Jeanie Hannaman

The Catholic Herald - Images of artwork created by a disgraced celebrity cleric accused of rape have disappeared from official Vatican Media websites without explanation, almost a year after the head of the Vatican’s communications outfit strongly defended his department’s continued use of the images... The offending images were digital reproductions of works created by Fr Marko Rupnik – a former Jesuit accused of spiritually, psychologically, and sexually abusing dozens of victims over a period of 30 years – mostly while based in Rome.

By Greg Cook, Crisis Magazine - Every American state boasts of its residents who have become famous. Illinois is no exception, and its list features American leaders of the highest level: Lincoln, Reagan, Sheen, and now Robert Prevost (Pope Leo XIV). Until the recent papal election, Ven. Sheen was probably the most-recognized American Catholic figure. But instead of seeing one man surpassed by another in the popular imagination, we should see the ascent of an American-born pope as a continuation of Sheen’s legacy in several ways.

By Fr. Nnamdi Moneme, OMV, Catholic Exchange - We give up because there are three things that we do not know deeply and hold on to with conviction... Firstly, we do not know who we are in the eyes of God. We do not know that we are God’s beloved children no matter what we do or experience in this life. We are always precious to Him in every second of our lives here on earth and in eternity. Our experiences, conditions, or situations do not and cannot diminish our identity before God.