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The sacred Forty Days open at Rome’s Cathedral, the Papal Archbasilica of the Most Holy Savior and of Saints John the Baptist and the Evangelist in the Lateran, the “Mother and Head of all the churches of the City and of the world.” The Roman Station anchors our Lent in a concrete place, as it…
Not long before he was martyred, St. Thomas More wrote a series of letters to his daughters. In those letters, which have been compiled into a work called A Dialogue on Conscience, we find his daughter Margaret attempting to persuade him to swear the oath that would save his life, which he did not do,…
Lest anyone accuse me of Jew hatred, let me make it abundantly clear that I would welcome with open arms all 15 million Jews in the world to move into my state of Virginia, most especially the orthodox; maybe not the Soros types, but sure, bring them, too. I have always loved my Jewish brothers…
Next week will mark the 34th anniversary of my decision to become Catholic. When I look back on that time, I’m amazed by how little I knew, and how Our Lord and Our Lady guided me into the Church in spite of my ignorance. I was also hopelessly naïve: I saw the Church through rose-colored…
OnePeterFive Podcast SSPX Confirms Consecrations Scheduled for July 1 00:00 / 00:13:45 Our Lady of Sorrows, Softener of Evil Hearts, pray for us sinners. Source Read More
During a trip to Mexico in 1997, Javier Pablo Olivera Ravasi excitedly chatted with Catholics about the Cristero War that had raged through the heart of their country from 1926 to 1929. Only one problem: No one knew what he was talking about. Because of that unfortunate lack of knowledge about their very own history,…
As I’ve discussed elsewhere, modern technology is a blessing and a curse, and one of those blessings is my friendship with Mr. Maxim Grigorieff, a Russian Catholic of the Byzantine Rite who resides in St. Petersburg (see also his Substack here). (We sell the Fatima Icon and send all the money to his group there…
In her new book, Something Wicked: Why Feminism Can’t Be Fused with Christianity, Carrie Gress brilliantly exposes many dark errors hidden within feminist ideology and plainly shows why feminism and Christianity can never be joined together. She correctly declares that feminism isn’t merely misguided: it’s actually a rival “shadow religion.” As a convert and former…
This week Pope Leo addressed the Pontifical Academy for Life, the now-controversial Vatican organization founded by Pope John Paul II with the purpose to advise the Holy See on subjects related to human life, medicine, and healthcare. In Leo’s address, he quoted his predecessor Pope Francis in arguing that health is “not a consumer good,…
The reader is likely well aware of what is commonly known as the “vocations crisis” in the Church. Vocations to the priesthood and religious life are at a historic low, even as Gen Z flocks to Catholicism. To say we are in unprecedented times is simultaneously a trite insight and a gross understatement. That there…
