Jeanie Hannaman

April 17, 2025

Fr. Robert P. Imbelli: Jesus’ Defining Desire

By Fr. Robert P. Imbelli, The Catholic Thing - Two of the most moving words in the entire New Testament occur at the beginning of St. Luke’s narrative of the Last Supper. “And when the hour came, he reclined at table with the apostles and said to them: ‘How deeply have I desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer’.” (Luke 22:14-15) My translation here – “how deeply have I desired” – seeks to express Jesus’ consuming longing, which Luke’s Greek conveys by repeating the word “desire” as both noun and verb: “epithumia epethumēsa.” With desire have I desired to eat this Passover with you!

April 17, 2025

The Catholic Herald: JD Vance to Meet Cardinal Parolin on Easter trip to Rome

The Catholic Herald - It has been confirmed that US Vice-President JD Vance and his family will travel to Italy at the end of Holy Week and spend Easter there, according to a news release from the Office of the Vice President...The US vice-president, who is arguably the US’s best known and most influential/controversial Catholic convert, will meet with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during his time in Rome, according to the news release... There is no mention of whether Vance will meet with Pope Francis, who is still recovering .....

April 17, 2025

China’s Export Addiction Is Even Worse Than America’s Import Addiction, by Auguste Meyrat

By Auguste Meyrat, The Stream - In defending President Donald Trump’s tariffs, much has been said about the American economy slowly imploding from importing and consuming far more than it exports and produces, resulting in a global trade deficit amounting to trillions of dollars every year. Common sense would suggest this is not sustainable, and that a course correction is necessary before the country is fully spent and incapable of financially supporting itself, let alone the rest of the world... But what about countries that depend on exporting most of their goods? Both sides tend to agree that they have been profiting greatly from the current arrangement.

April 17, 2025

Social Media and Personal Research Driving France’s Record Baptism Boom, Survey Reveals, by Heather Tomlinson

By Heather Tomlinson, CNA, Catholic World Report - The Catholic Church in France will welcome a record number of adults into the faith this weekend, with particularly strong growth in the numbers of young adults and teenagers, according to newly released statistics from the country’s Conference of Bishops (CEF)... A survey of 900 French catechumens conducted by Catholic media outlets Famille Chrétienne and Aleteia has revealed that social media plays a crucial role in attracting young adults to Catholicism, with 78% saying social media played a role in the discovery or deepening of their faith, while 84% said they follow Christian content creators or “influencers.”