Jeanie Hannaman

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - Upon further reflection, I have concluded that the most troubling thing about the official implementation of Fiducia supplicans is not the insistence on a distinction between liturgical and personal blessings. This may or may not be magisterially new, but I suspect it has been universally understood ever since the idea of blessings developed in Judaism. Obviously, for example, those who are not legitimately marrying cannot receive the blessings that are part of the rite of matrimony, which are specifically ordered to that end. ....

By Nicole Winfield, The Independent - The Vatican’s new doctrine chief is raising eyebrows over a book he wrote as a young priest describing orgasms in graphic terms... The out-of-print, Spanish-language book penned by now-Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, entitled “The Mystical Passion: Spirituality and Sensuality,” is similar in tone to another Fernandez book that sparked scandal soon after he was appointed, “Heal Me With Your Mouth. The Art of Kissing.” ....