Jeanie Hannaman

By Anthony Esolen, National Catholic Register - The last two weeks have been a sobering time for me and my family, as the assassination of Charlie Kirk has brought to my mind a few of my encounters with mobs... Let me say straight out that I find mobs loathsome and dehumanizing. I have told this story before, but it bears repeating... The year was 1984, and I was on the political left — but not with regard to abortion, euthanasia, pornography, or national oversight of education. I was serving at St. Francis Catholic Worker House in Washington, D.C. ...

By Suellen Brewster, Catholic Exchange - Speak to the world about My mercy; let all mankind recognize My unfathomable mercy. It is a sign for the end times; after it will come the day of justice. While there is still time, let them have recourse to the fount of My mercy . . . Over the years I have pondered and prayed about various Church-approved private revelations and writings of the saints on the topic of the “Illumination of Conscience.” The diagram below formed in my mind. It is a “mental map” to help us plot out current events and human responses from a spiritual standpoint. ....

By Patrick J. Walsh, National Catholic Register - When he was a boy walking the streets in Hannibal, Missouri, pages from a biography of Joan of Arc (1412-1431) were swept up to Samuel Clemens’ feet... Upon reading the strewn pages, Clemens inquired of his mother whether Joan of Arc was a real person or a myth. As biographer Ron Chernow writes, “The chance finding was the catalyst for Twain’s lifelong voracious passion for Joan.” He studied the trial of Joan of Arc and thought that it was “the most thrilling historical document he had ever read.”