Jeanie Hannaman

Catholic News Agency - Pope Leo XIII was particularly devoted to Our Lady of the Rosary... In his 1883's “Supremi Apostolatus Officio,” he echoed the words of the oldest known Marian prayer... “It has always been the habit of Catholics in danger and in troublous times to fly for refuge to Mary.”.. “This devotion, so great and so confident, to the august Queen of Heaven,” Pope Leo continued, “has never shone forth with such brilliancy as when the militant Church of God has seemed to be endangered by the violence of heresy … or by an intolerable moral corruption, or by the attacks of powerful enemies.”

By Michael Haynes, LifeSiteNews - The appointment of Fr. Baggio and Mgr. Koovakad straight from curial positions to the cardinalate is unexpected and similarly characteristic of Francis’ style... namely Baggio who leads the handling of migrants and Koovakad who has been heavily involved in organizing papal trips... However it is the inclusion of Fr. Radcliffe O.P. which is the most notable and controversial. Radcliffe... (who) is arguably more notorious for his prominent and persistent promotion of LGBT ideology in contradiction of Catholic teaching. ...

By Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing - ... there was one remark in a previous press briefing that caught my attention. Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas has been the synod point man for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Amid some hard-to-get-a-grip-on meandering in the general direction of synodality, he raised a question that will not go away when the synod ends. Or after. Ever. Because it can’t... He suggested that some people fear that talking about each of our “perspectives” on the faith risks losing the necessary elements of truth and unity.