Tens of Thousands Attend Mass at Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral to Honor Victims
The bells of the historic Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris tolled 129 times on Sunday, November 15, as tens of thousands gathered for a special Mass to pray for, honor, and remember the victims of the recent terror attacks on Paris that so far has left at least 129 dead and more than 350 wounded—the deadliest attack on French soil since WWII.
Using God’s name to justify violence is ‘blasphemy,’ Pope Francis says
– On Sunday Pope Francis again expressed shock and sorrow for Friday’s terror attacks in Paris, condemning the acts as an “affront to human dignity,” and encouraging attendees to find hope in Jesus.
A Bold New Project in the Carribean
No one should be pressured into killing their child, yet in the Caribbean, abortion is the only answer given to desperate mothers. Population Research Institute (PRI) is bringing hope to the Caribbean Islands in the islands’ first-ever full-service Family Care Center, and it is a truly bold project!
Spike in Sales of Faith-based Books on Mothering
Motherhood is not quite obsolete, as the publishing industry’s journal of record made clear, late this week…. Read More
Fee-Only Doctors’ Time Has Come
Many are small-practice….As reported in Delaware Online, Cristy Beckman, who suffers from chronic pain in her spine and osteoarthritis, spent six hours in a doctor’s crowded waiting room in severe pain.
POPE FRANCIS HISTORIC ADDRESS TO CONGRESS: A GREAT DAY TO BE CATHOLIC
As Thanksgiving approaches let us all focus on our many blessings and the reasons we have to be thankful. September 24, 2015, was an unforgettable day for us and a historic day for America. It started long before daylight with a walk in the cool Washington, D.C. air as we headed to clear security for those to be on the West Lawn of the U.S.
Generous People Open their Homes to Strangers Stranded in Paris Due to Attacks
If you know Paris, you know well that a Parisien’s home or apartment is sacred; a place for family and initmate friends only.
BREAKING NEWS: War Zone in the Heart of Paris
Reports this afternoon of multiple, likely coordinated, brutal and senseless terrorist attacks in Paris—with The Guardian and Reuters reporting up to 158 dead so far—have rocked the world, especially in light of recent unprecedented numbers of mostly Muslim
Two-Child Policy Won’t End Gendercide — Chinese Economist Suggests 40 Million Bachelors Should Share Wives
The China Daily has cheerfully announced the economic gains expected through the implementation of its new two-child policy: an increased labor force and GDP, as well as a reduction in the percentage share of elderly people. Official publications, however, have not asserted that the new two-child policy will balance the other great demog
Behind the Glamour, Protecting the Pope Is Serious
Most interesting video released recently…. Read More>>
We can each defund Planned Parenthood
What sources fund Planned Parenthood? If we know this, we can actively do our part to help defund it. Here is a quick roadmap on how to do it and why it is so important.
KC Royals Bring it Home
There were plenty of reasons the Kansas City Royals shouldn’t have win the 2015 World Series… but they defied them all, inspiring all with unspoken lessons for the rest of us, especially us Catholic business professionals… Never Quit. Stay Focused. Do what you have to do (ethically) to Stay in the Game.
The Dangerous Fear of Attrition
Many leaders have something of an obsession with retention, and a corresponding fear of attrition. Whether we’re talking about employees, customers or even members of a church congregation, we seem to have an almost unconscious desire to do whatever we can to keep anyone from leaving. So we compromise our strat
Vatican Invites Founder of Catholic Textbook Publishing Company to World Congress on Catholic Education this Nov
Michael Van Hecke, M.Ed., founder of the only history textbook publishing company for Catholic schools—the Catholic Textbook Project—and seasoned headmaster of a consistently Top 50 ranked Catholic school, will be attending (by invitation from the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education) the Vatican World Congress on Catho
In Nevada: Activists use Anti-Catholic Law to Block Low-Income Students from Educational Opportunities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Becket Fund is defendi
China Announces End of One Child Policy: China Expert Steven Mosher Says Abuses Will Continue under New Two-Child Policy
Oct 29, 2015 (CATHOLIC BUSINESS WIRE) — The Chinese government is apparently ready loosen to the stranglehold it has had on reproduction in that country since the late seventies—a little bit. Under the new policy, married Chinese couples will be allowed not one, but two children.
CHINA IS NOT “ENDING” ITS ONE CHILD POLICY
BREAKING NEWS: Pope and Final Voting at Vatican Synod on Family
.- With a two-thirds majority vote, the more than 200 bishops gathered for the Vatican’s synod on the family supported Church teaching on hot-button issues such as homosexuality and communion for divorced and remarried persons.
Another Catholic Diocese Sets Fundraising Record
Brooklyn, one of America’s biggest sees.