2024-04-29
Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
“A Catechism for Business: Tough Ethical Questions and Insights from Catholic Teaching”
This second edition by Dr. Andrew V. Abela and Dr. Joseph Capizzi streamlines some of the editing from the first edition, and more importantly, includes material from Pope Francis’s encyclical, Laudato Si, and his apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium. A Catechism for Business presents the teachings of the Catholic Church as they relate to more than…
Good Makes No Noise: ‘Little miracle of Lille’ – How a candlelight Mass gathers hundreds of young people every week in France
CNA—“The good makes no noise,” St. Francis de Sales would say of Lille’s candlelight Mass. Indeed, while France regularly shows itself to be at the forefront of the de-Christianization of the West and recently made headlines for its constitutionalization of abortion, the embers of Christian renewal are already igniting — quietly yet powerfully — on…
Pope Francis arrives in Venice, meets with women inmates and artists
OK, we admit it… We at Catholic Business Journal absolutely love this photo of the Pope on a boat to Venice. Viva Italia!! That said, this particular trip of Pope Francis is a good reminder that we as Catholic business leaders are living our vocation more fully– as Catholics– when we include serving others in…
Pier Giorgio Frassati could be canonized during 2025 Jubilee, cardinal says
CNA—Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati could be declared a saint during the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year, according to the head of the Vatican’s office for saints’ causes. Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, announced at Catholic Action’s national assembly in Sacrofano, Italy, on April 26 that Frassati’s canonization…
2024-04-24
Optional Memorial of St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest and Martyr
SAINTS AT WORK: Pope Francis to canonize new female saint, Blessed Elena Guerra, known as ‘an apostle of the Holy Spirit’
CNA—Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Elena Guerra, paving the way for the canonization of a new female saint known as “an apostle of the Holy Spirit.” A friend of Pope Leo XIII and the teacher of St. Gemma Galgani, Elena Guerra (1835–1914) is known for her spiritual writings…
The True Legacy of St. Junípero Serra
In light of the soon-to-begin pilgrimage route from the West, named the Serra Route, that will end in Indianapolis at the National Eucharistic Convention, we re-post this important article on Fr. Serra penned by the Archbishop of San Francisco, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone: To the protesters who tore down his statue in Los Angeles [in July…
Catholic entrepreneur launches business startup program for teens
CNA—When Luke Burgis moved to Silicon Valley to start a business, he never expected he would become a seminarian and then go on to launch entrepreneurship programs for Catholic students. Burgis had attended NYU, worked on Wall Street, started several businesses in Silicon Valley, and moved to Las Vegas before deciding he wanted more meaning…
