Jeanie Hannaman

February 15, 2025

Saint of the Day for February 15: St. Claude de la Colombière

Franciscan Media - This is a special day for the Jesuits, who claim today’s saint as one of their own. It’s also a special day for people who have a special devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus—a devotion Claude de la Colombière promoted, along with his friend and spiritual companion, Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque. The emphasis on God’s love for all was an antidote to the rigorous moralism of the Jansenists, who were popular at the time.

February 14, 2025

Happy (Feast of St.) Valentine’s Day, by Emily Finley

By Emily Finley, Crisis Magazine - St. Valentine apparently did not meet the DEI criteria or the historical-critical requirement, so he was removed from the liturgical calendar... On this day in 1969, Paul VI slapped Roman and Eastern Catholics in the face with his motu proprio Mysterii Paschalis. With all of the wisdom and foresight of a bureaucrat, Paul VI explained why the “suppression of reference to a certain number of saints who are not universally known” is required as part of the Second Vatican Council’s cleanup and restoration of Holy Mother Church... Some unfortunate victims, such as St. Valentine

February 14, 2025

USAID, Ideological Imperialism and the Sexual State, by Jennifer Roback Morse

By Jennifer Roback Morse, National Catholic Register - USAID has been systematically exporting the sexual revolution to countries that do not want it... The recent freeze on U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) expenditures has brought attention to that agency’s unaccountability and waste. But the problems with USAID run deeper than merely wasting taxpayer dollars or being opaque about its activities... Despite funding some worthwhile recipients, USAID has been systematically exporting the sexual revolution to countries that do not want it. Contrary to popular opinion, the sexual revolution is not the result of spontaneous cultural movements or impersonal historical forces.

February 14, 2025

Trump And Vance Aren’t Defying The Constitution, They’re Following It, by John Yoo, Robert Delahunty

By John Yoo and Robert Delahunty, The Federalist - Under the Constitution, “the President is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which he is to use his own discretion.” For his decisions, “he is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience.” His choices cannot be questioned in court because “the subjects are political. They respect the nation, not individual rights, and being entrusted to the executive, the decision of the executive is conclusive.”... Who penned these outrageous words?... The right answer is John Marshall, the greatest chief justice in Supreme Court history. And he did not squirrel this view away in a private journal.