Just a quick note from the bullpen: the fallout of Clergy Abuse 2.0 is going to continue to snowball this week, with developments coming at a rapid pace. As 1P5 is not, technically, a news organization, but a journal of …
An Open Letter to Cardinal O’Malley Regarding the Seminary Investigation
Your Eminence, Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, It is with a spirit of faith, hope, and love that I write this letter to you, the shepherd of all Roman Catholics in the Archdiocese of Boston. During his apostolic journey to the …
Reminder for Suffering Catholics: Satan Plays the Long Game
Satan plays a long game. We know from the Gospel of Luke that Satan intended to sift like wheat Peter and the apostles. Writing recently in National Review, Fr. Benedict Kiely has called the Church’s present trial the “summer of …
As Summer Wanes, The Ecclesiastical Crisis Heats Up
It’s already the middle of August. The full heat of summer has not yet left us, but the nights and mornings have lost their claustrophobic grip, giving way to cooler air and gentle breezes as autumn awaits. In the Vatican, …
An Open Letter to Our Priests
Dear Fathers, I want you to know, even though I and many others are very angry right now, I was brought up to trust you. To revere you. To see you as intrinsically worthy of respect and honor. Even of …
No Matter How Bad You Think the Corruption Is, It’s Worse
A long-time observer of the modern ecclesiastical scene wrote to me to share his perspective on the broader significance of the McCarrick scandal. With his permission, I here publish his thoughts, which have been slightly edited for publication. Most commentators …
On Evangelizing and Chewing Gum at the Same Time
When I woke up on August 2 to a tweet that Pope Francis had made changes to paragraph 2267 of the Catechism, I knew that I was in for an exhausting phase in my post-conversion life. Without even reading the …
Modernism and the Strangling of the Arts
It has become a truism today that art and artistry constitute some personal experience, individualistic interpretation, or emotional self-expression. And while many pieces of art today are designed to be abstract, the meanings of which are left to the imagination …
A Moment for Gratitude
It’s Saturday afternoon, and I’m cleaning out my office. Among the tasks I’ve tackled so far is the stack of paperwork on my desk awaiting my attention. Much of this paperwork consists of letters from supporters of 1P5. I read …
Selection Bias and the Process of Picking Better Bishops
“He’ll be a bishop someday.” That was the prediction in the parish I attended fifteen years ago. Our pastor was a nice man – likable and affable. No one had anything negative to say about him. The best word I …
Playing With Fire: Rosica, Francis, and the Spirit of the Antichrist
“And he shall speak words against the High One, and shall crush the saints of the most High: and he shall think himself able to change times and laws, and they shall be delivered into his hand until a time, …
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