Jeanie Hannaman

By Jayd Henricks, Catholic World Report - The lay perception that “synodality” is sometimes a veil for predetermined outcomes is also shared among many bishops. Some of them have felt in recent years that only certain topics are open for discussion, and only certain viewpoints can be heard at the table... Bishops will certainly talk, when they gather in November, about the rancor of the past few weeks. But some believe they can only be open and honest in side conversations among friends. They fear going unheard or marginalized if they push back against scolding about a synthetic, superficial unity that does not challenge brothers with the truth.

By Steven Tucker, Crisis Magazine - While older Christian leaders act as if they're still in the 70's, young Christians around the world are taking up the sign of the Cross... Suddenly, crosses are everywhere on the streets of Great Britain. And the automatic main response of the Christian church in that country is to complain... Apparently, the problem is that those carrying the crosses are the “wrong kind” of Christians: patriotic ones, who actually believe in Christianity and don’t want to hand the whole country over on a plate to Islam.