Jeanie Hannaman

By Anne Hendershott, the American Spectator - The newly appointed Catholic Archbishop of Washington, D.C., Cardinal Robert McElroy, has been one of President Trump’s harshest critics. On Feb. 9, 2025, during a prayer service for immigrants at San Diego’s St. Joseph’s Cathedral, the Cardinal described the Trump administration’s attempts to deport criminal immigrants as waging a “war of fear and terror.”... Delivering his angry remarks the week before he was to begin his papal assignment in Washington, D.C., Cardinal McElroy has taken every opportunity to condemn the Trump administration for what he called the “massive and indiscriminate deportation” of immigrants.

By Bishop Joseph Strickland, Substack - Welcome back to another episode of A Shepherd’s Voice. This week, as the cardinals of the Church gather in Rome to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world turn once again to the Vatican. For many faithful Catholics, this is not a moment of joy or confidence – but of sorrow, confusion, and fear. The scandals of recent years have shaken trust in the shepherds of the Church. The legacy of the last pontificate has left deep wounds... The vast majority of the cardinal electors were appointed by Pope Francis, and while we must pray for every one of them, it is no secret that many have expressed or defended ideologies and practices contrary to the perennial Magisterium of the Church. ...

By Salvatore J. Cordileone, First Things - We seemed at one point in the recent past to have come to a peaceful coexistence with what Pope Benedict referred to as the two forms of the Roman Rite, after he issued his motu proprio Summorum Pontificum. However, after Traditionis Custodes and then the even more severe restrictions from the Dicastery for Divine Worship on the celebration of the Roman Rite according to the 1962 Missal, the liturgy wars have been revived. While liturgy was not a focus of the cardinals in the conclave that elected Pope Francis after the resignation of Pope Benedict, it will undoubtedly be a central focus in this upcoming one.