Jeanie Hannaman

January 23, 2025

How the Internet is Saving the Catholic Church From Self-Destruction, by Gavin Ashenden

By Gavin Ashenden, Catholic Herald - Most people won’t be aware of the extraordinary success that Fr. Mike Schmidt had when, in 2021, he provided the opportunity to read the Bible in a year via his “Ascension” app. It has since been downloaded over 700 million times. Its companion app, the Rosary in a year, achieved a million downloads within four days of its launch on January 1 2025.

January 23, 2025

State Department Issues a ‘One Flag Policy,’ Banning Pride and BLM Flags, by Elise DeGeeter

By Elise DeGeeter, CatholicVote - The Trump State Department issued a “One Flag Policy” Monday, mandating that only the United States flag is authorized to be flown at all State Department buildings both at home and abroad... The new policy, implemented by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, effectively bans Pride and Black Lives Matter (BLM) flags from federal buildings... The order... states: “Starting immediately, only the United States of America flag is authorized to be flown or displayed at U.S. facilities, both domestic and abroad, and featured in U.S. government content.”

January 23, 2025

Not Personal, Not Political, But Social, by Jim Tonkowich

By Jim Tonkowich, The Stream - Just in time for the annual March for Life, several homes in my neighborhood have yard signs reading: “Pregnancy Is Personal, Not Political.”... That’s half right: Pregnancy is not political. Politics involves who we elect as president, governor, or mayor. It has to do with strategic energy reserves and borders, diplomacy, and national defense. Politics along with public policy and law are abstract and impersonal. Pregnancy is none of those things, and the countries that are attempting to make pregnancy a political issue are failing.

January 23, 2025

CatholicVote: Speaker Johnson: House to Probe Controversial Biden Pardons

By CatholicVote - House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-LA, told reporters Wednesday that the Republican-controlled chamber will investigate a series of controversial pre-emptive pardons former President Joe Biden made just hours before President Donald Trump took office... “There’s a lot of attention that’s going to be paid to this and I think that is appropriate and we will be looking at it as well,” Johnson stated... He called Biden’s pardons “shocking” and “breathtaking.” He specifically singled out the former president’s decision to pardon his three siblings and two of their spouses.