CREATIVE FINANCING: An Imaginative Proposal for Funding the Church’s Sacred Art Projects

CREATIVE FINANCING: An Imaginative Proposal for Funding the Church’s Sacred Art Projects

WILMINGTON, NC (CNA/EWTN News)—The John Paul II Foundation for the Sacred Arts is rethinking how the Catholic Church should fund well-crafted art. But why is good art in the Church important in the first place? “When a piece of art, a beautiful church, a flower or a sunset not only strikes the eye but pierces…

Pro-life Pushback: Activists Urge Pro-Abortion Democrats to Save Hyde Amendment

Pro-life Pushback: Activists Urge Pro-Abortion Democrats to Save Hyde Amendment

By Matt Hadro WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNA/EWTN News)—After a Democratic senator boasted on Wednesday that his party’s Medicare bill would repeal the Hyde Amendment, pro-life groups are pushing back, stressing that the longstanding policy has saved lives. “This month marks the 41st anniversary of the Hyde Amendment and in that time it has been found that over…

The Healing Touch of Sacred Art: Just What the Doctors Ordered (and Need)

The Healing Touch of Sacred Art: Just What the Doctors Ordered (and Need)

DENVER, CO (CNA/EWTN News)—The intersection of art, medicine, and faith in the Catholic tradition has a lot to teach today, especially if you’re a doctor. “Catholic art has a long history of demonstrating the beauty of the human person, beauty both in its health as well as its disease,” Dr. Thomas Heyne, M.D. told CNA. “Catholic…

Thomas Ackerman, Printer

Thomas Ackerman, Printer

By Joseph O’Brien   At a time when email, ebooks and iPhones seem to have eclipsed snail mail, paperbacks and anything in hard copy, owner and manager of Spirit Printing Services, Inc., of Chula Vista, CA, Thomas Ackerman (pictured left) has created an impressive paper trail to success. Having led the way in revolutionizing the printing…

Medical Sanity vs. Economic Quackery: Ethical Response to “Report” on Catholic Healthcare

Medical Sanity vs. Economic Quackery: Ethical Response to “Report” on Catholic Healthcare

By Kevin J. Jones WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNA/EWTN News)—A research paper that depicts the growth of Catholic health care as a threat to reproductive health ignores the attraction of Catholic hospitals and downplays the ethical concerns about procedures like abortion and sterilization, one commentator has said. The number of hospitals that are Catholic-sponsored or Catholic-affiliated has…

Pope Francis retools John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family

Pope Francis retools John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family

Vatican City, Sep 19, 2017 — On Tuesday Pope Francis issued a new motu proprio changing the legal status of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, making it a theological institute charged with studying marriage and the family from a scientific perspective. The motu proprio, titled “Summa Familiae Cura,” meaning “Highest Care…

Catholic Business Profile: Christopher Smith, Investing News Network

Catholic Business Profile: Christopher Smith, Investing News Network

Catholic business leader Christopher Smith (pictured left) first got into business to do some good in the world—and if his successful career path is any indication—he’s doing this good work extremely well. As one of the founders of Dig Media, the parent company of Investment News Network (INN), Smith manages Catholic business leader Christopher Smith (pictured left)…

Comedy Legend Jerry Lewis Dies at 91

Comedy Legend Jerry Lewis Dies at 91

Iconic comedian and actor Jerry Lewis has died, his publicist confirmed to ABC News. He was 91. “Sadly I can confirm that today the world lost one of the most significant human beings of the 20th century,” his rep Mark Rozzano said. Another representative, Nancy Kane, added, “Jerry Lewis died peacefully surrounded by friends and…

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