Jeanie Hannaman

July 30, 2018

Pope Francis Praises Theological Conference for Focus on ‘Ecology,’ ‘Immigration’

By Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D., Breitbart - Pope Francis delivered a message Friday to an international Catholic theological conference in which he congratulated organizers for keeping attention fixed on the environment and immigration, two issues the pope has held at the centre of his pontificate.... For the opening of the third international conference of Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church, which bears the title “A Critical Time for Bridge-Building: Catholic Theological Ethics Today,” the pontiff sent a message stressing the need for a coordinated, global approach to the divisive problems facing mankind.

July 30, 2018

The Adventure of Obedience

By Br. Joseph Martin Hagan, O.P., Catholic Exchange - God writes the best adventures. From Abraham to the Apostles, God draws unsuspecting men out of their routines and sets them on unexpected journeys. Moses was tending his father-in-law’s flock, but after meeting a burning bush, he eventually found himself leading a whole nation out of slavery.

July 30, 2018

Commenary by Brad Miner: For the “Sake of the Church”

By Brad Miner, The Catholic Thing - A prediction: The McCarrick revelations will turn out to be a good thing. How so? Well, a part of the priest sex-abuse fairy tale is the cover-up. We know this – and that the cover-up always magnifies the crime... When a good priest has discovered the homosexual sins of a bad priest (let alone of a bishop), and if that good priest has gone to his pastor or to a bishop (let alone an archbishop), it’s likely that he will hear a version of this: Thank you, Father. We must do something about this, and we will! But, for the sake of the Church, you must tell no one else....

July 30, 2018

The McCarrick Scandal & Objectively Disordered Sexual Desires

By William M. Briggs, The Stream - It will be no surprise that the Catholic church is plunged deep into yet another scandal involving men with objectively disordered sexual desires — this time with Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, whose resignation Pope Francis has just accepted... One of the “explainers” of this scandal is priest Father James Martin. He has made it his mission to explain how a priest’s objectively disordered sexual desires do not influence his thinking or behavior in any way. He says the thoughts and actions of people with disordered desires are no different in general from other people.