Jeanie Hannaman

By M.C. Holbrook, Catholic Exchange - The Holy Family offers us a beautiful model to follow in our own families, even though Scripture reveals so little about the “hidden years” before the time of Jesus’ public ministry. We are invited to imagine the love that poured forth from their little home, the abundant peace palpable to anyone who entered in, the joyful welcome to any guest, the cleanliness of each room down to every corner, the fresh and delicious smell of warm bread baking in the oven, ready to be served to an unexpected visitor.

By Srdja Trifkovic, Chronicles - On this Christmas Day, let us spare a thought for the plight of Middle Eastern Christians, arguably the most endangered religious minority in today’s world. I addressed this neglected issue 14 years ago (“A Grim Christmas,” Chronicles, December 2011), and those communities’ position has grown much worse since then. Counting Eastern Christians is difficult: few reliable surveys have been conducted, and, moreover, religious leaders tend to overestimate their numbers. Statistics thus vary from one source to another and should be considered indicative rather than absolute.

By John Mac Ghlionn, Blaze TV - From Michigan to Melbourne, exorcisms are rising — an odd trend in an age when Christianity is supposedly retreating... Odd, that is, if you accept the official story: that faith has faded, churches have emptied, and modern life has supposedly outgrown such concerns. Yet behind parish doors and rectory walls, priests report the opposite: more calls, cases, and urgency... The demonic, it seems, didn’t get the secular memo.