Jeanie Hannaman

By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, Catholic Culture - The Devil tempted Adam and Eve. “Ye shall be as gods.” We may feel a tug of resentment for their sin of pride. Why weren’t they content to allow God to be God? One God suffices. But if we’re honest, we may notice our own ugly patterns of self-deification... Caiphas played God. He sized up the state of Israel during the Roman occupation and worried about the threat. He feared the Romans would view Jesus as a revolutionary. Although he was the High Priest, he preferred his international relations expertise. ...

By Dorothy Cummings McLean, LifeSiteNews - The founder of an American Catholic religious community is to be tried on charges of schism... The Mission of Divine Mercy apostolate has informed its supporters that on April 9 it received a letter from the Archdiocese of San Antonio “announcing a tribunal to investigate the charge of schism against Father John Mary (Foster) for ‘denying the legitimacy … of Pope Francis.’”... The community stated that they themselves had requested this tribunal “last July in an attempt to follow proper canonical procedures and to clarify the situation.” They provided their followers with a redacted copy of the letter. (Full letter below.)

By Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Catholic Register - You have to draw close to hear the words, for a crucified man struggles to speak, his lungs crushed under the pressure of his own weight, even as his body screams to him in pain...  “Two others also, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him. And when they came to the place which is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on the right and one on the left. And Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do’” (Luke 23:32-34).