Jeanie Hannaman

By Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Catholic Register - “One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, ‘Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!’ But the other rebuked him, saying, ‘Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.’ And he said, ‘Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom.’ And he said to him, ‘Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise’” (Luke 23:39-43).

By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, Catholic Culture - The Devil tempted Adam and Eve. “Ye shall be as gods.” We may feel a tug of resentment for their sin of pride. Why weren’t they content to allow God to be God? One God suffices. But if we’re honest, we may notice our own ugly patterns of self-deification... Caiphas played God. He sized up the state of Israel during the Roman occupation and worried about the threat. He feared the Romans would view Jesus as a revolutionary. Although he was the High Priest, he preferred his international relations expertise. ...

By Dorothy Cummings McLean, LifeSiteNews - The founder of an American Catholic religious community is to be tried on charges of schism... The Mission of Divine Mercy apostolate has informed its supporters that on April 9 it received a letter from the Archdiocese of San Antonio “announcing a tribunal to investigate the charge of schism against Father John Mary (Foster) for ‘denying the legitimacy … of Pope Francis.’”... The community stated that they themselves had requested this tribunal “last July in an attempt to follow proper canonical procedures and to clarify the situation.” They provided their followers with a redacted copy of the letter. (Full letter below.)