Did Pope Francis Rebuke the German Synodal Way? German Catholic Response — By: OnePeterFive

Above: Munich, Germany.  The reader may have already heard of the events that have been prominent news in German Catholic media lately. Apparently the main takeaway in the Anglophone world was: “Pope Francis Rebukes the Synodal Way!” However, that news is more ambivalent than suggested at first sight. German Catholics have been suffering under the…

Read More

The Utilitarianism of “Effective Altruists” — By: Crisis Magazine

Reading Michael Lewis’ fascinating journalistic portrait of the disgraced cryptocurrency wizard Samuel Bankman-Fried, I was surprised to find a discussion of the ethics of abortion. It was taken from a blog the man wrote in his sophomore year at college. Bankman-Fried’s parents are described as utilitarians who “continually wrestled with the tension, in American law……

Read More

When St Nicholas Intervened in the Life of Aquinas 750 Years Ago — By: OnePeterFive

Exactly 750 years ago on this date—December 6, 1273—Friar Thomas Aquinas received his supreme mystical experience that led to what Josef Pieper called “the silence of St. Thomas.” I maintain that more than coincidence unites this divine crowning of Thomas’s life with the devotional cultus of St. Nicholas, whose feast has always been celebrated in…

Read More