Jeanie Hannaman

By David G Bonagura, Jr., The Catholic Thing - “Political problems,” wrote Russell Kirk, “at bottom, are religious and moral problems.” In other words, our beliefs and morals shape our politics, not the other way around. Beneath every hotly contested political topic of today or yesteryear – immigration, tariffs, welfare, health care, DEI, the Cold War, supply-side economic theory, segregation, slavery, westward expansion, independence from Britain – lie beliefs that shape the approach and policy. There is no such thing as a “neutral” politics devoid of prior beliefs and principles.

By Sarah Cain, Crisis Magazine - Thus, the commands of the bishop become expressions from outside of the larger body and universal tradition of the Church. They form a diocese that reflects the iron hand of one man’s preferences. The proposed norms are rigid enough to dictate almost every motion by priests, ironically under the guise of openness... Such dictatorialism denies that a pastor might have well-contemplated reasons for his choices. St. Gregory the Great insisted in Pastoral Rule that the priest must be rooted in what might be called “contemplative dignity,”....