Jeanie Hannaman

January 11, 2020

Newly Released 60-Page Report Details US Bishop’s Predatory Sexual Behavior, Reckless Spending, by Doug Mainwaring

By Doug Mainwaring, LifeSiteNews - Published online Dec. 23 by the The Washington Post, the 60-page “privileged and confidential” investigative report – produced at a reported cost of $500,000 to the beleaguered diocese – pulls back the curtain not only on the out-of-control prelate but on a dysfunctional chancery where senior staff turned their eyes away from Bransfield’s behaviors, enabling him to treat diocesan funds as a personal piggy bank and “to operate the chancery as his personal fiefdom.”

January 11, 2020

On Funding (or Dissolving) Episcopal Conferences, by Dr. Jeff Mirus

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - The recent bare-minimum vote to increase the diocesan allocations in support of the USCCB ought once again to prompt deep thought among Catholics about the wisdom of episcopal conferences. When you look at the number of sub-divisions listed at the bottom of the USCCB’s website you will see immediately how easily a local bishop—and the US Church as a whole—can be overshadowed by the sheer weight of the Conference…

January 11, 2020

BREAKING: Democrats Vote Against Motion Calling Unborn Babies Members ‘of the Species Homo Sapiens’

By Calvin Freiburger, LifeSiteNews - This morning, the House voted on a motion to recommit HR 535 offered by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA). It was shot down by a 187-219 vote… “Most importantly, it protects the unborn child, something I hope everyone in this room can agree should be one of our greatest priorities: to protect people before they are born, and at every stage of their lives,” she said on the House floor. “I urge my colleagues to support science by supporting my motion to recommit.”

January 11, 2020

Was Jesus a Pacifist? Understanding Just-War Theory in a Nuclear Age, by Vladimir Mauricio-Perez

By Vladimir Mauricio-Perez, Denver Catholic - “Since the states have a responsibility to defend their citizens, they have a right to use force [when necessary]. War can then be justified if it is an act of justice – if it is trying to make sure that each gets its due and peace is restored,” Dr. Wright explained… The just-war theory consists of two parts: jus ad bellum and jus in bello. The first one refers to legitimate reasons a state may engage in war and the second to how it must be carried out to remain just.