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Some who have a familiarity with Lumen Gentium, the Vatican II document, may recall the section of this dogmatic constitution on the images used for the Church. One of these images is the field (Lumen Gentium, 6). It is an image which takes up but four sentences in the text, each sentence drawing on words…
Christopher Columbus has become one of the most polarizing figures in American history. Our nation used to revere Columbus as one of America’s greatest heroes. Now, he’s one of the Republic’s greatest villains. Leftist revolutionaries depict Columbus as a power-hungry maniac who wanted to enslave and annihilate the natives. Any honor of Columbus—whether it’s a…
It was the one project St. Augustine prized above all others and would spend fourteen years of his life putting it all together: The City of God. He finished the last of the twenty-two books in the year 426, just two years before the barbarians reached North Africa, laying siege to Hippo where he, its…
This Sunday, the 21st after Pentecost in the traditional Roman calendar, Holy Church gives us the Lord’s Parable about the Wicked or Ungrateful Servant from Matthew 18:21-35. Christ uses this parable to instruct His future Vicar, Peter, and therefor all future Vicars, the need for being forgiving. In how many ways does the Lord underscore…
Ever since I studied the great composer William Byrd last July for the 400th anniversary of his death, I can’t help punning his name, with the music of the sparrows, meadowlarks, and phoebes as I drive along country roads with windows down and Renaissance polyphony turned up. William Byrd is certainly one of the all-star…
Dear Bishops of Canada, Recently, a radical left-wing politician in Canada put forth a Private Members’ Bill seeking to criminalize “Residential School denialism.” According to the politician, the government of Canada system of boarding schools for Native children that was largely facilitated by the Catholic Church in Canada committed “genocide.” As a result, this person…
Above: the pilgrimage of hope graphic from last year’s trip during the synod. At OnePeterFive, we cover Vatican news on the internet. It’s a source stress for me for a number of reasons. For one thing, constantly following every new news story is a spiritual death trap. I know that for me personally, I have…
Although the conservative provocateur Matt Walsh tried to go for something different with his new documentary Am I Racist?, it’s impossible not to see the film as a kind of sequel to his first documentary, What Is a Woman? True, in this one he dons a wig and becomes a certified DEI expert to go…
“We start with the criminal migrants,” J.D. Vance said in response to a question during the recent vice-presidential debate. “About a million of those people have committed some form of crime in addition to crossing the border illegally, I think you start with deportations on those folks.” If Donald Trump and J.D. Vance win the…
News broke yesterday that Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais has died. As an SSPX Bishop, obviously His Excellency was a controversial figure in the Church. Nevertheless we ask all Catholics to respect the dead and refrain from all commentary and polemics and instead focus on praying for his soul. After the funeral we can speak…
