Jeanie Hannaman

January 27, 2025

The Erosion of Birth, John M. Grondelski, Ph.D.

By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., Catholic World Report - At one time, “birth” was supposedly a bright line that separated and differentiated a “clump of tissue” from a “person.” But that line has been eroding, as evidenced by the failure of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors’ Protection Act to pass this last week... On January 22nd, the United States Senate could not find 60 senators to vote to overcome a filibuster and pass the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors’ Protection Act. Although S.6 garnered a majority–52-47–it needed 60 votes to pass. Every Republican voted for it (except Tennessee Sen. Bill Haggerty, who was absent); every Democrat voted against it.

January 27, 2025

The Little-Known Story of John Wayne’s Deathbed Conversion to Catholicism

By The Editors, Church Pop - His first major exposure to Catholicism came from his first wife, Josephine Alicia Saenz. They married in 1933 and had four children together. She was Catholic, so they got married in a Catholic church and he agreed to raise the children Catholic... Josephine was something of a socialite, and frequently had dinner parties with other Catholics in Hollywood, including priests and nuns. They sent their children to Catholic schools. In general, he was pulled into Catholic cultural circles and spent a lot of time at Catholic churches and around Catholics.

January 27, 2025

‘Les Femmes’: Moms and Wives Defending Marriage and the Family, by Jeff Minick

By Jeff Minick, Chronicles - Among the books in my collection is Judith Martin’s Miss Manners Rescues Civilization, in which the author addresses “lapses in civility.” I dip into this hefty volume from time to time, less for edification than for the pleasure of her tart observations... In the last three years, several female writers—wives and mothers for the most part—have also sought to rescue civilization, not just from social gaffes but from the radical ideologies infecting our culture and threatening the ruin of marriage and the family...

January 27, 2025

Fr. Paul D. Scalia: The Ecclesial Body’s Authority

By Fr. Paul D. Scalia, The Catholic Thing - The Acts of the Apostles recounts Saint Paul’s conversion three different times. Some details vary, but one is constant. When Saul of Tarsus, lying on the ground outside Damascus, looks into the blinding light and asks who it is, the response is the same in each telling: “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.” Saul was forever changed by that revelation... I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. Our Lord makes no distinction between himself and his Church