Jeanie Hannaman

August 30, 2024

A ‘Grave Sin’? Balancing the Pope’s Statement on Migration, by Phil Lawler

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - At his regular weekly audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis once again prompted howls of protest when he said that efforts to repel immigrants were “a grave sin.”... The angry reactions were understandable, because the Pope’s remarks were inflammatory. But most of the protests were off-target, because they missed the main thrust of the Pope’s Wednesday talk. If we are hoping for a serious debate on the crisis of migration, and we deplore the Pope’s incautious rhetoric, we should ourselves be careful to dispute what he said—not what he did not say.

August 30, 2024

Video: CO Apartment Building May Have Been Taken Over by Armed Migrants, by Eric Scheiner

By Eric Scheiner, MRC TV - The City of Aurora Colorado on Wednesday confirmed "components" of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) are operating in the community but claim reports of TdA influence "are isolated."... Cindy and Edward Romero lived in that apartment building until Wednesday. FOX31 interviewed them... “It’s been a nightmare and I can’t wait to get out of here,” former resident Cindy Romero said... Fox31 also reported that the couple’s car was riddled with bullets after a shootout at the complex earlier in the month.

August 30, 2024

Live Action President Lila Rose: ‘Trump is Losing Pro-Life Votes’, by Tyler Arnold

By Tyler Arnold, Catholic News Agency - Live Action president Lila Rose is increasing her criticism of 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump — arguing that his recent statements are alienating pro-life voters such as herself... “Given the current situation, we have two pro-abortion tickets,” Rose said in a post on X on Thursday, Aug. 29... “A Trump win is not a pro-life win right now,” she continued. “Pro-lifers will need to challenge both leaders either way. We only help Trump by sounding the alarm — Trump is losing pro-life votes regardless of what I say — because of his own actions.”

August 30, 2024

Made, Not Begotten: Why We Said “No!” to In Vitro Fertilization, by Nathanael Blake

By Nathanael Blake, Catholic World Report - We should not expect much courage from politicians, but Christians are called to bear witness to the truth, regardless of what opinion polls show. And the truth is that IVF is wrong... When my wife and I said “No” to in vitro fertilization, we assumed that we were rejecting our last hope of bearing children. Our years of infertility were unexplained and unresolved, despite the best efforts of the Catholic Ob/Gyn practice we had been going to. They had been thorough, and the physician who offered us a second opinion had nothing to add—except pushing us to try IVF.