Jeanie Hannaman

July 5, 2024

Ousted Vatican Auditor Appeals for Justice, by Phil Lawler

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - This week the Vatican’s former auditor general renews his bid to persuade a Vatican tribunal that he was wrongfully dismissed from his position, in a case that threatens to expose further evidence of corruption in Vatican finances... Libero Milone, the first-ever auditor general, whose hiring in 2015 was trumpeted as a centerpiece of financial reforms under Pope Francis, was abruptly dismissed from his post in June 2017. Milone testifies that he was forced to resign—threatened that he would otherwise face criminal prosecution—by then-Archbishop Angelo Becciu.

July 5, 2024

Saint of the Day for July 5: St. Anthony Zaccaria

Franciscan Media - At the same time that Martin Luther was attacking abuses in the Church, a reformation within the Church was already being attempted. Among the early movers of the Counter-Reformation was Anthony Zaccaria. His mother became a widow at 18, and devoted herself to the spiritual education of her son. ...

July 4, 2024

Catholics: Make America Truly Free, by Anna Reynolds

By Anna Reynolds, Crisis Magazine - The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains that freedom can only be found in choosing the good. Paragraph 1733 elaborates, “The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes.” There is not necessarily an exterior, material indication of that freedom that comes through uniting oneself to the good. In fact, the person who chooses the good—exercising God-given freedom—may reduce his standing in the world by doing so. We have only to look at the lives of many of the saints for proof of this.

July 4, 2024

Socialism And Communism Are Just Weasel Words For Slavery, by Stella Morabito

By Stella Morabito, Sr. Contributor, The Federalist - Marxism is literally slavery. Let’s say it every chance we get: As America moves toward communism, it moves toward slavery... Communism is clearly a modern form of slavery, as I’ll explain below. Yet recent opinion polls show that communism is ridiculously popular with younger generations of Americans, especially when it’s presented as “socialism.”... Communism is slavery that poses as justice. This has been proven over 100 years of history and by at least 100 million murders at the hands of communist regimes treating their human subjects as chattel. Socialism is the weasel word that paves the path to the slavery we politely call communism or Marxism.