December 17, 2015
The Population Research Institute (PRI) would never say, “I told you so,” but they’ve been telling the world so for a while now, and the latest news about plummeting birth rates in Germany only makes their persistent alarm all the more prophetic.
December 17, 2015
They’re Catholics….and they’ve opened a new Catholic university in Iraq as a way to fight back against ISIS.
December 17, 2015
…and laid him in a manger: because there was no room for them in the inn. (Luke 2:7) It is with this same sense of renewal that Catholics come to the manger – the stable where Christ was born more than 2,000 years ago. While not ideal, the stable was the first room in which our Savior lived when he came to earth, as 20th century Catholic Italian writer Giovanni Papini notes.
December 17, 2015
December 15, 2015
They are targeting Amazon. Reason we should be interested: many retailers and especially book publishers in the U.S.
December 15, 2015
In some parts of America, it still matters, thank God… Read More>>
December 15, 2015
Pioneered at one stage by Ave Maria University and now taken on by Univ. of Steubenville with the diocese of Venice, Florida, this could be a model for many dioceses (and there are large numbers at stake, in the long run)….
December 15, 2015
In trying to find a “typical” Catholic school for Pope Francis to visit in the United States, planners found Our Lady Queen of Angels in New York.
But given the diversity of situations of U.S. Catholic schools, the inner-city Harlem school gave the pope only a glimpse of the wide variety of models of Catholic education available in various parts of the country.
December 15, 2015
This is the first in a Catholic Business Journal exclusive five-part daily series of Make Advent Count: Five Ways to Approach the Manger — Christmas is a time of celebration and Advent a time of preparation. Often, though, the preparation is eclipsed by the celebration – and much consternation.
December 10, 2015
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December 9, 2015
We are now well into the Advent season. I am enjoying reading daily reflections from the wisdom of Pope Saint John Paul II. At Sunday Mass when Father Bud Roland lit the first candle on the Advent wreath he talked about Advent being a time of waiting and watching in preparation for the coming of Jesus. He also talked about memory, mystery and majesty – each of which is a part
December 8, 2015
So, what’s the secret to raising more than a million bucks in 24 hours? And, even more challenging, what’s the secret to do this as a local Catholic group in down-south New Orleans, not as a big national organization or religious order? It’s pretty amazing! It’s also a terrific lesson in quick, entrepreneurial thinking and leveraging the power of social media, #GivingTuesday (
December 8, 2015
The so-called “Muslim terrorists” do not think of themselves as “Muslim terrorists” but consider themselves to be the only real followers of Mohammed… This is an excellent, well-written, intelligent article that delivers a Catholic perspective with grace and candor—well worth your time to read…
December 8, 2015
Earlier this year, April 11, 2015, on the Feast of Divine Mercy (the first Sunday after Easter), Pope Francis announced a Jubilee Year of Mercy to begin on December 8, 2015, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception… that’s today! For Catholic business leaders at all levels, this is a Jubilee Year to radically embrace, especially given the spread of radical Islamic terrorism and ot
December 3, 2015
Steven W. Mosher, President of the Population Research Institute, will testify today (live webcast available) before the Congressional Executive Commission on China (CECC), cochaired by Rep. Christopher Smith and Sen. Marco Rubio. The hearing is entitled “China’s New ‘Two Child Policy’ & the Continuation of Massive Crimes Against Women and
December 1, 2015
November 30th is the feast day of St. Andrew the Apostle. St. Andrew was the very first disciple called by Our Lord, and he is the one who got his brother, St. Peter, to become Jesus’ disciple too. We all know how the rest turned out.
December 1, 2015
(See photo of Jonathan Abbamonte to left)… This past summer, the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) released a series of undercover videos showing, among other things, that Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and other abortion-related companies allegedly have been engaged in the illegal sale of baby body parts.
December 1, 2015
As he should be—he’s one of their own! During World War II, this Irish priest was responsible for saving 6,500 Allied soldiers and Jews. His ability to evade the traps set by the German Gestapo and Sicherheitsdienst earned O’Flaherty the nickname ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican’…
December 1, 2015
Speaking to the CEO Council, and later in an interview with Wall Street Journal Bureau Chief Gerald Seib, one of the most successful college coaches of all time, Lou Holtz, stressed core values, vision and trust. “What holds a country together, what holds a family together, what holds a business together,” Holtz explained, “are core values.
December 1, 2015
With five to 12 months to live, her last wish was to visit the Vatican. Now, thanks to Scotland-based Corinne Barber’s brother, Darren, and the crowd-funding page he created—and those from around the world who donated to the effort, in addition to Archbishop Leo Cushley of St. Andrews and Edinburgh who learned of the campaign, Corinne’s last wish is being fulfilled.