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The Senior Side: Retirement planning vs. financial planning
November 2, 2017“Too many people enter retirement with no plans beyond having enough money to make it to the end.” Dave Bernard There is a difference between retirement planning and financial planning. Over the years “retirement planning” has become synonymous with “financial planning.” In fact, most books on retirement planning actually deal almost exclusively with financial planning. […]
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Amid hurricane’s devastation, Puerto Ricans’ spirit seen shining through
November 2, 2017SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (CNS)—Above all material and financial considerations after Hurricane Maria’s severe damage in Puerto Rico, one must highlight the brotherly spirit shown by the island’s people during the ongoing recovery period, said the island’s top Catholic pastor. Although the church’s financial burden has obviously become heavier as it strives to meet the […] Full Story
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Seeing with the eyes of Christ
October 31, 2017I must admit that I usually feel as though I am preaching to the choir on occasions such as this. I realize that the audience gathered before me this evening is populated with quite like-minded people, most of whom were scandalized and offended by expressions of racial bigotry and violence the likes of which have […]
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Pope tops 40 million followers on Twitter, 5 million on Instagram
October 25, 2017VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis’ @Pontifex Twitter accounts reached more than 40 million followers just a few months before the fifth anniversary of when Pope Benedict XVI launched the initiative. The papal Twitter accounts, in nine different languages, have grown by over 9 million followers in the past 12 months, representing the interest and attention of […]
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New film tells true story of how stray dog turned family’s life around
October 23, 2017BALTIMORE (CNS)—For a lot of people, surviving getting struck by lightning might be enough to change their life. Hollywood writer and director Mitch Davis lived through such an ordeal, but in the mind of Davis and his family, that’s not what turned their life around. It was a stray dog named Pluto, who is immortalized […]
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Nothing is in vain, nothing is resistant to love, pope says
October 23, 2017VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Christians are never pessimistic, resigned or weak, thinking life is an unstoppable train careening out of control, Pope Francis said. Throughout history, every day is seen as a gift from God and “every morning is a blank page that Christians start writing on” with their good works and charity, he said Oct. 11 […]
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‘Only the Brave’ depicts risks, humanity of elite firefighters
October 23, 2017NEW YORK (CNS)—The heartbreaking true story of an elite Arizona firefighting team comes to the big screen in “Only the Brave” (Columbia). In 2013, the Granite Mountain Hotshots—as the group was known—risked their lives and raced into a raging inferno to save a neighboring town from destruction. Given more recent fire calamities, their striking example […]
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Advocates find there’s little to like in White House immigration plan
October 23, 2017WASHINGTON (CNS)—There’s little, if anything, that immigrant advocates like in the Trump administration’s latest immigration plan. The 70-point Immigration Principles and Policies was sent to Congress Oct. 8. The wide-ranging document calls for a major tightening of immigration laws; raising the standard of proof for asylum seekers; and limiting family members of current immigrants who […]
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New rules expand exemptions on contraceptive mandate
October 23, 2017WASHINGTON (CNS)—The Trump administration Oct. 6 issued interim rules expanding the exemption to the contraceptive mandate for religious employers, such as the Little Sisters of the Poor, who object on moral grounds to covering contraceptive and abortion-inducing drugs and devices in their employee health insurance. Leaders of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops praised the […]
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Catholic group will accept Scouts’ decision to allow girls to join
October 23, 2017IRVING, Texas (CNS)—The leaders of the National Catholic Committee on Scouting, which has its headquarters in the Dallas suburb of Irving, said they “accept and work with the new membership policy of the Boy Scouts of America” to admit girls. “We were informed this morning” of the policy change, said an Oct. 11 statement by […]