honors late film critic Roger Ebert.
Excerpts from column by Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune reporter, April 8, 2013:
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T)he Rev. Michael Pfleger, (who) ended the service by saying, "The balconies of heaven are filled with angels saying, "Thumbs up."
"The Rev. John F. Costello invoked the film "The Hours" and its observations on lives cut short as he discussed how Ebert, raised Catholic in Urbana, wrestled with "the mystery of faith" not as someone who rejected God but rather someone forever seeking further understanding."
"I wanted to dispel the notion that he was an agnostic," Costello said after the service. "He was a believer."
The gatherers were reminded often of Ebert's love of laughter, but this was a solemn affair, as befitting a 90-minute Catholic mass.
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