Jeanie Hannaman

By Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, Bishop Emeritus, Pillars of Faith - ... Catholics should always remember that the Church’s mission is first and foremost supernatural. While questions of public policy, economics, migration, technology, and international relations are important matters deserving serious reflection, they must never eclipse the central proclamation of the Gospel: the salvation of souls through Jesus Christ... The dignity of the human person is fully understood only in the light of the truth that man is created by God, wounded by sin, redeemed by Christ, and called to eternal life. ....

By Elizabeth Yore, Substack - the previous Pope Leo XIII was deeply dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He diligently promoted the Sacred Heart devotion throughout his papacy and even issued a magnificent encyclical, Annum Sacrum in 1899, consecrating the entire world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus... Along comes the latest, Leo, the XIV, in his Vatican June Prayer intention offers an invitation for Catholics to pray 'for the values of sports,' that all sport may promote peace, fraternity and communion. What’s going on? Is this the new Synodal Gospel of FIFA or the Super Bowl of Sustainability? ...

By David G Bonagura, Jr., The Catholic Thing - At a time when non-practicing Catholics outnumber the practicing 4 to 1, Church leaders should encourage any expression of legitimate beauty in the Church that can inspire faith – even if a particular form is not exactly to their taste. For if beauty awakens us to redemption and transcendence, it leads us to God, as Pope St. John Paul II promised young people at World Youth Day in 2000: “It is Jesus in fact that you seek when you dream of happiness; he is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you; he is the beauty to which you are so attracted.”