Jeanie Hannaman

January 6, 2024

French Bishops Instruct Priests to Refrain From Blessing Homosexual Couples, by Peter Pinedo

By Peter Pinedo, Catholic World Report, Catholic News Agency - Nine bishops from France have instructed priests in their dioceses that they may bless homosexual individuals but should refrain from blessing same-sex couples... The Archdiocese of Rennes, which is led by Archbishop Pierre d’Ornellas, issued the statement on Jan. 1 on behalf of the bishops from the Ecclesiastical Province of Rennes... “In our society where marriage has been trivialized by becoming a notion of civil law which ignores the founding specificity of sexual difference, we have the mission to affirm in a prophetic way,” the bishops said, “the great beauty of the design of God who created the human being, man and woman.”

January 6, 2024

Mexican Cartels Make Bank, by Emmy Griffin

By Emmy Griffin, Patriot Post - Immigrants who are choosing to enter the U.S. illegally have to go through the cartels. The Mexican cartels have a monopoly on the various methods of getting into the U.S. through gaps in the border wall. But though the migrants have the freedom to choose to enter the U.S. this way, the cartels are happy to inflict as much misery and extortion as they can and exacerbate the humanitarian crisis created by President Joe Biden’s open border.

January 6, 2024

Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation: The Spirit Descends upon the Father’s Beloved Son

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - Mark 6:45-52 - And he [John the Baptist] preached, saying, "After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. ....

January 6, 2024

Cardinal Dolan: Illegal Immigration “Helps Our Church”, by Christopher Manion

By Christopher Manion, The Wanderer - Regardless of any motions that the bishops might adopt every four years affirming the “preeminent issue of abortion,” immigration continues to consume most of their energy... One factor is money. Our bishops receive no federal funding to support their opposition to abortion, but for their NGO’s operations facilitating Joe Biden’s immigration policies, they receive millions in taxpayer dollars every year. ...