Jeanie Hannaman

December 4, 2024

Doers of the Word, by Francis X. Maier

By Francis X. Maier, The Catholic Thing - Words matter. They express but also shape our thoughts, which in turn frame the way we live. Here’s an example: The words of the Nicene Creed are crucial to Christian belief. They’ve summarized and guided the Christian faith for 1,700 years. We recite them routinely every Sunday at Mass, but there was nothing routine in their origin. Good people argued, fought, and died in formulating them, and their influence over the centuries has been massive. Simply put, words matter for two reasons.

December 4, 2024

Radical Global Changes Ahead Could Be Destructive for the Cause of Persecuted Christians, Expert Alerts

By Solène Tadié, National Catholic Register - Escalating economic and geopolitical crises around the world are dealing a severe blow to the cause of persecuted Christians, according to the head of international advocacy for Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Marcela Szymanski... “This year will be marked by radical changes around the world, and as political, economic and social upheavals unfold, the fundamental rights of citizens will be relegated even further down the ladder of priorities,” Szymanski said during an international conference in Budapest, Hungary.

December 4, 2024

Is RFK’s Nomination to HHS an Answer to Prayer? by Scott Ventureyra

By Scott Ventureyra, Crisis Magazine - On November 13, 2024, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) was nominated as the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), a position of tremendous importance that oversees the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and various other agencies. But long before that, for 19 years, RFK Jr., who was raised Catholic and was, until recently, a lifelong Democrat, prayed for 30 minutes every morning to be in a position to end the chronic disease epidemic and restore the health of children in America. ....

December 4, 2024

Saint of the Day for December 4: St. John Damascene

By Franciscan Media - John spent most of his life in the Monastery of Saint Sabas near Jerusalem, and all of his life under Muslim rule, indeed protected by it... He was born in Damascus, received a classical and theological education, and followed his father in a government position under the Arabs. After a few years, he resigned and went to the Monastery of Saint Sabas.