Jeanie Hannaman

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - Given the progress toward sound doctrine and clerical discipline in many dioceses across the United States over the last generation, it has been especially saddening to learn that not enough has been done to improve the fidelity of Catholic health care. In fact, “Catholic” health care in America has become in some cases—and therefore in too many cases—indistinguishable from secular health care.....

The Catholic News Agency - You probably know that St. John Paul II was the second-longest-serving pope in modern history with 27 years of pontificate, and he was the first non-Italian pontiff since the Dutch Pope Adrian VI in 1523... But did you know that he also changed the Catholic Church forever during those 27 years? Here are five ways he did that: 1. He helped bring about the 1989 fall of communism in Eastern Europe. ....

By Msgr. Charles Pope - In the Sunday Gospel, the Lord Jesus speaks of crosses and crowns. The apostles have only crowns in mind, but Jesus knows the price of the crown. So, He must teach them and us that crowns—the things we value most—come only through the cross... It may help to review the context of this Gospel. Jesus is making His final journey to Jerusalem. He is on his way to the cross and has already announced this to His disciples on two occasions. Throughout Jesus’ final journey, the apostles prove unwilling and/or incapable of grasping what He is trying to teach them. ...