Jeanie Hannaman

May 2, 2025

Peace of Soul and the Conclave, by Kennedy Hall

By Kennedy Hall, Crisis Magazine - I don’t know about you, but sometimes I really hate modernity. I know, I know, not everything was better in the past. For one, I am very grateful for things like indoor plumbing and refrigeration, and I am well aware that men have been sinners from the get-go, and therefore every age has its drama and iniquity to deal with. But there is one thing about our modern age that is especially repugnant in so many ways, and that is our immediate access to information on a global scale.

May 2, 2025

Unity and a New Papacy, by Michael R. Heinlein

By MIchael R. Heinlein, Catholic World Report - In recent interviews ahead of the conclave to elect a new pope, Jesuit Cardinal Michael Czerny gave an interview with The New York Times, in which he apparently attempted to polarize the word “unity”—a word that has allegedly become something of a rallying cry for critics of the recently concluded pontificate... “If you ask me, ‘How would you name the wrong track for the conclave?’ I would say the idea that unity is the priority,” said Cardinal Czerny, who has led the Holy See’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development since 2019. “Unity cannot be a priority issue.”

May 2, 2025

Cardinal Dolan, Bishop Barron to Serve on Trump’s New Religious Liberty Commission, by Tyler Arnold

By Tyler Arnold, CNA - Two members of the Catholic hierarchy in the United States — Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Robert Barron — have been tapped to serve on a new presidential commission on religious liberty created by President Donald Trump on Thursday, May 1... Trump signed an executive order creating the Religious Liberty Commission in the White House Rose Garden surrounded by faith leaders from various traditions. The announcement coincided with the country’s National Day of Prayer.

May 2, 2025

The Brew: Trump Cleans House, Firing Signal-Gate Culprits. Will He Hire True Loyalists Now? by John Zmirak

By John Zmirak, The Stream - A month ago, when the Signal-Gate fiasco broke out (which saw a leftist, Trump-hating smear merchant, Jeffrey Goldberg, included in a highly classified military planning call), I suggested the most likely culprits were National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong. Each of them is part of the interventionist, neocon wing of the GOP... Hard-core America Firsters are celebrating this decision as a move that will help prevent a repeat of the chaos and futility of Trump’s first term in office, subverted as he was by incessant leaks, backstabs, and fake Deep State investigations. But will Trump go far enough in replacing establishment GOP obstructionists with those who genuinely support the platform he ran on? ...