Jeanie Hannaman

By Daniel B. Gallagher, Catholic Exchange - At a certain moment, my fingers dropped from the keyboard as I came across a Capuchin priest by the name of Fr. José Pérez González. I have no idea what Fr. José or his priestly ministry looked like. All I know is that I share a birthday with him on January 5th... In an instant, it became clear to me that we venerate the saints not so much because they are different from us, but because we are like them. Fr. José must have had a set of parents and perhaps a few siblings. He went to school, played games, and somewhere along the line he decided to enter the seminary. He received the sacraments, learned how to pray, and likely had moments of fear and doubt no different from mine.

Rorate Caeli by Staff - German public broadcaster ZDF has for decades presented Sunday “divine services”: Evangelical and Catholic. This past Sunday, for the first time, the Catholic “mass” was a “Queer Divine Service.” We take the opportunity to remind all that Traditionis custodes, the document that attempted to abolish the Traditional Rite of the Latin Church, had the illegitimate audacity of stating: “The liturgical books promulgated by Saint Paul VI and Saint John Paul II, in conformity with the decrees of Vatican Council II, are the only expression of the lex orandi of the Roman Rite.”

By  Ngala Killian Chimtom, Catholic World Report - Nelson Moda, the head of the Community of Sant’Egidio in Mozambique and a lecturer at the Catholic University of Mozambique, has described religious sects and terrorist groups as “the two wolves” that prey on the vulnerability of African youths... Africa’s defining demographic characteristic is its exceptionally young population. With an average age of just 19 years, the continent stands in stark contrast to other regions: Latin America (31), Asia (32), Oceania (33), North America (38), and Europe (42.5). ...