Jeanie Hannaman

By Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine - A few years ago, I noticed a certain frostiness (from my half-century friend). He would not answer my emails and would not pick up the phone. Eventually, he fessed up that it was Trump. Trump!... He said we might be able to be friends when Trump was gone... But, after Biden was elected, I reached out and discovered I was still in the deepfreeze... A few weeks ago, he said by email that the political times have sapped his enthusiasm for investing in our friendship. So, no, not yet. It does seem rather cruel; try again next year. I might renew our friendship then.

By Gayle Somers, Catholic Exchange - On Palm Sunday, Catholics all over the globe, in every nation and time zone, in public and sometimes in secret, stand at attention to hear the longest Gospel narrative of the entire liturgical year. This riveting episode needs no interpretation. Young and old, male and female, educated and uneducated, sophisticated and simple—all of us are caught up in the story and understand it. Why is it so universally accessible? The answer must be because it is a truly human drama.

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - Have you noticed that in recent years, before each meeting of the Synod of Bishops, public attention tends to fixate on one very specific topic?... In 2015, before the Synod on the Family, everyone was asking whether Catholics who are divorced and illicitly remarried should receive the Eucharist... In 2019, before the Amazon Synod, the question was whether married men could be ordained as priests... Today, in the preparation for the Synod on Synodality, the question is whether the Church will bless homosexual unions.