Jeanie Hannaman

By Grace Porto, Catholic Vote - “The tuition-free program is based on the idea that everything man has is a gift from God,” Finkeldei said. “If a family is a practicing steward of the parish through donation of time, talent, and treasure (financial support), then their children can attend the parish school without paying tuition.”... He added, “You give money to the church, you go to church on a regular basis, and you volunteer at either the church or the school, then there is no tuition for your kids to attend school.”

By Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent, LifeSiteNews - Jerusalem’s Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa has called for a day of fasting, prayer, and penance on October 7, in a renewed bid for peace in the region... once again renewed his persistent call for peace in the Holy Land, following the October 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas and subsequent considerable Israeli armed response... The region, he said, “has been plunged into a vortex of violence and hatred never seen or experienced before.” Referencing the “intensity and impact of the tragedies” in the past year, the cardinal said such scenes had “deeply lacerated our conscience and our sense of humanity.”

By Jonathan Liedl, National Catholic Register - The delegates have arrived in Rome. The round tables are set up in Paul VI Hall. And the final session of the Synod on Synodality is about to begin... But before the nearly month-long gathering gets going Tuesday, it’s worth asking: how exactly did we get here?... The Catholic Church has been in the midst of the 2021-2024 synodal process for so long now that it may be easy to forget what a massive undertaking the entire project has been.