Jeanie Hannaman

By John Grondelski, National Catholic Register - The fifth joyful mystery was probably very joyful for Mary and Joseph. Wouldn’t you rejoice if your lost child was found after three days of not knowing where he was?... The Gospel recounts that “each year, his parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he was 12 years old, they went up according to festival custom.” In Jesus’ day, while the Temple still existed, devout Jews made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem to be in the Holy City for Passover, the most important feast of the Jewish year. Passover marked the liberation of the Jewish people from Egyptian slavery after God worked signs and wonders on their behalf, culminating in the death of Egypt’s firstborn.

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - Today the US issues only 5,000 “green cards” for guest workers each year, the USCCB points out, while there are many thousands of employers looking for workers, and 300,000 illegal immigrants reportedly looking for work... Notice how the argument has shifted away from the pressing needs of refugees fleeing from persecution, to focus on workers wanting better jobs and employers looking for low-skilled workers. The USCCB declares that current immigration policies are “non-responsive to our country’s need for labor.” Are the bishops really ready to align themselves with the cold-hearted business moguls who see mass immigration as a convenient source of cheap labor ....