Jeanie Hannaman

March 22, 2025

Fr. Shenan J. Boquet: St. Patrick and Truth

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International - (On March 17th), the Catholic Church remembers and celebrates the life of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. This beloved saint of the Emerald Isle preached the Gospel for nearly forty years. His story is one of hardship and transformation that God used to confront the pagan culture dominating 5th century Ireland. The challenges he faced were similar to those we face today – slavery, human trafficking, human sacrifice, and the worship of false gods. With firmness of faith and undaunting determination, St. Patrick confronted the evils of his day and changed the landscape of Irish culture ....

March 22, 2025

JFK Files Mystery: What Exactly Were CIA Director’s ‘Dealings’ With the Vatican? by Matthew McDonald

By Matthew McDonald, National Catholic Register - A Catholic CIA director had previously unknown back-channel dealings with two popes during the 1960s, according to a memo in the newly released JFK files... But what those dealings were isn’t clear... The revelation, reported by The New York Times on Friday, turned up at the end of a June 1973 seven-page memo from a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency employee that is part of the thousands of documents pertaining to President John F. Kennedy. President Donald Trump ordered the documents released shortly after taking office in January 2025.

March 22, 2025

The Vatican (Still) Isn’t Listening, by Phil Lawler

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - Vatican officials assure us that Rupnik will face a canonical trial—eventually. But even before a judgment is passed, in light of his notoriety, wouldn’t it seem obvious that the Vatican should not be featuring his work? Yet Vatican News—a part of the Dicastery for Communications, which in theory should present the Church to the world in the best possible light—continues to give Rupnik special prominence. The use of his work can no longer be dismissed as oversight of happenstance; it is deliberate. The cries of outrage, and the continued suffering of Rupnik’s victims, have no impact. The Vatican is not listening.

March 22, 2025

The Hidden Saints of Seventh-Century England, by Joseph Pearce

By Joseph Pearce, Crisis Magazine - There is a little-known English saint who shares March 17 with St. Patrick as her feast day, even though she is never invited to the party. This is St. Withburga... Over the centuries, the English have been something of a curse to the Irish. English rulers, such as Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, and Oliver Cromwell, have sought to impose their will on the people of Ireland, often through the tyrannical use of terror on a defenseless population. There is, however, one sense in which the Irish have conquered not only the English but the whole English-speaking world.