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On July 17th, an Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic parish killed three—including two elderly women—and left many wounded, including the pastor. The next day, Babylon Bee Editor Joel Berry had this to say about the victims: There are “only about 200 professed Catholics still living in Gaza and they all support Hamas.” They “aid…
The Absolute Uniqueness of Monsignor Alfred Gilbey. By Alexander Haydon (Arouca Press, 2025) To say Monsignor Alfrey Gilbey (1901-1998), a priest with English and Spanish heritage, was an eccentric, would be misleading. If he appeared in a novel or on the screen, as a figure of the 1980s or 1990s, the average audience’s suspension of…
At least three people were killed and several others were injured after the Holy Family Church in northern Gaza—the only Catholic Church there—was hit by an Israeli strike on Thursday morning. Among the injured was the parish priest, Fr. Gabriel Romanelli. The church was sheltering civilians, including a number of children with disabilities, according to…
Like many of you, my thoughts about the adulterous couple caught red-handed (and red-faced) at the Coldplay concert have bounced around like a ping-pong ball in the last few days. When I first heard of the incident, I was visiting family out of town. I only saw a headline with two still shots of the…
Understandably, people become stressed over rancorous and bitter disagreements. This is one reason why John Lennon was able to captivate so many with the invitation to imagine no religion or possessions, making possible a “brotherhood of man.” Who wouldn’t want that? A generation or two later, in a very different musical genre, Kurt Cobain likewise…
If we are well past the days when it was common for faithful Catholics to become unhinged at the very suggestion of “fixing” the Missal of Paul VI, we must admit that is in large part due to the influence of those calling for a reform of the reform—obviously including a pope, several curial cardinals…
Aristotle once wrote that “all men by nature desire to know.” This is how he began the introduction to his Metaphysics. This is the pursuit of philosophy, but it is lived out inside the heart and mind of every human being. We all crave answers because our mind is created to receive the truth. That…
Clodovis Boff, the brother of the famous liberation theologian Leonardo Boff, recently wrote an open letter to the Latin American Bishops’ Conference (known as CELAM) in which he criticized what he called the same old music: “social, social, social.” He said the bishops neglected the basic religious message of Jesus. His words were very pointed:…
OnePeterFive Podcast Leo XIV Approves Latin Mass in Texas Diocese 00:00 / 00:09:10 From the feast of the Apparition of St. Michael (pre-55), when Pope Leo XIV… Source Read More
On June 22, a suicide bomber attacked the Greek Orthodox Church of the Prophet Elias in the Damascus suburb of Dweila, killing 25 members of the congregation. The Syrian government blamed the attack on the Islamic State, which has been murdering Christians for well over a decade. Though many prominent corporate media outlets such as…
