Jeanie Hannaman

By E. Christian Brugger, Catholic World Report - In his recent response to “critics on sexual sin, the Eucharist, and LGBT and divorced/remarried Catholics” Cardinal Robert W. McElroy defends the morality of some instances of sex between LGBT and divorced and remarried Catholics... I reply here to four problems with his defense: it proposes 1) a misleading conception of conscience ...

By Gayle Somers, Catholic Exchange - The story of the Samaritan woman at the well plants us deeply into the mystery of salvation—God’s great love for sinners.  During Lent, we take special notice of ourselves as sinners, spending time and effort to recognize the seriousness of sin and to rejoice in Christ’s victory over it.  Our lectionary readings highlight both of these Lenten realities in a most wonderful way.

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - At his Wednesday public audience this week, Pope Francis compared Vatican II with the first council of the young Church, the Council of Jerusalem. Both councils, the Pope remarked, issued a call to evangelize the world. Yes, but there is also a marked difference between the results of the two councils. After the Council of Jerusalem, the apostles quickly spread the Gospel message across the world. After Vatican II, the Church talked about evangelization.

By David Warren, The Catholic Thing - Suppose, for the sake of argument, that you are God... Ask yourself some obvious, apparently simple questions about the universe that you have created. For instance, when did the idea of creating a universe first occur to you? And how long has it been since you began to put it into existence?... Was it created, literally, ex nihilo – out of nothing – or were there stages to be passed through?