Jeanie Hannaman

By Philip Primeau, Crisis Magazine - The Old Ecumenism has failed. What we need today is a New Ecumenism, dedicated to unity via full communion with the Catholic Church... Next year marks seventeen centuries since the first ecumenical council. The anniversary is an appropriate occasion for the Church to again commit herself to the project of Christian unity. If the end of the last century saw the birth of the New Evangelization, let the beginning of this century see the birth of the New Ecumenism.

By Richard Meek, National Catholic Register - ‘Hopefully, it will mean more vocations, evangelization and transformation of minds and hearts...’... Nestled at the intersection of the past and its future, the Catholic community at the University of Louisiana (UL) in Lafayette is on the cusp of ushering in a new era of evangelization while preserving and restoring traditional Catholic roots... If an ambitious fundraising deadline is met, as expected, groundbreaking for Our Lady of Wisdom Church and Catholic Student Center could happen as early as September ....

By Daniel Payne, National Catholic Register, (Complicit Clergy) - The Diocese of Fresno, California, will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid more than 150 child abuse claims filed against it, Bishop Joseph Brennan said this week... The diocese “​​will file a petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with the United States Bankruptcy Court in 2024,” Bishop Brennan said in a Tuesday announcement on the diocesan website.

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - Two noteworthy essays appeared online today: Father Tom Reese, the liberal Jesuit journalist who was a persistent critic of Pope Benedict XVI, has now become a critic of Pope Francis. The title of his his piece in the National Catholic Reporter says it all: “Pope Francis disappoints progressives. He will do so again.” Reflecting on the Pope’s “No” to female deacons and his crude remark about “fa***try” in seminaries, Father Reese says with regret that this Pope is “unwilling to change church teaching in any radical way.” He “sometimes sounds like a grandfather who says things that make his grandchildren cringe.”