You just can’t make this stuff up (sadly). Although Chicago’s Archbishop Cardinal Blaise Cupich was forced to apologize to the city’s Jewish community, the pastor who invited Louis Farrakhan to his parish refuses to do so. Louis Farrakhan Delivers Anti-Semitic Speech About ‘Satanic Jews’ At Chicago Catholic Church, Pastor Won’t Apologize… Read More>>
The English priest John Colet was influenced by his friends Erasmus and Saint Thomas More. As Dean of Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London, he founded Saint Paul’s School for boys in 1509 on humanist principles. Graduates have included John Milton, Samuel Pepys, John Churchill, G.K. Chesterton, three recipients of the Victoria Cross and Field Marshal…
A Polish Catholic nun who defied the Nazis by shielding local Jews in a convent in Vilnius, Lithuania, died at 110 years of age last September 2018. Her life remains an inspiration to those of us living today, especially for Catholic business professionals as we face increasing government encroachment on civil and religious liberties.—ed. It…
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, May 12, 2019 / 10:36 am (CNA) – A group of gunmen burned down a Catholic Church during Sunday Mass and killed at least six people, including a priest, in the west African nation of Burkina Faso this morning. The attackers reportedly burst into the church, located in the northern town of…
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Bill May, the courageous, fearless, focused founder of Catholics for the Common Good and a good friend to Catholic Business Journal. We will post an obit in the next week or so, for now here is the announcement by Mays’ family and a link…
CNA—Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia called for broad participation in a pro-life rally this week, scheduled in response to a Penslyvania state representative’s livestreamed harassment of a woman praying outside of a Planned Parenthood clinic. “These videos, which Representative Sims took himself, have rightly sparked broad outrage … His actions were unbecoming of an elected…
Catholic Business Journal is pleased to introduce John Abbate as our newest Catholic business columnist—ed. As the owner-operator of several McDonald’s franchises and a Catholic business leader, I believe I have a responsibility to bring the virtue of hope into my business and into the lives of my employees. I am fortunate to have the…
May 9, 2019
Two short verses from Scripture deliver a good business model for anyone to follow, especially Catholic business professionals. The first verse reads: “Whatsoever you do, do it with the heart, as to the Lord and not men” (Colossians 3:23), and the second reads: “Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men” (Ephesians…
Registration is underway for the popular annual Napa Institute Summer Conference that, this year, will be held July 24-28, in Napa. This year’s exceptional list of speakers include Cardinal Raymond Burke, Ethics and Public Policy Center’s George Weigel, Augustine Institute’s Dr. Tim Gray, and Focus on the Family’s Jim Daly, to name a few. Catholic…
CNA—A federal judge in Richmond, Virginia has ruled against state medical regulations requiring first-trimester abortions be performed only by physicians. “After a careful review of the experts’ opinions from both sides, a consensus appears to have evolved that first trimester abortions, which typically require only medication, do not require the onsite presence of a licensed…
CNA—The Arizona legislature has passed a resolution declaring pornography a public health crisis and a danger to mental and physical health. House Concurrent Resolution 2009 was approved 16-13 by the state senate May 6. It was passed by the Arizona House Feb. 25. The measure does not ban adult material, but rather makes a public…
CNA—A Bible once carried by a World War II prisoner of war is the center of a legal fight at a veterans’ medical center in New Hampshire. The Bible was part of a “Missing Man” table display, honoring prisoners of war and missing soldiers, placed at the entrance of the Manchester Veterans’ Administration Medical Center.…
TIME—Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday signed legislation banning abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected. That can be as early as six weeks, before many women know they’re pregnant…. Read more>> Notice: JavaScript is required for this content.
CNA—Beloved founder of L’Arche, Jean Vanier died May 7, at the age of 90. He died at a L’Arche home in Paris, where he had entered palliative care several weeks ago, after a protracted battle with cancer. Vanier will be mourned by his friends: the weak, the indigent, the forgotten, the disturbed, the rejected, and…
Congratulations to Prince Harry and Meghan on the birth of their first child, now named Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, as congratulations are in order for any couple welcoming a child into the world! What we found especially delightful amid our current deadly age of abortion “rights” and legalized infanticide is the utter joy of Prince Harry…
March 23 marked nine years since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (popularly known as Obamacare) became law. Obamacare’s proponents promised that the law would reduce costs, expand access, and allow us to keep our doctors if we liked our doctors. The reality has been quite different. Since Obamacare was enacted, individual health insurance…
After going through his own “Road to Emmaus” experience, Catholic businessman John Abbate wanted to encourage business leaders at all levels to stay true to their faith-driven, ethical compass. To that end, and as a successful central California owner-operator of 37 McDonald’s outlets and one of central California’s largest employers, Abbate was inspired to author…
God is the great communicator. He knows us each individually better than we know ourselves. He speaks to us in ways that best suit our individual personalities, and has done so from the beginning of time, literally. For the apostle Thomas, also known through the centuries as “doubting Thomas,” Our Risen Lord told him to…
Daily Wire—I have been a Christian all my life and if I’ve ever heard the term “Easter worshipper,” or something like it, it would have been in reference to Christians who only go to church on Christmas and Easter. Generally we call those types “Christmas and Easter Christians” or “CEOs” (Christmas and Easter Only). But…
Crisis—There have been plenty of examples of our secular culture’s antagonism toward Catholic education: from the Covington School-Nick Sandmann debacle, to activism against the admissions policies of Kansas City’s Catholic schools, and to numerous lawsuits by employees fired from Catholic schools for moral indiscretions. The greatest danger in these situations is not the secularist’s desire…
