Jeanie Hannaman

February 17, 2025

LifeSiteNews: Trump Restores Sanity in US While Pope Francis Denies Catholic Teaching on Immigration

By LifeSiteNews Staff - On this episode of Faith and Reason, John Henry-Westen, Father Charles Murr, and Frank Wright discuss Pope Francis’s letter to the U.S. bishops on the Trump administration’s immigration policies and the rebuttal of several American bishops, the Pontiff installing new anti-Trump bishops, the Pope’s continued health issues, a congresswoman refusing to call a “transgender” congressman by female pronouns leading to outrage from LGBT activists, Jordan Peterson sounding off on the Trudeau government’s pandering to globalists, and more.

February 17, 2025

Bishop Joseph E. Strickland: Letter in Response to Pope Francis’s Letter to U.S. Bishops

By Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, Bishop Emeritus, Substack, Feb 13, 2025 - On February 10, 2025, Pope Francis wrote a letter to the bishops of the United States expressing strong criticism of the Trump administration’s deportation policies and directly challenging Vice President J.D. Vance’s theological justification for these actions. However, Pope Francis remained relatively silent during the last administration to President Biden’s clear and repeated advocacy for abortion, gender ideology and other policies that directly and egregiously contradict Catholic teaching. ...

February 17, 2025

How Family Breakdown Fuels Child Exploitation, by Lois McLatchie Miller

By Lois McLatchie Miller, First Things - Elon Musk did the world a service by bringing the U.K.’s darkest crimes to light. The “grooming gangs” scandal, which took place over decades in our poorest, post-industrial towns, should never be forgotten, especially since many perpetrators still have not been brought to justice. Various authorities failed to investigate the crimes out of fear of being branded racist or Islamophobic, a symptom of Britain’s performative commitment to diversity and multiculturalism. Unchecked immigration was almost certainly a contributing factor, as was rampant poverty.

February 17, 2025

Saint of the Day for February 17: Seven Founders of the Servite Order

Franciscan Media - Can you imagine seven prominent men of Boston or Denver banding together, leaving their homes and professions, and going into solitude for a life directly given to God? That is what happened in the cultured and prosperous city of Florence in the middle of the 13th century. ...