Court Rules Against Faith in Public Square, in Its Latest Anti-Constitutional Ruling Against EWTN and HHS Mandates
.- In a 2-1 decision delivered Feb. 18, the 11th Circuit U.S.
Latest Ruling for Kentucky Printer
In the fight for religious freedom in this country, business owners that hold opposing views are nonetheless beginning to recognize that taking away freedom from one group means taking it away from all groups. Consider, for example, the issue of homosexual “rights” vs.
Catholic Business Owners Alert: LGBT Activists at the Clinton Global Initiative Have Big Plans for You
Now that the U.S.
With Same Sex Marriage, What Happens to the Rights of Children?
Prior to the Supreme Court’s decision on same-sex marriage, the court heard testimony from adult children who grew up in same-sex relationship households. The Washington Post ran a piece about this just before the SCOTUS ruling.
Knights of Columbus Launch Major New Charity
Having already donated more than $3 million in humanitarian aid to persecuted Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East, the Knights of Columbus will expand its efforts even further with a national campaign to raise funds and foster awareness of the terrible suffering of Christians and others in the Middle East.
The Inhumanity of Marrying Up
Why is it that we continue to refer to “marrying up” in predominantly socioeconomic terms, as if we’ve just signed a contract for a kitchen renovation instead of a nuptial covenant between two loving persons?
The oft-discussed idea of “marrying up” pervades online journalism, from a New York Times piece by Stephanie Coontz, “The M.R.S. and the Ph.D.” to Kate Bolic’s piece in The Atlantic about the “radically shrinking pool of
America Quiet on the Execution of Afghan Christian Said Musa
Hudson Institute — A terrible drama is unfolding in Afghanistan: There are reports that Said Musa, whose situation I described at Christmas, will soon be executed for the ‘crime’ of choosing to become a Christian. (For background, see here.) Musa was one of about 25 Christians arrested on May 31, 2010, after a May 27 Noorin…
Nearly 100 Catholic business professionals make Consecration New Year’s Day!
Nearly 100 Catholic business professionals, from all across the U.S. and several from Canada, made St. Louis de Montfort’s Consecration to Jesus through Mary on the Feast of the Solemnity of Mary, January 1, 2010. Imagine how these individuals will impact their workplace, companies, families, and their other spheres of influence over the course of…
The Principles of Microfinance: Changing, Saving lives!
by Marc D’Silva Empowering Women through Microfinance One Billion People Struggle to Survive on Less than a Dollar a Day Imagine trying to get through the day without spending more than one dollar. No latte. No newspaper. No taxi. Most of us living in the United States will never have to face such a daunting…
Saint Padre Pio on The Immaculate Conception
The Three Divine Persons imbue this sublime creature with all her privileges, her favors, and her graces, and with all of her holiness. The Eternal Father created her pure and immaculate and is well pleased in her for she is the worthy dwelling of his only Son. Through the generating of his Son in his…
Religious sisters to distribute Christmas parcels in impoverished northern Iraq
Unbeknownst to many it seems, there are less than 420,000 Chaldean Catholics in Iraq, which equals 1.7 percent of Iraq’s total population. The Church in Iraq has suffered greatly at the hands of radical Islamic violence including the murder of priests such as Father Ragheed Aziz Ganni and two subdeacons on June 3, 2007 and…
Powerful Reality & Prayers: The Holy Souls in Purgatory!
November 2, All Souls Day, the one day in the calendar year that we Catholics pay special attention to critical need to pray for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. On this day, all Masses are offered for the Holy Souls in Purgatory, and it remains a Holy Day of Obligation. To supplement what we hear…
Breaking News: Rome Opens Door to Anglicans
In an unprecedented and carefully coordinated simultaneously timed announcement from both Rome and London, the Vatican opened its doors in a wide embrace of Anglican laity, priests and bishops who wish to enter into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church. The official release from the Vatican, with Catholic Business Journal editorial highlights and subheads…
Catholics for the Common Good Organization Laments CA Governor Latest Undermining of Marriage
CA Governor Signs Bill Recognizing Out-of-State Same Sex “Marriages” by Bill May Late Sunday night, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger further undermined marriage and the family in California by signing SB 54, a bill to recognize same-sex “marriages” in California that were performed in other states or countries. With the Governor’s signature, out-of-state same-sex “marriages” performed prior…
Saints “Go Against the Flow”
Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a saint? Yes, following whatever Our Lord invites us to embrace, of course. But doesn’t it often seem like the most reasonable course of action, especially in controversial situations, is the “middle road?” But, who defines the “middle”—is it culture? peers? media? Pope Benedict XVI culls…
Five New Saints Canonized!
From the Vatican: VATICAN CITY(VIS)—At 10 a.m. today the Holy Father celebrated the Eucharist in the Vatican Basilica. During the ceremony he canonised five blesseds: Zygmunt Szczesny Felinski, Polish former archbishop of Warsaw and founder of the Congregation of Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary; Francesc Coll y Guitart, Spanish professed priest of the…
Confessions of a Basilica Confessor
Dominican Priest Shares View From Confession Box By Carmen Elena Villa ROME, OCT. 2, 2009 (Zenit.org).- They have a fixed schedule, a day of rest, and a couple of hours for lunch. Their office is not a desk with a computer, but a confessional. They are the basilica confessors, those priests assigned a special ministry…
Vietnam: Church-Defending Blogger Disappears: Clarifies Pope’s Words Amid Government Distortion
In this age of globalization and a lack of regard (to put it mildly) for the dignity of the human person and lack of respect for the unborn and elderly, each person individually created in God’s own image and each one destined for fulfillment only in Him, it seems to us important for Catholic business…
Saintly Examples for the Laity
Short Address by Pope Benedict XVI Recently, Pope Benedict XVI gave a particularly poignant address regarding our obligations as Christian laity to the crowd who had joined to praythe midday Angelus at the papal summer residence, Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Here is a translation from ZENIT: “Intimately Connected and Mutually Illuminate Each Other” [At the end…