Jeanie Hannaman

September 30, 2024

PEW RESEARCH! Many Catholics in the U.S. and Latin America Want the Church to Allow Birth Control and to Let Women Become Priests

By Jonathan Evans and Kelsey Jo Starr, Pew Research - A new survey by Pew Research Center asked Catholics in six Latin American countries and the United States how they think the church should handle a variety of matters related to contraception, the priesthood and sexuality. Among the main findings: Bar chart showing majorities of Catholics say the church should allow use of birth control, ordain women priests... Most Catholics in all seven countries want the church to allow Catholics to use birth control. The shares saying this range from 86% in Argentina to 63% in Brazil.

September 30, 2024

BOOK: American Catholic Refugees, by Auguste Meyrat

By Auguste Meyrat, The Catholic Thing - Although many Americans focus on migration coming from south of the border, an even bigger issue has been the mass migration of Americans from blue states to red states in the past decade. Because of the high taxes, lack of social services, and worsening conditions for middle and working-class families, many residents from progressive bastions like California, New York, Illinois, and Minnesota have resettled in relatively conservative states like Florida, Tennessee, or my home state of Texas. ...

September 30, 2024

BOMBSHELL: Catholic Charities Of Fort Worth Working With Supporters of Terrorism? by Bo French

By Bo French, Catholic Charities from X - Now to that bombshell we mentioned earlier. CCFW’s CEO said that they partner with other nonprofits. You should know that one of these nonprofits with which they partner is a Muslim organization that advocates for ending the Israeli “apartheid state” and “brutal military occupation,” has ties to Muslim terrorist organizations, hosts Hamas protests at the Texas and US Capitols, and echoes calls of the Palestinian president to fight “the Zionists.”...

September 30, 2024

‘Suicide Pod’ Death Should Remind Us of What Makes Life Worth Living, by Sarah Holliday

By Sarah Holliday, The Washington Stand - The “portable suicide pod” is the latest means of killing to enter the assisted suicide market... It turns out, quite tragically, that 2023 saw the highest number of suicide deaths ever recorded within the U.S. since the 1940s. Over 50,000 Americans took their own lives last year alone. Just one year prior, at least 1.6 million Americans attempted suicide, 3.8 million planned to, and 13.2 million “seriously” considered it.