Jeanie Hannaman

June 26, 2025

Preventive War and the U.S. Attack on Iran, by Dr. Edward Feser

By Dr. Edward Feser, Catholic World Report - It is generally acknowledged that preemptive war can sometimes be morally justifiable. But preventive war is much more problematic and controversial... Last week I argued that the U.S. should stay out of Israel’s war with Iran. America has now entered the war by bombing three facilities associated with Iran’s nuclear program. Is this action morally justifiable in light of traditional just war doctrine?... War aims? ....

June 26, 2025

Pope Leo XIV Promotes Pro-LGBTQ Prelate Who Permitted Pagan Idol in Cathedral, by Jules Gomes

By Jules Gomes, The Stream - Bishop Joseph Strickland Protests Mackinlay’s Promotion... In an open letter on X, Joseph Strickland, the former bishop of Tyler, Texas, and a fierce critic of Pope Francis’s progressive reforms, blasted Leo for elevating Mackinlay to his new post... “Appointing a bishop who holds such views to shepherd a major archdiocese is a source of scandal and division. The faithful deserve clarity, not ambiguity; fidelity, not experimentation,” protested Strickland, who was fired by Francis in November 2023. ...

June 26, 2025

The Prodigality of Love, by Dr. Donald DeMarco

By Dr. Donald DeMarco, Catholic Exchange - God is love, and He pours out His love on all His creatures. But among all His earthly creatures, man is the best receptacle for His love. A city has a water supply. Whenever a person drinks from the tap, he is drinking from that source. Similarly, whenever a person loves another, his love is drawn from the supply of Love that is consubstantial with God. To love another, therefore, is, at the same time, to love God, however faintly. In addition, by tapping into God’s love, we experience an overflow of love for all whom God loves.

June 26, 2025

The Mirage of Permanent Solutions in International Relations, by Francis P. Sempa

By Francis P. Sempa, The American Spectator - The quest for permanent global peace is an illusion... In 1795, Immanuel Kant wrote a book titled Perpetual Peace just prior to the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars. More than a century later, Norman Angell wrote The Great Illusion, which argued that great power wars were becoming obsolete, just prior to the outbreak of World War I. H. G. Wells and Woodrow Wilson described World War I as “the war to end all wars,” when in fact it was the prelude to what Raymond Aron accurately called The Century of Total War. ....