Jeanie Hannaman

By Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine - Matthew Mehan is a large man with large ideas that sometimes pour forth in a gentle torrent. His central claim, that Western Civilization will not be reclaimed unless and until poetry and rhetoric are revived, has been the focus of his personal and professional life... Mehan describes his life’s project as “recomforting my children, my students, my culture, and my Church with the truths and habits of nature, shot through with the grace of Christ.”

By Theresa Civantos Barber, Aleteia - While the rest of the world is moving on to the next thing, how can we really savor the whole Christmas season in our lives and homes?... The USCCB explains, “The liturgical season of Christmas begins with the vigil Masses on Christmas Eve and concludes on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord... This year, that’s Sunday January 9.

By John Horvat II, CNS News - Everyone says artificial intelligence (AI) represents the wave of the future. AI involves the simulation of intelligent human behavior in computers. It uses algorithm-driven programming that allows the computer to explore and adjust to all possible choices and select the ideal outcome. Tech enthusiasts claim computers can approximate or even exceed human action... Nowhere is the drive to reduce everything to algorithms stronger than at online high-tech firms.

By Kathy Schiffer, EWTN News - Did Jesus have brothers and sisters? Some people think the Gospel of Mark seems to say so... And not only in the Gospel of Mark. In Luke 8:19-21, the topic comes up again. Jesus is told by a crowd gathered to hear him speak. The crowd says, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”