Jeanie Hannaman

April 5, 2025

Anna Paulina Luna’s ‘Pro Family’ Proxy Push Rings Hollow After She Avoided Florida’s 2024 Abortion Battle, by Shawn Fleetwood

By Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist - Another week has come and gone in the nation’s capital, which means congressional Republicans are either doing nothing productive, wasting taxpayer money, or losing major policy fights. In the case of this week (and many others), it’s all of the above... On Americans’ dime, the GOP-run House was all but forced to abruptly end work on its legislative agenda on Tuesday for the remainder of the week amid efforts led in part by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., to allow representatives who are new parents to vote by proxy. In other words, Luna pushed to amend House rules to permit these members to vote on key legislation without having to physically show up to work.

April 5, 2025

Pro-Life Scientist Convicted of Breaching Speech Zone Outside Abortion Clinic in UK, by Jules Gomes

By Jules Gomes, The Stream - A U.K. court earlier today convicted a pro-life clinical scientist of violating a “buffer zone” outside an abortion facility in a trial that has triggered threats of trade reprisals from the Trump administration over “freedom of expression” in Britain... Dr. Livia Tossici-Bolt, a devout Catholic, was found guilty on two counts of breaching a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) or “buffer zone” outside the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) abortion facility in Bournemouth in March 2023... The 64-year grandmother from Italy, who lives in Britain, was holding a sign that read: “Here to talk, if you want.”

April 5, 2025

Saint of the Day for April 5: St. Vincent Ferrer

By Franciscan Media - The polarization in the Church today is a mild breeze compared with the tornado that ripped the Church apart during the lifetime of this saint. If any saint is a patron of reconciliation, Vincent Ferrer is... Despite parental opposition, he entered the Dominican Order in his native Spain at 19. ..

April 5, 2025

CNA: A Timeline of Abuse Allegations Against Deceased Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick

By CNA Staff - The following is a timeline of important dates from the McCarrick Report and elsewhere regarding abuse allegations against recently deceased former cardinal Theodore McCarrick... Published by the Vatican on Nov. 10, 2020, the McCarrick Report examined the “institutional knowledge and decision-making” regarding McCarrick, who was found guilty of sexual abuse of minors and seminarians in 2019 and laicized after an expedited canonical investigation... Nov. 15, 2004: Bishop Donald Wuerl of the Diocese of Pittsburgh sends Montalvo a signed statement from Priest 2, the former seminarian and priest of the Diocese of Metuchen. In it, the priest recalls “problematic” and “extremely inappropriate” behavior including backrubs and bed sharing with McCarrick. ....