Jeanie Hannaman

June 9, 2025

Fr. Christian Hbaiter: The Irrefutable Connection Between Obedience and Life in the Spirit

By Fr. Christian Hbaiter, Catholic Exchange - The purpose and value of obedience in our world today seems to be skewed. Cries in culture loudly exclaim that obedience to oneself is all that is required and that true freedom comes from obeying one’s own desires, thoughts, and beliefs without succumbing to a system that may contradict those very desires, thoughts, and beliefs... Obedience in this modern day looks like a warped understanding of freedom and choice. As an ordained priest, obedience can never be understood as what “I” want, rather how can I do what “He” wills.

June 9, 2025

Trump Punches Back at Harvard and Enhances National Security Measures, by James Mortensen

By James Mortensen, MRC TV - On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed a Proclamation suspending entry of foreign nationals seeking to study or participate in exchange programs at Harvard University... This was done in an effort to safeguard national security after a federal judge blocked his May attempt to revoke Harvard’s ability to enroll foreign students... The Proclamation suspends the entry into the United States of any new Harvard student as a non-immigrant under F, M, or J visas, and it recommends the Secretary of State to consider the existing visas of the same classification for current Harvard students ....

June 9, 2025

Three Years After Dobbs, Some States are Fighting to Protect Babies From Abortion, by Ingrid Duran

By Ingrid Duran, LifeNews - The legal status of abortion across the states is shaped not only by the Dobbs decision but also by a range of additional factors. These include recent state constitutional rulings interpreting abortion as a protected right; the passage of laws aimed at safeguarding unborn life; ongoing litigation challenging or defending those laws; and the implementation of so-called “shield laws.” These are laws designed to protect abortion providers who reside in abortion-friendly states who prescribe abortions pills in states where abortion is almost entirely proscribed.

June 9, 2025

Pentecost Sunday: Are Your Eyes Looking Toward the Holy Spirit? by John Grondelski

By John Grondelski, National Catholic Register - Next to Easter and Christmas, Pentecost is the Church’s most important feast. That’s true not just for the liturgical calendar, but for our spiritual lives. Christmas marks Christ’s coming in the flesh, “for us and for our salvation.” Easter marks Christ’s triumph over sin and death — none of us must be damned unless we freely want to be. Pentecost marks Christ’s sending of his Spirit to enable his Church to carry on his work of salvation — of turning people from sin and to God — until he “comes again in glory to judge the living and the dead.”