Jeanie Hannaman

May 22, 2025

US Bishops Applaud Congressional Effort to Defund Abortion, ‘Gender Transition’ Services, by Rachel Quackenbush

By Rachel Quackenbush, Catholic Vote - Two prominent US bishops commended Congress this week for advancing budget measures that would cut taxpayer funding to abortion providers and “gender transition” services... Bishop Daniel E. Thomas, chair of the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities, and Bishop Robert E. Barron, chair of the Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life, and Youth, recently voiced strong support for provisions within the House budget reconciliation bill that would redirect funding away from organizations like Planned Parenthood.

May 22, 2025

Saint of the Day for May 22: St. Rita of Cascia

Franciscan Media - Like Elizabeth Ann Seton, Rita of Cascia was a wife, mother, widow, and member of a religious community. Her holiness was reflected in each phase of her life... Born at Roccaporena in central Italy, Rita wanted to become a nun but was pressured at a young age into marrying a harsh and cruel man. During her 18-year marriage, she bore and raised two sons.

May 22, 2025

Trump Tells Republicans to Vote for One Big Beautiful Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood, by Elise DeGeeter

By Elise DeGeeter, LifeNews - President Donald Trump urged House Republicans to unite behind his sweeping “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Tuesday morning, highlighting the legislation’s major tax cuts, pro-family provisions, and conservative reforms... “It’s important for the country,” Trump said Tuesday morning. “It’s the biggest tax reduction in history, incredible for Medicaid, Medicare.”... Responding to Democratic claims that the bill would cut core entitlements, Trump added: “The only thing we’re cutting is waste, fraud, and abuse… We’re not changing Medicaid, and we’re not changing Medicare, and we’re not changing Social Security.”

May 21, 2025

The Curé d’Ars to Confront Our Lost Culture, by Kevin Wells

By Kevin Wells, Crisis Magazine - On a recent Tuesday, beneath a wide, blue sky stretched over the French countryside, two Benedictine Sisters of Montmartre led me into a small room to speak with the bishop who had offered the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. They spoke softly in French to Bishop Pascal Marie Roland, the shepherd of Belley-Ars, who listened in silence, nodding, his gaze fixed on the floor. When he finally looked up, he remarked in fluent English—learned from his father, an English teacher—“It seems you’ve written a book that pulls our St. Vianney from his grave.”