Jeanie Hannaman

By David Nussman, Church Militant - Last week, 24 nations were consecrated to the hearts of Jesus and Mary at Fatima, seeking protection from the Wuhan virus… The consecration took place at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Fatima, Portugal — a popular pilgrimage site after Our Lady appeared repeatedly in 1917… The two dozen countries were entrusted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary — countries such as Spain, Poland, Kenya and Zimbabwe… But American Catholics are wondering: Why wasn't the United States on the list? Why didn't the American bishops ask that their country be entrusted to Jesus and Mary?

By Fr. Richard Heilman - I remain hopeful that a “breakthrough” is on the horizon. I have no special gift for predicting the future, but this is my hope: That something happens, such as a breakthrough treatment being discovered soon, enough to quell the fear that those who contract the COVID-19 virus will have little danger of death. This would mean a quarantine would no longer be necessary and, in fact, we would be encouraged to “come out of our tombs” (our quarantine) and interact with each other in order to build up our immunity to fight the disease (herd immunity)… Could something like this happen before Easter? God only knows. But, I pray some kind of breakthrough comes along soon.

By  Michael J. Matt, Editor, The Remnant - + Carlo Maria Viganò: The coronavirus pandemic, as with all diseases and death itself, are a consequence of original sin. The sin of Adam, our first parent, deprived him and us not only of divine grace, but also all the other good things God gave to creation. Then disease and death came into the world as a punishment for disobeying God. The Redemption we were promised in the Protoevangelium (Genesis 3), prophesied in the Old Testament and brought to completion with the Incarnation, Passion, Death and Resurrection of Our Lord, redeemed Adam and his descendants from eternal damnation; but its consequences were left as a mark of the Fall and will only finally be restored at the Resurrection of the flesh, as we proclaim in the Creed, and which will happen before Judgment Day. This must be remembered, especially at a time when the basic tenets of the Catechism are unknown or denied.

By Stephen Wynne, Church Militant - Bishop Joseph Strickland of the diocese of Tyler won't back a declaration by the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops (TCCB) that calls on Gov. Greg Abbott to lift penalties against healthcare rationing at hospitals amid the growing viral pandemic. In essence, the declaration would give hospitals carte blanche to decide who gets to live and who gets to die among coronavirus-infected patients, regardless of their reasons for choosing one patient over another.