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On January 16, 2019, 130 acres of rural North Carolina land near Raleigh were purchased by Carolina Murugan Temple (CMT). A month prior, their plans to build the largest Hindu statue in North America were approved by the county. Under construction now, CMT plans to build a 155-foot-tall statue, which will sit on a 35-foot…
Dear OnePeterFive Confraternity members, supporters and readers, VIVA CRISTO REY! We counted up the Giving Tuesday donations yesterday, and the results were fantastic. Five new OnePeterFive members ($10/month or more), four new Blessed Karl of Austria Circle members ($50/month or $600 in a year), and many others banded together to help us unlock the entire…
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, we spent the week with family and friends. As we made our way home on a three-hour car ride, we stopped for a bathroom and snack break at the infamous Buc-ee’s gas station. As we wandered around, searching for the perfect snack, my five-year-old daughter, Mia, ran up to me giggling…
The time has come to reeducate our bishops, beginning with how they use—and manifestly misuse—the English language. Our Lord gave us a clear precept about language: “Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from the Evil One” (Matthew 5:37). And likewise, from the Old Testament: “Woe to those…
St. John the Baptist Parish – Taytay, Rizal, Philippines in January 2023. Advent can be quite challenging in the fun-loving Philippines, where malls glitter, office parties multiply, and carols blare while the Church is still proclaiming the apocalyptic Gospel of the Last Sunday of the liturgical year. Somewhere along the way, Advent’s sober longing was…
The Catholic parish geographically closest to our home is huge, with more than 13,000 parishioners, according to the diocesan website. It has confession once a week for half an hour. Let’s say (very generously) that because of age or other reasons only 3,000 of those parishioners are able to participate in the sacrament of penance…
Pope Leo XIV made his first official papal visit to Turkey last week, where he encouraged the small Catholic community to find strength in Christ. He also recited the original Creed promulgated by the Ecumenical Council of Nicaea in 325—in an effort to bolster unity with representatives from the Apostolic Alexandrian, Antiochian, Armenian, and Chaldean…
In a recent article at Crisis Magazine, my friend Mike Parrott sounded the alarm about Trump’s floated idea of a 50-year mortgage. He called it “economic poison,” a tool of financial captivity that will inflate home prices, trap families in debt, and help usher in the “you will own nothing and be happy” future. He…
I was initially shocked to hear Fr. Murr say that for over six decades there has been no proper catechetical teaching in the Church. I suppose I had assumed, or at least hoped, that what I knew to be true on this side of the Atlantic was untrue on the far side of the Atlantic….
The essence of a cliché is that it is unoriginal and often repeated, yet repetita iuvant because repetition forms and reforms us. Holy Mother Church, with maternal solicitude, gives us again the 1st Sunday of Advent, and again we say that with this day a new liturgical year begins. Perhaps this is not cliché at…
