Jeanie Hannaman

January 28, 2025

McElroy’s Appointment to Washington Is a Seriously Misguided Political Move, by Gavin Ashenden

By Gavin Ashenden, Catholic Herald - Catholic America is reeling from the surprise of the new presidency’s political appointments at every level, which are decisively reshaping the political landscape... One of the most unexpected developments has not come from the White House but from the Vatican: the retirement of Cardinal Wilton Gregory as Archbishop of Washington left a vacancy for Rome to fill following his resignation in 2022. This appointment has suddenly acquired political significance that eclipses accompanying pastoral and spiritual considerations.

January 28, 2025

Saint of the Day for January 28: St. Thomas Aquinas

Franciscan Media - By universal consent, Thomas Aquinas is the preeminent spokesman of the Catholic tradition of reason and of divine revelation. He is one of the great teachers of the medieval Catholic Church, honored with the titles Doctor of the Church and Angelic Doctor... At five he was given to the Benedictine monastery at Monte Cassino in his parents’ hopes that he would choose that way of life and eventually became abbot.

January 28, 2025

Daily Scripture Readings and Meditations: Whoever Does the Will of God Is My Brother and Sister

Author Don Schwager , Servants of the Word - Mark 3:31-3531 And his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside they sent to him and called him. 32 And a crowd was sitting about him; and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside, asking for you." 33 And he replied, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" 34 And looking around on those who sat about him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does the will of God is my brother, and sister, and mother."

January 28, 2025

Trump Erases Biden’s Attempt To Force Unpopular Taxpayer-Funded Abortion On Americans, by Jordan Boyd

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist - Americans who overwhelmingly oppose taxpayer-funded abortions will no longer be forced to pay for overseas baby-killing after President Donald Trump signed an executive order reinstating prohibitions on the unpopular practice... In a January 24 memorandum, Trump ordered the secretary of state, the secretary of defense, the secretary of health and human services, and the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to immediately cease by reinstating the Mexico City policy first implemented by President Ronald Reagan.