By Fr. George W. Rutler, S.T.D. The current mania for tearing down statues and stifling free speech by cultural ingénues ignorant of history and logic, has reached a stellar absurdity in demands to censure “The Star Spangled Banner” on lame claims that it is racist. If ignorance is bliss, then those who indulge their revisionism,…
September 26, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—China’s coercive population control policy turns 37 this week (September 25). The news media touted the Two Child Policy as having “abandoned,” “ended” or “ditched” the One Child Policy. However, forced abortion, involuntary sterilization, the monitoring of women’s menstrual cycles, and the sex-selective abortion of baby girls continue.
September 22, 2017
God Bless Mexico!! In the aftermath of Tuesday’s powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake—as collapsed buildings, shock, devastation and the unimaginable pain of suddenly discovering the fate of lost loved ones transform parts of Mexico City and the surrounding region into chaos, prayers of gratitude, and even survival mode, nonetheless heroes and radical moments of
September 18, 2017
In 1912 the father of an old friend contemplated a political career. In his idealism he traveled to Chicago for the Bull Moose Convention of the National Progressive Party. Its delegates announced that they were “battling for the Lord” and that the campaign would be a new Battle of Armageddon.
Why has church attendance dropped off so dramatically in the last 50 years? There are a whole range of reasons, I am sure…but if you ask me, one of the main contributory factors is the music that is generally heard at Mass. And in my opinion, it is the style of music offered by the most common pew missalettes that is contributing most powerfully to that decline. I am talking about a
September 14, 2017
It’s football season again and I’ve finally crossed the threshold. For years I’ve been threatening a personal boycott of the National Football League. During August, after much deliberation, I took the leap. I will not attend any more professional games. Nor will I watch any professional football games on television, the internet, or through any other means. Before you jump to the conclusion that I’ve made an easy commitment simply because the Chargers have left San Diego, let
September 13, 2017
September would normally cause lots of activity around children going back to school and recent high school graduates starting a new major phase of their life at college. Also, remembering the terrorist destruction of the World Trade Center and those killed on 9/11 in 2001. This year we have added the devastation caused by
September 12, 2017
Today we honor and remember those who lost their lives and the police, firemen, and volunteers who risked theirs in the terrorist attacks on 9/11. It is not widely known, but there is a Ground Zero Catholic Memorial at St.
September 11, 2017
(This is an especially critical read for all Catholics, especially Catholic business professionals. Please share with colleagues!—ed.)
Just weeks ago, the Southern Poverty Law Center absurdly labeled a number of Christian and Catholic groups–including, The Family Research Council, The Ruth Institute, the Alliance Defending Freedom and many more—as “hate groups” because they adhere to traditional views about human sexuality and marriage.
Just days ago, on Wednesday, September 6, 2017, Senator Diane Feinstein pronounced that Amy Barrett, a respected law professor at Notre Dame, may have excluded herself from a federal judgeship by virtue of being a faithful Catholic. Senator Al Franken then accused Barrett of
September 11, 2017
In the tumultuous eleventh century, seven monks including Saint Bruno formed the Carthusian order, dedicated to prayer for the serenity of souls, taking as their motto: “Stat crux dum volvitur orbis” — the Cross stands as the
September 8, 2017
If you use a credit or debit card, or do anything online, there is a good chance at least some of your personal information—birthdate, social security information, drivers license, bank passwords and more—were stolen in the July and August hack experienced by credit monitor giant Equifax. Not pretty.
September 7, 2017
While the world today appears to be consumed mostly by subjective truths based on individual experiences, opinions, and feelings; the universe delivers a different message through the eclipse, one of predictable and objective truth! There was nothing to argue about when two celestial bodies crossed in the sky, it was a symbol of wonder that stopped the world for a moment.
September 5, 2017
Special to the Catholic Business Journal— NAPA, CA – Syndicated columnist, NBC News Vatican analyst, and Catholic Theologian, George Weigel, spoke to an overflow crowd on “The Next Great Awakening?” at the 2017 Annual Napa Institute.
August 30, 2017
Jesus changed water into wine. Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors are changing beer production into canned water production to help Hurricane Harvey victims. God bless American ingenuity and ethical leadership! The companies did the same for Katrina victims not so long ago. Here’s the story:
August 28, 2017
‘Right-sizing’ has to be one of the more detested words in modern business language, mostly because the use of it often indicates a lack of courage.
August 24, 2017
Sixty-four year old Sister Joseph Marie Ruessmann, of Alma, Michigan died Thursday night from injuries sustained from a hit-and-run car accident. She was riding her bike Thursday morning near a convent when the hit and run occurred. Sister Joseph Marie, whose birth name is Madeleine Ruessmann, was found lying on the side of the road, her bicycle close by.
August 22, 2017
Most Americans want basically the same things: general prosperity, a reasonably well-educated populace that is steadily becoming healthier, a responsive government that is neither bloated nor corrupt, a social environment that is both safe and free, and a sustainable natural environment.
August 21, 2017
On Monday, August 21, 2017, all of North America will be treated to an eclipse of the sun. Anyone within the path of totality can see one of nature’s most awe inspiring sights – a total solar eclipse. This path, where the moon will completely cover the sun and the sun’s tenuous atmosphere – the corona – can be seen, will stretch from Salem, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina.
August 16, 2017
As a young girl, during my week-long Camp Fire Girls camping adventure away from home (the best part!), we learned a little song that preceded every announcement. It went like this, “Announcements, Announcements, Annou-ou-ou-ncements. A horrible death to die… A horrible death to be talked to death…
August 15, 2017
NAPA, CA – Four bishops—Most Reverend Borys Gudziak, Eparch of the Ukrainian Greek Eparchy of Paris, Most Reverend Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, Most Reverend Samuel Aquila of Denver, and Most Reverend Thomas Paprocki of Springfield—joined by George Weigel, a distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, on the closing day of this year’s Napa Institute to discuss
