Christian Post—Despite the chronicle of horrific deaths suffered by early Christians during the vaunted “Age of Martyrs” Pope Francis said on the Feast of St. Stephen last year that the church has more martyrs today than the early church did. His words bear repeating today. In remarks to thousands of pilgrims who had gathered in…
California fires claim yet another life, that of Fire Battalion Chief Matthew Burchett, a more than 20-year firefighter veteran who traveled with a crew from Utah to join a record number of firefighters from California and other states to battle California’s wildfires this summer. As if the upheaval and shock of fleeing one’s home with…
February 21, 2011
Hudson Institute — A terrible drama is unfolding in Afghanistan: There are reports that Said Musa, whose situation I described at Christmas, will soon be executed for the ‘crime’ of choosing to become a Christian. (For background, see here.) Musa was one of about 25 Christians arrested on May 31, 2010, after a May 27 Noorin…
January 1, 2010
Nearly 100 Catholic business professionals, from all across the U.S. and several from Canada, made St. Louis de Montfort’s Consecration to Jesus through Mary on the Feast of the Solemnity of Mary, January 1, 2010. Imagine how these individuals will impact their workplace, companies, families, and their other spheres of influence over the course of…
December 17, 2009
by Marc D’Silva Empowering Women through Microfinance One Billion People Struggle to Survive on Less than a Dollar a Day Imagine trying to get through the day without spending more than one dollar. No latte. No newspaper. No taxi. Most of us living in the United States will never have to face such a daunting…
December 8, 2009
The Three Divine Persons imbue this sublime creature with all her privileges, her favors, and her graces, and with all of her holiness. The Eternal Father created her pure and immaculate and is well pleased in her for she is the worthy dwelling of his only Son. Through the generating of his Son in his…
December 8, 2009
Unbeknownst to many it seems, there are less than 420,000 Chaldean Catholics in Iraq, which equals 1.7 percent of Iraq’s total population. The Church in Iraq has suffered greatly at the hands of radical Islamic violence including the murder of priests such as Father Ragheed Aziz Ganni and two subdeacons on June 3, 2007 and…
November 2, 2009
November 2, All Souls Day, the one day in the calendar year that we Catholics pay special attention to critical need to pray for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. On this day, all Masses are offered for the Holy Souls in Purgatory, and it remains a Holy Day of Obligation. To supplement what we hear…
October 20, 2009
In an unprecedented and carefully coordinated simultaneously timed announcement from both Rome and London, the Vatican opened its doors in a wide embrace of Anglican laity, priests and bishops who wish to enter into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church. The official release from the Vatican, with Catholic Business Journal editorial highlights and subheads…
October 13, 2009
CA Governor Signs Bill Recognizing Out-of-State Same Sex “Marriages” by Bill May Late Sunday night, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger further undermined marriage and the family in California by signing SB 54, a bill to recognize same-sex “marriages” in California that were performed in other states or countries. With the Governor’s signature, out-of-state same-sex “marriages” performed prior…
October 13, 2009
Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a saint? Yes, following whatever Our Lord invites us to embrace, of course. But doesn’t it often seem like the most reasonable course of action, especially in controversial situations, is the “middle road?” But, who defines the “middle”—is it culture? peers? media? Pope Benedict XVI culls…
October 13, 2009
From the Vatican: VATICAN CITY(VIS)—At 10 a.m. today the Holy Father celebrated the Eucharist in the Vatican Basilica. During the ceremony he canonised five blesseds: Zygmunt Szczesny Felinski, Polish former archbishop of Warsaw and founder of the Congregation of Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary; Francesc Coll y Guitart, Spanish professed priest of the…
October 3, 2009
Dominican Priest Shares View From Confession Box By Carmen Elena Villa ROME, OCT. 2, 2009 (Zenit.org).- They have a fixed schedule, a day of rest, and a couple of hours for lunch. Their office is not a desk with a computer, but a confessional. They are the basilica confessors, those priests assigned a special ministry…
September 2, 2009
In this age of globalization and a lack of regard (to put it mildly) for the dignity of the human person and lack of respect for the unborn and elderly, each person individually created in God’s own image and each one destined for fulfillment only in Him, it seems to us important for Catholic business…
September 2, 2009
Short Address by Pope Benedict XVI Recently, Pope Benedict XVI gave a particularly poignant address regarding our obligations as Christian laity to the crowd who had joined to praythe midday Angelus at the papal summer residence, Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Here is a translation from ZENIT: “Intimately Connected and Mutually Illuminate Each Other” [At the end…
August 14, 2009
As part of the International Marian Festival that will take place in Paray le Monial, France, August 14-19, the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary will be prayed on five continents of the the world simultaneously beginning at 5 p.m. (Paris time) on Sunday, August 16. Those in the United States who wish to join in…
July 22, 2009
October 7, 1571, the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. The Feast date was so named for the powerful role of the Rosary in winning the Battle of Lepanto; a victory that literally turned around the unrelenting tide of ongoing Islamic invasion and conquering of Christian Europe at the time. (Remember, today’s city of…
June 19, 2009
As you know, today, Friday June 19, 2009, is the 150th Anniversary of the death of St. John Vianney, known by many as the beloved Cure d’Ars and the patron saint of parish priests. Today is also the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In light of these converging monumental and historical truths, Pope…
He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was hungry” (Mt 4,1-2) Dear Brothers and Sisters! At the beginning of Lent, which constitutes an itinerary of more intense spiritual training, the Liturgy sets before us again three penitential practices that are very dear to the biblical and Christian tradition – prayer, almsgiving,…
October 1, 2008
SANTIAGO, Chile (Zenit.org)—The financial crisis under way in the United States should remind us that the human person must be at the center of the economy, says the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Cardinal Renato Martino affirmed this in a press conference during a visit he is making to Chile through Wednesday.…
