I teach a Confirmation class of about 65 kids—eighth graders from the public school in a middle-class town in Connecticut. These kids are not from particularly devout families, and many of them were not churchgoers until it was mandated by our Confirmation program. But a few weeks ago, as the lessons were drawing to a…
The Internet is a modern invention, yet the aspiration to create some all-knowing, omniscient mechanical device with an answer to everything—a hubristic, artificial version of God—has a much longer history than the formal inauguration of the World Wide Web back in 1991. A Brass or Brazen Head was an imaginary medieval Artificial Intelligence-type device, said…
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Above: Dietrich von Hildebrand, “Doctor of the Church in the 20th century” Dear OnePeterFive Confraternity Members, supporters and readers, As some of you may know, I count myself a disciple of Dietrich and Alice von Hildebrand. Why do I say “disciple”? Simply put, they are the “Doctors of the Church in the Modern Period.” As…
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WASHINGTON — Commentator Michael Knowles believes that the U.S. Constitution may be more closely aligned with Catholic political philosophy than commonly recognized, suggesting the nation’s founding echoes ideas laid out centuries earlier. Speaking as the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, Knowles on March 19 tied the American system to Aquinas’ concept of the “mixed…
The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, said this week that “the manipulation of God’s name to justify this and any other war is the gravest sin we can commit in this time.” The cardinal was commenting in response to the words of U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who quoted Psalm 144 during…
Here’s a roundup of the latest Catholic education news in the U.S.: Notre Dame announces tuition assistance plan The University of Notre Dame announced it will cover the full tuition cost for students from families with an annual income below $150,000. “With this announcement, we reiterate our unwavering commitment to ensuring that cost will never…
An annual Mass in the nation’s largest Catholic diocese honoring legendary labor leader Cesar Chavez will not take place this year after a bombshell report alleged that the activist sexually abused multiple girls at the height of his popularity decades ago. The explosive allegations came on March 18 in an investigation by the New York…
A majority of peers in the U.K.’s House of Lords voted late Wednesday to decriminalize women who terminate their own pregnancies. An amendment was agreed to in a clause in the Crime and Policing Bill. The clause does not change the 24-week abortion limit but aims to remove criminal liability for women who end their…
