Jeanie Hannaman

By Fr. Charles Fox, Catholic World Report - St. Ignatius of Loyola was a sixteenth century Basque (Spanish) nobleman and soldier who, as a young man, seems to have had a mixture of high ideals and an easy-going personality. While serving as a soldier, the young Ignatius received a leg wound in battle and returned home to recover from the injury... It was during this time of recovery at Loyola that Ignatius’ conversion began, as he read a book on the life of Christ and another on the lives of the Saints. Providentially, these books were given to Ignatius despite his request for novels, of which the household had none. After reading the books, Ignatius noticed a pattern of joyful feelings he experienced, both as he thought about the life of Christ and the lives of the saints ....

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - “I need to speak to the Pope,” says Libero Milone, the former Vatican auditor general, who was forced to resign in 2017—because, he says, he had exposed widespread financial corruption... In a July 30 session with journalists, Milone said that efforts to restore integrity and accountability in the Vatican’s financial affairs, led by the late Cardinal George Pell, were thwarted by a powerful bloc of officials of the Roman Curia, who ultimately arranged his removal.