Jeanie Hannaman

By Jonathan Liedl, EWTN News - A study group established by Pope Francis to develop a synodal way of discerning Catholic Church teaching on so-called controversial issues, including sexual morality and life issues, has proposed what it calls a “new paradigm” that is heavy on situational ethics but minimizes moral absolutes and established Church teaching.

By Paul Kengor, Crisis Magazine - It’s inevitable that the pagans of our secular culture become wilder as the culture worsens. As our former culture of Christendom recedes further into the distant past, the theologically ignorant show their ignorance in increasingly alarming ways. Those miseducated by our government schools and lousy universities boldly step forth to loudly illustrate their shocking ignorance of things religious.

By Russell Shaw, Catholic World Report - Now we run into a gag rule imposed on the synod participants by its managers “in order to guarantee freedom of expression.” Seriously?... Participants in the Synod on Synodality spent two days before the start of its final session in a closed retreat that ended with a “penitential liturgy.” The synod office also provided the participants with a list of seven “sins” for which forgiveness would be sought. It did not say who would do the forgiving.