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One neglected reason that Catholics cannot be nationalists (in the ideological sense of taking the modern “nation-state” as the supreme political ideal) is not only that we have a higher spiritual fidelity than the nation-state, but that we can be said to have a higher political loyalty as well. This was made apparent to me…
When a crisis strikes, people react in many different ways, with varying degrees of fruitfulness. Some are prone to emotional outburst, an understandable but ultimately unhelpful option. Social media has made this kind of response all the more tempting, and the mudslinging that often results is on display for all to wince at. If impulsively…
I haven’t been following the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, which began two months ago from the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western parts of the United States. It wasn’t until I saw a picture online of the stadium in Indianapolis (where the pilgrims from the four corners of the U.S. converged) packed with over 50,000 Catholics for…
The 20th century commentator Pius Parsch remarks in The Church’s Year of Grace, that the Sundays after Pentecost could be divided into three groups. The first, stresses the Lord’s miraculous healings which point to, ultimately, the saving of souls. The second, from the 7th to 14th Sundays, emphasizes the kingdom of God versus the kingdom…
Dear OnePeterFive donors, supporters, and readers, I’ve been the editor in chief at OnePeterFive for three years now… but I’ve never shared the story of how I got here. It starts fourteen years ago. Back then, I was Eastern Orthodox. I’d come to the Eastern Orthodox church because I was looking for a spiritual life…
Of all the pesky questions that have arisen over time to bedevil the human intelligence, perhaps the most persisting has been to ask about the twin mysteries of human freedom and divine grace. Just what is the relation between the two? Between, that is, God’s gracious will to redeem and our right to refuse? Such…
Above: a sunset in Tuscany. 650 years ago, during the night between July 18 and 19, 1374, a gentle Tuscan poet passed away, who, like many other great figures, was fueled by the flame of genius, being born and thriving in Christian civilization, becoming a shining star within it: Petrarch. Born in Arezzo on July…
There has been much chatter on the interwebs lately about possible further restrictions being imposed upon the celebration of the classical Roman Rite, or the Traditional Latin Mass, as it is often called. However, it appears that such rumors are not going to materialize for now, even as the Vatican liturgical office devises new ways…
Some on the political left-Catholic division have their panties in a bunch because Donald Trump named J.D. Vance as his running mate. J.D. is a recent convert. Converts are always suspect by the political left-Catholic division. I converted almost 40 years ago and just yesterday got tut-tutted about being a “convert.” Stay in your lane,…
On October 4, 2019, at the Hotel Massimo D’Azeglio in Rome, there was a roundtable discussion, sponsored by Voice of the Family, an international lay initiative supporting Catholic teaching on the family. The topic was: “Our Church – Reformed or Deformed?” The panelists were a who’s who of lay Catholic thought leaders. Panelist John-Henry Westen,…
