January 10, 2017
It’s so easy to be a hypocrite. Most times, all we have to do is open mouth, insert foot. Multi-award-winning, multi-million-dollar actress Meryl Streep, just proved the point. In accepting a Lifetime Achievement award at the Golden Globes Monday night, she couldn’t wait to abuse the honor she’d been bestowed by her peers to rant…
December 27, 2016
Thomas Sowell is one of the most incisive economists of our times and has been a weekly syndicated columnist for over a quarter of a century. This week he bids farewell to his readers to, at age 86, pursue other passions that include
December 17, 2016
DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW’S GRANDSON, LOGAN, 11 YEARS OLD, SUPPOSED TO BE TWELVE NEXT WEEK, IS VERY, VERY ILL, AND MAY NOT MAKE IT THROUGH THE DAY! PLEASE, PLEASE PRAY REAL HARD FOR A MIRACLE HEALING!!! THANK YOU! Mrs. Jacqueline Marie Whittler
November 27, 2016
In the winter months, it would be salutary for people young and old to put down their iPods and other electronic devices and tell each other stories. Any subject will do, and I submit as an example the curious saga of the
November 22, 2016
VENTURA, CA—Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez has appointed Bishop Robert E. Barron to serve on the board of The Institute for Catholic Liberal Education (ICLE), a Ventura-based nonprofit dedicated to serving Catholic educators nationwide through an understanding and appreciation for the riches of authentic Catholic education.
November 9, 2016
In a crushing defeat for pro-abortion advocates, mainstream news reporters and their pollsters, Donald Trump becomes the 45th President of the United States of America, and Michael Pence, the nation’s Vice President-elect. “The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer,” says Trump in his call for
October 25, 2016
Catholic business professionals of the Catholics at Work OC business club in Orange County, California, integrated more than business and faith this month. As part of a membership drive, the innovative club sponsored the an event that included a private screening of the film “Hacksaw Ridge,” a reception hosted by the Orange Catholic Foundation, and a live taping of “Storyented” with EWTN’
October 21, 2016
Amid ongoing WikiLeaks email revelations about such disturbing strategies that include “a Catholic Spring” cleaning, various character short-comings and more, a Catholic priest in Phoenix—Fr. John Lankeit at Sts Simon and Jude Cathedral—cuts through the noise. No names. Just clarity. The most
October 4, 2016
Our faith is based, not on abstract speculation, but on historical events. Christ does not hover around us as a philosophical idea, for he “was made flesh and dwelt among us.” The Church’s feasts are acts of thanksgiving for actions of God that have affected the course of human
September 14, 2016
September 13, 2016
Most of us allow Google to track us nearly 24/7—in our searches, our gmail, and in other ways. We don’t give it much thought, perhaps acknowledging that we don’t care if the auto-bots use the data collected to show us “relevant” ads. Yet a scientific study reveals there could be more than marketing behind Google search algorhythms and manipulations.
September 6, 2016
Women’s rights activist Reggie Littlejohn is known for her fierce work fighting forced abortion and gendercide in China, often through grilling speeches given before the U.S. Congress and the United Nations.
September 1, 2016
Years ago, a gentle-natured, exceptionally intelligent and dry-witted college professor recounted his recent experience on a nearby public golf course. Early in the game, one of his golfing colleagues insisted that each player should be granted a mulligan (a “do-over”) on one score of their choice. Of course the one who suggested the idea had hopes of taking his mulligan on the last hole.
August 22, 2016
As I celebrated The Feast of the Assumption on August 15th of this year, I couldn’t help but be reminded the day was considered a holy day of obligation until a few years ago when the American
August 9, 2016
You know the scout motto, “be prepared” and the sage advice, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” But did you know that one priest in Washington D.C.
August 3, 2016
First announced on December 20, 1985, by then-Pope John Paul II, the first official World Youth Day (WYD) was held in 1986, in Rome. Two successive popes have continued the tradition begun by Saint John Paul II and now, 30 years later, Pope Francis just wrapped up another international WYD, in Krakow, Poland (July 25-31). The next WYD will be in Panama City, Panama, in 2019.
August 2, 2016
Last week two radical ISIS members brutally attacked and murdered Fr. Jacques Hamel, bursting into the Catholic church at Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, forcing a Mass attendee to film their evil deed, as they slit Fr. Hamel’s throat and then took hostages. The shock is still raw. Fr.
July 26, 2016
The Napa Institute’s 2016 array of speakers included Archbishop Bernadito Ausa, the Vatican’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations (UN), who delivered fascinating, insider-information regarding the topic of religion at the UN.
July 16, 2016
A mere 45-seconds——yes, only 45 seconds—of sheer terror on France’s renown beach resort in Nice resulted in 84 dead, including 10 children, according to Paris prosecutor François Molins. Another 202 victims were injured.
July 8, 2016
Stay on top of talks and news from the Napa Institute conference going on July 7-9 with Tweets, photos and links from our on-the-scene reporter Thomas Loarie.