Jeanie Hannaman

By Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing - In the past week or so, the pope has: praised “that great imperial Russia” for its noble culture and humanity (a remark later admitted to be “badly phrased”); lauded Genghis Khan’s blood-soaked empire for its religious tolerance and “pax mongolica” (40 million killed, give or take); encouraged Chinese Christians to be good citizens of a nation whose “culture” he greatly admires and whose government is, he says, “very respectful” towards the Church ....

By Joe Bukuras, CNA - “I am excited that MDKeller is partnering with Notre Dame and the Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate, as there are so many opportunities to reimagine how the Church views its real estate and how it can have a positive impact on future generations of Catholics,” Butker said in a press release from the Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate... “When discussing Church real estate, we are talking about more than just physical buildings. We are talking about our patrimony and it is essential that we work together to ensure that the work of generations of Catholics before us was not done in vain,” he said.