William: My good fellow, I simply can’t go along with your position that the Novus Ordo is inherently defective. A pope could never promulgate a liturgy that was harmful to the faithful. Terence: Bill, you amaze me! What prevents you from …
Homosexuality in the Church, Cardinal McCarrick, and the Internal Ecclesial Attack on Humanae Vitae
In light of the revelations about the secret life of Cardinal Theodore “Uncle Teddy” McCarrick — a man who has been described with alarming frequency over the years (even though these warnings have gone largely unheeded) as a homosexual predator …
Burke: Cardinal Caffarra “Personally Delivered” Dubia Letter to Papal Residence
In response to remarks made by Pope Francis that he only learned of the dubia regarding his apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia "from the newspapers," the second of the two still-living "dubia cardinals" has spoken out. Cardinal Burke told John-Henry Westen …
Cardinal Schönborn Backtracks on the Possibility of Female Priests and Bishops
The Austrian cardinal just gave an interview to an Austrian TV channel in which he now claims that the ordination of female priests is not permissible. However, women might somehow still be admitted to the first stage of sacramental ordination: …
Cardinal Brandmüller Questions Francis’ Claim Not to Have Received the Dubia Before Publication
Today, on 20 June, Reuters published a new interview with Pope Francis. Although the interview is making headlines because of the Pope’s criticism of President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, it also contains another controversial assertion: the pope surprisingly now claims …
Cardinal McCarrick Removed From Ministry After “Credible” Allegations of Abuse
An allegation of sexual abuse half a century ago has led to the removal from public ministry of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, DC. The disciplinary action was taken against him by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary …
Bishop Schneider on the Pan-Amazon Synod, Married Priests, and Female Preachers
In a new interview, Bishop Athanasius Schneider discusses the working document of the upcoming 2019 Pan-Amazon Synod and rejects the idea of ordaining married men. He argues that priestly continence is a Church tradition that goes back to Apostolic times. …
1P5 Minute – 6-19-2018: Pope Talks Media & Dictatorships; The Vatican Gets Cozy With “LGBT”
Hey, there’s a new 1P5 Minute! In today’s episode, Steve addresses some questions about the name of the show, then talks about the pope’s recent comments about dictatorships beginning through corruption of media. ALSO: the Vatican is getting cozy with …
Of Irresistible Forces and Immovable Objects
In just a month and a half, OnePeterFive will have been online for four years. Can you believe it? In some ways, it seems as though it’s been much longer than that. In others, it’s hard to believe so much …
The Pope’s Ticona Problem: Bolivian Cardinal-Designate Continues to Court Controversy
A new scandal is continuing to develop for Pope Francis, regarding one of the men he plans to make a cardinal at the 29 June consistory. The Bolivian bishops’ conference has just distanced itself from one of their own, Bishop …
1P5 Minute – 6-15-2018: Correcting Yesterday’s Mistakes
Well, we had a few “whoops” moments in yesterday’s episode. Steve made a fatal error: he attempted Math. Today he corrects the mistakes in yesterday’s episode, and provides some additional data on the state of the Church.
