Jeanie Hannaman

By Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic - He will set up a counter-Church which will be the ape of the Church because, he the devil, is the ape of God. It will have all the notes and characteristics of the Church, but in reverse and emptied of its divine content. It will be a mystical body of the anti-Christ that will in all externals resemble the mystical body of Christ. In desperate need for God, whom he nevertheless refuses to adore, modern man in his loneliness and frustration will hunger more and more for membership in a community that will give him enlargement of purpose, but at the cost of losing himself in some vague collectivity. .....

By Bishop Marian Eleganti, Stilum Curiae,I begin with a preliminary remark: Synodality in the sense of consultation and mutual listening and taking seriously, in the sen - e of mutual recognition of one’s own, God-given position (office and charisma), is a matter of course for me. That’s not what I’m talking about below, because it’s undisputed. What I’m talking about is this: The church in our present day does not behave like a bride in love with JESUS ​​CHRIST.

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - One of the most encouraging recent news stories is this one: “Philadelphia archbishop launches plan for ‘missionary hubs’. Without intending an excessively invidious comparison, I will mention that many dioceses place a great deal of emphasis on their programs for materially assisting those who are materially poor, but far fewer seem to emphasize their programs for spiritually assisting those who are spiritually poor.