Jeanie Hannaman

By Tate Hilgefort, Crisis Magazine - Most of the faithful are familiar with both sides of the current Catholic coin: rampant unbelief and apostasy on one side and a small but powerful movement toward orthodoxy and tradition on the other. Many young priests have begun the hard work of improving catechesis and liturgy, emphasizing Confession, and building devotion to the Eucharist and the Blessed Virgin Mary. In many of their parishes, the exodus appears to have stopped. Parishioner numbers are beginning to stabilize and, in some select cases, even grow.

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 ....