The top-down annihilation of a developed orthodoxy into a mad-glad tambourine session seems to have been successful for a few decades. As I grow older in the Catholic Church, I’ve gradually become aware of the various effects of this post-conciliar …
On Discerning Vocations: How to Think about “States of Life”
A university student once sent to me the following heartfelt letter. He expresses well the thoughts and feelings of many young Catholic men and women his age, who are open to a vocation from the Lord, but struggle with how …
This Is What Modern-Day Satanism Looks Like
Yesterday, on the 46th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, New York Senate Democrats passed a bill known as the Reproductive Health Act, which removes most restrictions on abortions after 24 weeks – all the way until birth. According …
Pope Francis’s Parade of Embarrassing Friendships
The least we can say is that the figure of Pope Bergoglio is embarrassing. Perhaps not so much for who he is as a person in himself – but then again… But more so for the people whom he obviously …
Bishop Twice-Reported to Pope For Sexual Misconduct Was Given Prominent Vatican Position
In a new report from the Associated Press (AP), it has been revealed that Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta of Argentina was promoted to the position of assessor in APSA — the department which manages the Vatican’s considerable real estate holdings — after …
Ad Orientem: Turning Things Around in the Church
In my 21 years in Japan, I have attended three funerals. The first, for my wife’s godmother, was a Catholic one, while the other two were not. As my wife is Japanese and is the only Catholic in her family …
Pope Dismantles Ecclesia Dei Commission, Gives Responsibilities to CDF
In a motu proprio letter dated January 17th, the pope has made official an action that has been rumored for some time: citing a change in the conditions that had “led the Holy Pontiff John Paul II to the establishment …
1P5 Podcast Ep. 50 – Europe Has Lost the Faith; March for Life 2019
Description: New research from Pew shows that Europe has dropped drastically in its overall Catholic population vs. the world. In 1910, Europe had 65% of the world’s Catholics. In 2019, it’s only 24%. Steve talk about what that means. PLUS: 1P5 …
Love, Wrath, and the March for Life
Editor’s note: A younger and fresher-faced version of me wrote this piece back in 2015. In the intervening years, I’ve become more cynical about the existence of a political solution to the execrable moral and spiritual problem of abortion. Readers …
Why the Red Pill Year Should Have Preceded 2018
“Red-pilling” is a metaphor that has caught fire in the traditional Catholic world in the last year. It is drawn from the movie, now almost 20 years old, The Matrix. The main character, Neo, is given the choice to see …
Rally at the Papal Nunciature in DC TOMORROW Before March for Life
For those of you going to the March for Life in Washington, DC, tomorrow, there’s an event happening at the Papal Nunciature that may be of interest to you. Considering that the hour is late, I won’t belabor this by …
