Politics and Projections
As we rapidly approach the finish line of this year’s presidential election, emotions run high and pundits weigh in on how its outcome may affect the stock market. Interestingly, history is unclear as to whether the stock market (as measured by the S&P 500 Index) cares which party ultimately holds the presidency. Republican or Democrat,…
BOOK REVIEW: Why Quitting is the Ultimate Power Move: Annie Duke’s “Quit” Challenges the Myth of Perseverance
Book Review of “Quit” by Annie Duke. In Quit: The Power of Knowing when to walk away, Annie Duke, a former professional poker player and decision-making expert, flips the conventional narrative on its head by making a powerful case for the strategic value of quitting. Far from the negative stigma often associated with quitting, Duke…
2024-10-19
Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests and Martyrs, and Their Companions, Martyrs
Christian foundation decries ‘widespread, systematic’ forceful conversion to Islam in Sudan
ACI Africa, CNA—A U.K.-based human rights foundation condemned the forced conversion of Christians to Islam in Sudan following the arbitrary arrest of 12 Christian men by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) military intelligence unit. The 12 men were part of a group of 26, most of whom are Christians and were reportedly detained at a…
WOW! Thousands take part in New York City Fifth Annual Eucharistic procession
CNA—New Yorkers on Oct. 15, 2024—the Feast of the great Carmelite reformer, mystic and doctor of the Church, St. Teresa of Avila—gathered in droves within the vaulted ceilings of one of New York City’s most famous churches, St. Patrick Cathedral, many from New York City and others driving in from nearby Long Island, New Jersey,…
Ana Finat, an Unlikely Convert: Trusting in God gives Immense Freedom
CNA—Spanish influencer and aristocrat Ana Finat, a descendant of St. Francis Borgia, just published the story of her conversion in which she describes how she went from worldliness and being afraid of God to regaining freedom by trusting in his mercy. In the Spanish-language book “When I Met the God of Love: How the Love…
2024-10-15
Memorial of St. Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
Christopher Columbus: A Catholic Businessman and Innovator of his day!
OK, I might get some heat for this one, but it seems to me that—before all the secularist, anti-Christian, anti-Judeo-Christian history revisionists rooted themselves in the re-writing of school history textbooks, in mainstream newsrooms and as college professors and Google algorythm coders—Christopher Columbus was a good guy, a respected leader and early discoverer of America.…