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Several years ago, a young Colombian postulant made headlines for leaving the convent to become a “camgirl,” and, subsequently, signing a contract with a major U.S.-based pornography studio. Her debut performance, perhaps unsurprisingly, included a priest-nun motif. Her new employer lauded her decision as an exemplar of female empowerment and self-expression: “Her beauty, her raw…
Bari Weiss is an incredibly appealing young woman. She is smart and brave and a wonderful writer. She first came to prominence as an undergraduate at Columbia University for her outspoken support for Israel among the antisemites who seem to inhabit Morningside Heights up in New York City. She went to the New York Times…
Amidst more reports of the Holy Father’s poor health, it has now been confirmed by multiple sources that the Pope intends to remove Cardinal Burke’s salary and apartment in Rome. It has not been confirmed, however, if Cardinal Burke would also be removed from the College of Cardinals. Neither Cardinal Burke nor the Vatican have…
The Crusade of Eucharistic Reparation is a lay sodality run by OnePeterFive in partnership with Benedictus and LatinMass.com (Mass of the Ages). This crusade was called by His Excellency, Bishop Athanasius Schneider in June of 2020 in response to the profanations of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament during the COVID crisis. Now he has…
While Pope Francis may not hold a candle to the reprobate popes of the Renaissance, he has certainly brought new implications to the cliché, “Is the pope Catholic?” Whether intentional or not, Francis is carving out a peculiar place for himself in papal history as the pontiff who threw the Church on her head—and not…
After much conferencing, accompanying, and dialoging, the much-anticipated Synod on Synodality eventually concluded. As one Catholic commentator put it, the synod and the commentary surrounding it was an “apostolic nothingburger.” As if to reinforce this bureaucratic nothingness, Pope Francis penned a new motu proprio soon after the synod that calls for a “paradigm shift” in…
There is a magic about the name of St. Nicholas. His feast day, celebrated during the Advent season, is a little foretaste of the Christmas to come. In many cultures, there will be the giving of gifts on the feast of St. Nicholas as there will be the giving of gifts at Christmas. And, of…
Michael Voris and the work of Church Militant helped me on my path toward joining the Catholic Church. I found their work to be fascinating. Voris seemed to rail against the scandals of the Church with unrivaled indignation. He was rightfully outraged at the mishandled abuse cases and cover-ups. What I did not understand was…
Above: Yevgeny Zamyatin by Boris Kustodiev (1923). The creature is a perpetual question addressed to God. -Hans Urs von Balthasar The Twentieth Century posed the question of how to organize society. Russia, from the Tsarist centuries through the Soviet era and into post-Soviet times, has answered that question by favoring the state over the…
Editor’s note: in light of the recent news that the Holy Father, after deposing Bishop Strickland, now allegedly intends to move against Cardinal Burke (again), we present this study in conjunction with Fr. Murray’s recent analysis of the Strickland case. Father Charles Murray has excellently analyzed the canonical side of Bp. Strickland’s removal. He has…
