Dear Pope Leo: We Need an Encyclical on the Eucharist — By: Crisis Magazine

There has been much speculation and anticipation regarding the subject of Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical. He recently released his first papal document, Dilexi Te, an apostolic exhortation begun by Pope Francis. Leo reportedly made some edits to the document and added some personal reflections, but he largely seemed to leave it intact, apparently wanting…

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Canada’s Ominous Bills Should Alarm America — By: Crisis Magazine

Over the past decade, Canada has drifted from compelled speech into open flirtations with preemptive policing. What was once the realm of dystopian fiction, as described in Philip K. Dick’s The Minority Report and Orwell’s 1984, is now lawmaking reality. Legislators use words such as “safety” and “security” to gaslight their citizens while providing the…

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Palestrina’s First Biographer — By: OnePeterFive

Above: Napoleon’s invasion of Rome, 1798. On October 21, 1775, Giuseppe Baini, an important figure in 19th-century sacred music, was born. In 2025, we celebrate both the 500th anniversary of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s birth and the 250th anniversary of Baini’s, a fortuitous convergence, as Baini was Palestrina’s first biographer. As the first “Perpetual Maestro…

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United in the Sacred Heart: Emperor Karl, Pius XII, and Cardinal Mindszenty — By: OnePeterFive

Author’s note: I am immensely grateful to Her Highness Archduchess Anna-Carolina von Habsburg-Lothringen for her translation of excerpts from Elizabeth Kovács’ biography of Blessed Karl, “Untergang oder Rettung der Donaumonarchie?” In October 2024, I was blessed to attend a conference entitled, “Blessed Karl of Austria: A Light for Our Times.” Among the impressive line-up of…

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