brother Alex Rodriquez, LaBeouf’s confirmation sponsor and friend, told The Post of the ceremony. “We didn’t want any press or anything that would disrupt the service.

the Catholic News Agency reported that the former “Even Stevens” child star was confirmed on Sunday by Bishop Robert Barron — of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona-Rochester in Minnesota — in a ceremony at Old Mission Santa Inés Parish in Solvang, California.“We are thrilled to share that our dear friend Shia LaBeouf has fully entered the church this past weekend through the sacrament of confirmation,” the Western chapter of the Capuchin Franciscans said in a statement posted to Facebook.LaBeouf’s confirmation sponsor, Capuchin Alexander Rodriguez, told the Catholic News Agency that the “Transformers” star wants to become a deacon “sometime in the future.”“He just spontaneously said, ‘I want to become a deacon,’ and he still feels that way,” Rodriguez said.Unlike priests, deacons can be married — however, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, if LaBeouf were to become a deacon while he is not married, then he may need to remain celibate. According to LA Catholics, “at the Mass, the deacon proclaims the Gospel, may be invited to preach the homily, and assists at the altar.

told The Guardian. “I stripped the song away to just Sinéad’s voice and then let the full power come in for the second half.”Holmes continued: “It’s incredible how the meaning of the song came together with this story It was just meant to be.

A Catholic school outside of Kansas City, Missouri, has expelled a straight-A student after his mother opposed the school’s LGBTQ book ban. As first reported by the Kansas City Star, St.

waters where many have claimed to be healed ever since the Virgin Mary was said to have appeared there in the 19th century. While he was not physically rehabilitated, he did emerge with an overwhelming sense of peace — and renewed conviction in his faith. “He wrote about it personally.

A Catholic Church in the United Kingdom has banned an award-winning gay author from visiting and speaking at two schools near London. The Archdiocese of Southwark cancelled the talks by young adult fiction writer Simon James Green at the two schools. Green was scheduled to speak at The John Fisher School in Purley, South London on March 7 and at St John’s Primary School in Gravesend, Kent on March 9.

Deutsche Welle reports.The OutInChurch initiative, which launched on Instagram last week, has launched a Change.org petition celebrating the diversity of its members and offering a number of ways the Catholic Church can modernize its approach to LGBTQ Catholics.“Our group is diverse. It includes people who in the past have courageously and often single-handedly dared to come out in an ecclesiastical context,” the petition states.“But it also includes people who have only now decided to take this step and those who cannot or do not want to take this step for various reasons.

Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks in New York City, where 2,977 people lost their lives. Amongst the many heroes was the Brooklyn-born priest, Mychal Judge, who also happened to be the first recorded victim of 9/11. Judge worked with helping vulnerable people, but also served as chaplain of the New York Fire Department.