Jeanie Hannaman

By David G. Bonagura, Jr., Catholic World Report - The modern epoch has sought to strip Francis of his religious zeal, just as it has deliberately ignored Jesus’ divinity in reducing Him to a “great moral teacher.”... Renowned worldwide for his radical poverty and profound humility, St. Francis of Assisi is among the most famous of God’s saints. It is no wonder, then, that, like his master Jesus of Nazareth, Francis has been misunderstood and deliberately misappropriated for various causes that depart from—and often ignore—the singular cause that inspired Francis’s every move: unquenchable love for God.

By Gayle Somers, Catholic Exchange - This Sunday, the apostles ask Jesus to increase their faith.  More faith sounds like a reasonable request.  Jesus doesn’t think so.  Why?... What prompted the apostles to ask Jesus to increase their faith in this reading?  In the verses preceding ours, Jesus had been talking about forgiveness:  “Take heed to yourselves, if your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him; and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, and says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him” ....