Jeanie Hannaman

March 13, 2025

7 Simple Ways to Grow Closer to Saint Joseph During the Month of March, by Caroline Perkins

By Caroline Perkins, ChurchPOP - Saint Thomas Aquinas explained: “Some saints are privileged to extend to us their patronage with particular efficacy in certain needs, but not in others; but our holy patron Saint Joseph has the power to assist us in all cases, in every necessity, in every undertaking.”... His patronage covers many needs and requests ranging from family troubles to finances.

March 13, 2025

Trump NIH Director Nominee Calls for Ethical Alternatives to Aborted Fetal Tissue Research, by Kate Quiñones

By Kate Quiñones, CNA - President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said in his confirmation hearing last week that he was “absolutely committed” to finding alternatives to vaccines developed using aborted fetal cell lines... When asked whether he would prohibit the use of aborted fetal tissue in NIH-funded research, Stanford University medical school professor and health economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya said he would follow the lead of President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the issue. ...

March 13, 2025

Restoring Trust in Public Health: Transparency Urgently Needed in Reporting Adverse Vaccine Effects, by Robert Moffit

By Robert Moffit, The Daily Signal - In its final, comprehensive report, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic concluded that with regard to the COVID-19 vaccines, the federal government’s reporting on adverse events has been neither transparent nor sufficient to protect the American people... As reports of adverse events mounted, federal officials were slow to respond. In fact, the safety problem worsened in 2021 when President Joe Biden attempted to impose his vaccine mandate: a policy that disregarded the reality of the natural immunity of previously infected people ....

March 13, 2025

Seeing Christ in the Suffering Poor, by Constance T. Hull

By Constance T. Hull, Catholic Exchange - During this Lenten season of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving, the Lord leads us to a deeper detachment from the things of this world. He also leads us to a greater understanding of the Church’s mystical union with Him through the poor. The Lord views the poor as Himself, as He taught in Matthew 25:40, “Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.” As demonstrated by her life, St. Teresa of Calcutta took these words seriously. She argued that the correct translation should be “you did it to me.”