Jeanie Hannaman

By Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent, LifeSiteNews - Pope Francis and Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, considered a potential successor to Francis, have reportedly approved an LGBT event for the 2025 Jubilee, including a 'pilgrimage' passing through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica... Meanwhile the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that “homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered” and “contrary to the natural law.” The Catechism is very clear that homosexual activity can never be approved, and repeats that “[h]omosexual persons are called to chastity.”

By Regis Martin, Crisis Magazine - Around the turn of the last century, a prominent London newspaper called The World put the following question to its readers, offering a prize for the best possible answer: “What’s wrong with the world?” Not the newspaper, of course, whose good health the owners took for granted. But the planet, about which there was a good deal of anxious concern. Why else would they have taken the trouble to solicit the views of their readers?

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - The season of Advent is upon us. I said Advent, not Christmas. Christmas is coming, of course—that’s the reason for this season of anticipation—but the Christmas season is not yet here.... Every year at about this time, my I am struck once again by the contrast between the quiet anticipation proper to Advent and the frantic noisy bustle of the hyper-commercialized “holiday season.” I say that I am “struck,” but it would be more honest to say that I am frustrated. The “holiday season” encroaches on my Advent.

By Ryan Bilodeau, Catholic Exchange - For every human being, death is a certainty. It looms on the horizon of our lives, often unspoken but ever-present, shaping our decisions, fears, and ambitions. But there is one person in history for whom death was not merely an inevitability but a destiny—indeed, the very purpose of His birth. Jesus Christ, uniquely among all humanity, entered the world not to escape death but to embrace it, to transform it, and ultimately to conquer it.