Jeanie Hannaman

Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, Bishop Emeritus - Brothers and sisters, if God reveals His secrets to prophets, then we must listen – even if it startles us. Today, we must speak with urgency: what is unfolding in the life of the Church isn’t abstract – it’s real, immediate, and demands our vigilance.”... In December 2023, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued Fiducia supplicans, allowing priests to impart short, private blessings to individuals – even same-sex couples – so long as they aren’t blessing a union or relationship. Though the Church affirms she cannot bless sin, this ambiguity forces faithful Catholics into confusion.

By Gayle Somers, Catholic Exchange - This Sunday’s feast, the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, prompts us to marvel over how an instrument of shame, brutality, and defeat became the most glorious symbol in the cosmos. This means more than meditating on the meaning of the Cross for sinners like us, as fruitful as that would be.  No, the idea is to ponder the exaltation of the Cross, and there is a world of goodness for us as we answer this call.