Jeanie Hannaman

By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, Catholic Culture - The bonds of blood unify families and tribes, but the universal mission of Jesus transcends every tribe and nation. Baptism incorporates us into the Mystical Body of Christ. The universality of the Church unites and informs all nations and every generation... We see hints of Jesus' universal mission in the Infancy narratives. Jesus is born into the tribe of Judah. The Magi come from afar to worship the newborn King, bringing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. ...

By Matthew McDonald, National Catholic Register - Cardinal Robert McElroy, the new archbishop of Washington, says he wishes success for President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration but that he’ll be watching closely to see how Trump deals with immigrants who are in the country without legal status... “The Catholic Church teaches that a country has the right to control its borders. And our nation’s desire to do that is a legitimate effort,” Cardinal McElroy said ... “At the same time, we are called always to have a sense of the dignity of every human person. And thus, plans which have been talked about at some levels of having a wider indiscriminate massive deportation across the country would be something that would be incompatible with Catholic doctrine. So we’ll have to see what emerges in the administration.”