Jeanie Hannaman

By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., Catholic World Report - (In the ) Summa theologiae I–II, question 105, article 3. The question is: “whether the judicial precepts regarding foreigners were framed in a suitable manner.” His answer: Yes... The subject is more serious than the question might suggest at first glance. Too often, Catholic intellectual sloppiness is content to proof-text Exodus 23:9 regarding non-oppression of aliens (see James Martin SJ, on X). Thomas’s treatment is far more subtle and in line with the Catholic theological tradition, though one wonders how many bishops have read and pondered it.

By Sarah Cain, Crisis Magazine -A persecution from within always cuts the deepest; but these wounded people are responding as Catholics always have. Shoved into a half-hearted attempt at an ersatz chapel, they pray with only the beauty they have, and with a true unity—a conformity with the Church that has spanned the ages. Above all, they plead to Heaven: “Sing with us, ye Seraphim.” Until we can join the Church Triumphant, we will pray and worship as so many of them once did.