Jeanie Hannaman

February 13, 2025

Daily Scripture Readings and Meditation: The Demon Has Left Your Daughter

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - Mark 7:24-30 - 24 And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house, and would not have any one know it; yet he could not be hid. 25 But immediately a woman, whose little daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell down at his feet. 26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth. ...

February 13, 2025

9 Things to Know About Sean Duffy, New Transportation Secretary and Catholic Dad, by Matthew McDonald

By Matthew McDonald, National Catholic Register - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy has been one of the higher-profile members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet in the early weeks of the new administration... Duffy, 53, was one of Trump’s least controversial picks. He got confirmed by the U.S. Senate with a unanimous vote by a Senate committee and a 77-22 vote from the full Senate.

February 13, 2025

Vatican Complains After USAID Stops Funding Catholic Charity Plagued by Fraud, Sex Abuse, by Jules Gomes

By Jules Gomes, The Stream - The Vatican’s largest social justice network is complaining that the Trump administration’s cuts to its funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will plunge millions into poverty and even death... Caritas Internationalis, a charity which was forced to gut over 60 projects and sack 100 staff after it was hit by a €61million ($67 million) fraud scandal in July 2024, is overseen by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development headed by Cardinal Michael Czerny. It is comprised of 162 member organizations.

February 13, 2025

The Pope’s Disastrous Letter on Immigration, by Phil Lawler

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - In a letter ostensibly written to support the bishops of the US, Pope Francis has actually made life considerably more difficult for them. In his letter on the Trump administration’s immigration policies the Pontiff makes an argument that is poorly informed, easily rebutted, and likely to divide the American Catholic faithful. This is an argument that the American hierarchy cannot win. And, not coincidentally, the argument presented by the Pope differs notably from the most recent statements by more prudent American prelates.