Jeanie Hannaman

May 29, 2024

Problems With the Vatican’s New Norms for Vetting Supernatural Phenomena, by Gavin Ashenden

By Gavin Ashenden, Catholic Herald - In the Catholic world the apparitions of Our Lady remain one of the most powerful tools of renewal of piety, repentance and faith... But the supernatural is double edged. It presents us with authentic interventions, but equally with distorted and even diabolic phenomena. It is a truism that evil has the capacity to present itself as good. It is equally true that the supernatural can be mimicked.

May 29, 2024

Francis, “Deaconettes,” and the St. Gallen Mafia, by Julia Meloni

By Julia Meloni, OnePeterFive - “No,” Pope Francis said... answering question about whether “a little girl growing up Catholic today” could “ever have the opportunity to be a deacon and participate as a clergy member in the Church.” Directly and tersely, the pope said, “No.”... And yet Francis—to borrow a term from vaticanista Sandro Magister—has a history of pulling “u-turns.” That is, the pope has a habit of contradicting himself, especially by reversing a verbal “no” with his later actions....

May 29, 2024

Lawsuit Asks Texas Supreme Court to Decide if Frozen Embryos Have Legal Personhood, by Calvin Freiburger

By Calvin Freiburger, LifeSiteNews - The Texas Supreme Court may soon hear its own case considering the personhood of frozen embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF), guaranteeing a controversy that establishment politicians wanted to sweep out of public view will only continue until it is resolved... the Lone Star State’s highest court is considering whether to take up a lawsuit stemming from how to distribute three frozen embryos created by divorcing couple Caroline and Gaby Antoun. The couple agreed in writing that the husband would get the embryos in the event of a divorce, but the wife contends that contract is no longer enforceable ....

May 29, 2024

CatholicVote: Catholic Scholar: Ted Cruz’s Pro-IVF Bill Will ‘Feed a Democratic Narrative’

By CatholicVote - Renowned Catholic scholar and author Ryan T. Anderson slammed a bill recently introduced by Sens. Ted Cruz, R-TX, and Katie Britt, R-AL, seeking to protect the in-vitro-fertilization (IVF) industry... Ryan T. Anderson.. denounced the legislation as “moral and political malpractice” and argued that its passage would serve to empower the political left.... “Ted Cruz and Katie Boyd Britt no doubt sincerely believe ‘IVF is profoundly pro-family,’ but they are profoundly mistaken,”