A sub-category of News.
There are two spirits at work in every generation of the ages of man. There is the Holy Spirit and there is the Spirit of the Age—the Heiliger Geist and the Zeitgeist. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of all ages; He is the unchanging Spirit which enlightens every time with the timelessness of truth….
Recently, OnePeterFive published an article here on the coming consecration of bishops by the Fraternity of the Society of St. Pius X (FSSPX) on July 1. Given that the FSSPX is itself a controversial subject—and that the consecration of bishops without papal approval is widely regarded as the most controversial act in its history—the stakes…
Context is important. We are in “Gesima” time, Pre-Lent, a time of preparation for the time of preparation for Easter. Holy Church, with the sober maternal realism of one who knows human nature, reminds us that obligations are coming due. After this “Sunday in the Fiftieth”, Quinquagesima, in three days comes Ash Wednesday and the…
The start of the holy season of Lent this year coincides with the beginning of the Islamic penitential observance of Ramadan on February 18, when Muslims, too, enter a season of prayer and fasting. Already, some of our shepherds are hailing it as a sign of God’s divine providence. Take for example Bishop Jose Colin…
The online Right lit up last week with the scandal of two right-wing influencers (one of whom was a Catholic who had her marriage blessed by the pope) cheating on their partners with one another. In itself the whole story was more salacious gossip than actual news, but in the context of today’s romantic wasteland,…
OnePeterFive Podcast The SSPX Meets with the Vatican 00:00 / 00:07:37 Well, the meeting happened. The head of the SSPX, Superior General Fr. Source Read More
I was at a coffee shop with my brother, he a Protestant and I a not-so-recent convert to the Catholic Faith, when the subject of his friend’s conversion to Catholicism came up. His friend’s family was having a hard time with it, and I said that I could understand why it would be difficult for…
Nearly 10 years ago, my spiritual director suggested to me that I should teach a Church history class at my local parish. I asked my pastor, who thought it was a great idea. So I gave a talk once a month on a topic in Church history. Attendance was okay at first, but I noticed…
Barely two weeks before Christmas, Illinois quietly crossed another moral Rubicon. On December 12, Illinois became the 12th state, alongside Washington, D.C., to legalize physician-assisted suicide, rebranded under the soothing-sounding banner of “medical aid in dying,” or MAID. Yet as the new year dawned, this continued shift in how Americans define life and death passed…
The current fury over immigration in the United States reminds me of my experience, over 25 years, teaching in the Development of Western Civilization program at Providence College. When I arrived in 1990 as a young professor in the English department, I was politically liberal, with certain Catholic modifications. I believed that abortion was homicide….
