As has so often been the case in the past year or two, an important report has surfaced on the Italian traditionalist blog, Messa in Latino (Mass in Latin). In it, the authors reveal that at the recent Italian Bishops’ …
“It’s Not Francis’s Church. It’s Jesus Christ’s Church.” McCarrick Victim James Grein Gives Powerful Testimony
In Baltimore earlier this week, James Grein — formerly known only as “James” in media reports — gave a powerful testimony to an audience at the “Silence Stops Now” rally. He was introduced by Michael Voris of Church Militant. Grein …
We’re Winning. Don’t Let Them Silence Us.
This week, we saw two astonishing failures in ecclesiastical leadership as regards the clerical sex abuse crisis. First was the Vatican’s direct intervention in the U.S. Bishops’ fall meeting, stopping them from holding a vote on accountability measures. We heard …
Confusion about Graces: A Catholic Critique of the Charismatic Movement
All Catholics will sooner or later be asked a question like this: “So, what do you think of the charismatic movement?” It may come from a Catholic heavily involved in the “renewal”; it may come from a hardened skeptic; it …
USCCB Review Board Chairman Says Some Bishops “Must” Resign Over Abuse
Today at Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler brings to light something most of us missed in the proceedings during the US Bishops’ (USCCB) annual fall meeting. Francesco Cesareo, the chairman of the USCCB’s National Review Board for the Protection of Children and …
Wheat, Weeds and the State of the Church
Last Sunday, as the Bishops of the United States began to make their way to Baltimore, those blessed with the opportunity to attend the Tridentine Mass heard Matthew 13:24-30 read as the Gospel. The following is a synopsis of this …
Request For Mass Resources From a Reader
A reader writes: Hi there-I just found your site a couple weeks ago. I am a traditional catholic that would like to do more research on our faith and why we believe what we believe. I grew up going to …
Shock, Confusion As Vatican Orders American Bishops Not to Vote on Abuse Measures
Yesterday, during the opening session of the US Bishops’ fall annual meeting, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the American bishops’ conference, announced that the Holy See had intervened to stop the bishops from voting on two measures designed to tackle the …
In Defense of the Jesuit Order (Sort Of)
Editor’s note: The following is not the position of 1P5, but we submit the author’s opinion to help inform discussion on the question of the always troublesome (these days) Jesuits. As we lament their present state, it is worthwhile to …
Bad Liturgical Parenting
In a wonderful article from years ago that I only recently discovered, “The Mass and the Four Most Important Lessons of Childhood,” Michael P. Foley argues that the four basic responses that parents teach their children from an early age …
Cupich and Wuerl Propose Alternative Sex Abuse Response Plan. Is Anyone Really Surprised?
Image courtesy of Archdiocese of Boston/Flickr (CC 2.0) It’s a story I’ve seen described as both a “shock” and a “bombshell.” But is it really? Catholic News Agency (CNA) reported yesterday that Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich and the disgraced-into-resignation-but-kept-in-power-anyway Cardinal …
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