Jeanie Hannaman

By John Lavenburg, Crux - (Twelve) California Catholic bishops assured their closeness to the migrants in their communities, and called for policies that “restore a sense of security and peace” for citizens and migrants alike... To achieve that sense of security and peace, the bishops added that policies must be empathetic and respect the rights of children and those fleeing violent and impoverished countries, “while ceasing to provide respite for serious offenders.”

By Donald DeMarco, The Catholic Education Resource Center - We are all familiar with Blessed John Paul II’s description of the Culture of Death in his 1995 encyclical, Evangelium Vitae.  The good Pope, of course, was not the first to notice and give expression to this phenomenon... We are all familiar with Blessed John Paul II’s description of the Culture of Death in his 1995 encyclical, Evangelium Vitae.  The good Pope, of course, was not the first to notice and give expression to this phenomenon.

By Msgr. Robert J. Batule, The Catholic Thing - What brings us to church at Christmas is a voice too – a voice not from late in the second millennium, but from early in the first millennium, calling us to truth – and to God’s freedom. That voice made its debut when it pierced the stillness of the night air in Bethlehem of Judea. It was the voice of a baby crying. But how could the people of first-century Palestine know that this particular baby was their long-awaited Savior?... Some may have known of Isaiah’s prophecy that a child would be born, a son given, who would be called Wonder-Counselor, God-Hero, Father-Forever, and Prince of Peace.