Jeanie Hannaman

Fr. Raymond J. de Souza, First Things - Last month, the chief rabbi of Rome accused Pope Francis of “selective indignation” in his comments about the Israel-Hamas war. “A pope cannot divide the world into children and stepchildren and must denounce the sufferings of all,” Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni said. “This is exactly what the pope does not do.”... The same charge was made when the Holy Father gave his “State of the World” address to the diplomats accredited to the Holy See in January. The persecution of Catholics in China was a “glaring omission,” stated the Pillar. When Pope Francis recently wrote to the U.S. bishops about the Trump administration’s deportation policy, the issue of China arose again.

By Father Nnamdi Moneme, Integrated Catholic Life - At the end of one of my talks to a lay group on heroic charity and sanctity, one of the attendees said to me, “You know, Father, I just cannot practice such selfless charity. Jesus can do so because He is God, but I am only human.” I cannot tell you how many times I have heard that last line... Yes, we will always be human. We can never be divine like Jesus nor like the angels. But how true is it that we are only human? Are we left at the mercy of our natural powers alone? We will surely feel that heroic charity and sanctity are impossible for us when we come to see ourselves as only human ....