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In George Orwell’s 1984, no one is supposed to know about anything predating the Revolution that put the now-dominant Party in power. InOrwell’s dystopian prophecy, the records must all be redacted, the memories must all be censored, and the statues must all been renamed to align with the Party’s official account of history. In an…
Asked by news reporters why he thought there were so many fine Southern writers, the novelist Walker Percy, who, in 1962, had just won the National Book Award, answered at once, “Because we lost the War.” His point was not the obvious one that a defeated people will have better stories to tell than the…
I wish I had kept a daily diary of all that went on while the government illegally locked us down during Covid. But I do have memories, and many of them quite wonderful. I remember the stillness and quiet, sitting in the backyard with my wife, watching our children play, watching the chickens do that…
Dear OnePeterFive Donors, Supporters and readers, Christ is risen! Tomorrow is Easter Friday as well as First Friday, when we promote the heart and soul of our organisation, the Crusade of Eucharistic Reparation. We are also two months out from June, the month of the Sacred Heart, which a particularly important month for our editorial…
Jonathan Van Maren’s European Conservative article, “Europe’s Pro-life Royals,” raises once again the question of Catholic monarchs and the legalization of abortion. Van Maren helpfully provides some detail on how King Baudouin of Belgium avoided signing Belgium’s 1990 abortion law, and how Prince Alois of Liechtenstein defeated abortion in Liechtenstein. The courage and determination of……
St. Augustine once commented on the distinction between the heavenly city and the Earthly city, writing, “Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the love of self, even to the contempt of God; and the heavenly by the love of God, even to the contempt of self. The former, in a…
These last few Maundy Thursdays, my feed has been populated by various musings presenting Judas as a pitiable figure who may not be in hell after all. I thought it rather diabolical that a day of sympathy for our Lord is now turning into a day of sympathy for His betrayer. But as I considered…
In his Convocation Address at Ave Maria University earlier this academic year, San Francisco’s Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone discussed the significance of Catholic higher education as a “modern solution to guide an age that has lost its way.” Reaffirming Ave Maria University’s commitment to faithful Catholic higher education and her dedication to teaching faith and reason……
Above: St. Peter’s square before the Via della Conciliazione was built in 1936. In the radiant setting of Easter Sunday in 1934, the Church also rejoiced at the elevation to the altars of John Bosco (†1888) by Pope Pius XI (†1939). Among the elements that made this celebration even more memorable, there was the musical…
Above: a photo from Peter Kwasniewski’s first pre-55 Triduum. In the context of meditation, I always thought I would prefer vigils in darkness. It’s easier to establish the compositio loci for a meditation about waiting for the Risen Christ overnight if the church is actually dark and if it’s dark outside. As much as I…
