Jeanie Hannaman

By Eric Sammons, Crisis Magazine - When it comes to our elderly rulers, however, we should be deeply suspicious of anyone older than 80 who is still grasping for power. A better example is Cincinnatus, the Roman military leader who was thrust into power at an old age due to circumstances, but willingly relinquished that power once the crisis was over... It’s hard to imagine a Biden or a Trump willingly leaving the political spotlight for any reason... And to those men and women over 80 who still want to rule others: look to Cincinnatus, give up your power. Spend your time instead preparing for the next life ...

By Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing - Søren Kierkegaard once compared Socrates and Christ by noting that while Socrates claimed to be a “midwife” of truth, midwifing his students to give birth to the truth inside themselves – which is what we human teachers are supposed to be and do – Christ is “the Truth.” In His teaching, there is a dramatic unity between the teaching and the teacher. Christ is the heart of what is being taught. ......

By Father Nicola Bux, EWTN News - On Feb. 27, Vatican News published an article headlined: ‘Fiducia Supplicans,’ Non-liturgical Blessings and Pope Benedict’s Distinction... The aim of the article was to assert that distinguishing between rituals inserted into liturgical books and pastoral or spontaneous prayers is the same criterion now being used to admit the possibility of blessing irregular couples... The article juxtaposes the recent Declaration with some passages from the Vatican instruction Ardens Felicitatis, promulgated by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger ....