Jeanie Hannaman

By Joseph Reciniello, Catholic Exchange - Jesus disarmed the world by His simplicity—do you think it’s possible that we could do the same? Or have we become so “sophisticated” that we miss what’s most important?... (in the Our Father Jesus) continues: “If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.”... Jesus was so simple—and He made things so simple! The question for us all today is: Why do we make things so complicated?

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - In a brief meeting with the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops on June 27th, Pope Leo said he wanted to share “an idea that I consider central”. It turns out this idea was a very simple one: “Synodality is a style, an attitude that helps us to be Church, promoting authentic experiences of participation and communion.”... Three days later, however, the secretary general of the General Secretariat of the Synod, Cardinal Mario Grech, proceeded to belabor the concept of synodality with immense angst ....

By Kevin Wells, Crisis Magazine - The ghost of St. John-Marie-Baptiste Vianney seems trapped in the breezes of Dearborn County, where the old French priest passes through the Indiana skies as an approval of old country ways. Once a humble priest of post-Revolutionary France, he now lingers improbably in this small corner of America—far from his time, farther still from his homeland.