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As often happens with the most portentous and far-reaching events, the learned and the clever will be the last to know. Something undeniably huge and seismic took place in a tiny town in the Eastern Mediterranean more than two millennia ago, and scarcely anyone took notice. “A star shone forth in the heavens,” wrote St….
As the northern hemisphere drifts from the fullness of summer into the crisp melancholy of autumn, Holy Church too moves into a season of spiritual harvest. In her ancient cycle of Sundays, formed in the lands where the light fades earlier each day, she begins to turn her gaze toward the final realities – the…
When speaking about freedom or liberty as Catholics, we must always keep in mind that we have a different understanding than the liberal version, which undergirds post-Christendom nation-states such as the United States and many other nations that have reformed their governance since the revolutionary eras. For a Catholic, freedom exists in the psychological sphere…
When the news came out about the deadly shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis, I felt more than just sadness and anger. I had a grim sense of inevitability. For years, I have offered my help to improve security at Catholic parishes; and for years, pastors have either politely declined or simply ignored me….
Above: the Chartres Pilgrimage. Photo Credit. Editor’s note: follow OnePeterFive Twitter or Instagram to spiritually participate with our Eucharistic Crusade on the Three Hearts Pilgrimage in the United States this week. Resurrected pilgrimages to some of the oldest Catholic nations’ most significant spiritual sites are continuing to surge in popularity among devotees of the Traditional……
The first week of September found me at the Catholic Medical Association’s annual conference in Kansas City. The gathering of faithful Catholic health-care professionals featured several prominent speakers who delved into substantive topics rarely entertained by our mainstream medical authorities. For me and other Catholics in medicine, engaging conversations about living one’s faith through… Source…
Democrats are in dire straits—a circus without a ringmaster, juggling chainsaws blindfolded. Their party has no clear leader, no consistent message, and no vision that unites both its restless base and its fractured coalition. Could James Talarico, a young Texas lawmaker with a preacher’s cadence and a teacher’s patience, be the answer to their prayers—or…
There is a stereotype of people losing their faith while attending a secular college. They may be ruined by the pleasures of the world, bullied by atheistic professors, or simply lose their faith as they grow in “wisdom” after being freed from their parents’ brainwashing. As a state university graduate, I can confirm the atmosphere…
I’ve long been an occasional visitor to the Traditional Latin Mass. Although it’s a form of the Mass that I have grown to love, the drive to the TLM was much longer than the drive to my local parish, which itself leans more traditional than the typical Novus Ordo parish. So, I would only make…
Every year, the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, October 7, falls within the same week as Columbus Day, celebrated on the second Monday in October. Together, these feasts make up one big festival because of the intimate relation between the events that they celebrate. The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary is…
