Jeanie Hannaman

By Archbishop Héctor Aguer, LifeSiteNews - The data reveals a political problem: “to govern is to populate.” The expression is attributed to Juan Bautista Alberdi, though he was referring to immigration. If we were to continue to accept and attribute some value to it, we would have to translate it: “to govern is to ensure more babies are born.” This is not at all simple, because the meaning of the family has changed, courtship has become early cohabitation, and the use of contraception has become widespread. Even the memory of Humanae vitae has been lost.

By Dr. R. Jared Staudt, Catholic World Report - The Emperor Constantine, fresh from his victory over Licinius, making him the sole Roman Emperor, was keen to bring peace also to the Church, embroiled as it was in controversy. Though local synods had already addressed the teaching of the Egyptian priest, Arius, who taught that the Son had been created by the Father, Constantine enabled bishops to travel to Nicaea from throughout the Empire to address this divisive assertion, making this the first general or ecumenical council.