Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has once again written an open letter, this time addressed to former cardinal Theodore McCarrick and dated January 13, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. In it, Viganò notes that “throughout these months,” McCarrick hasn’t …
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Despite Denials, Wuerl Knew of McCarrick Allegations in 2004
Records have surfaced indicating that Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the former archbishop turned apostolic administrator of Washington, D.C., knew about allegations of sexual abuse against former cardinal Theodore McCarrick as early as 2004, the Catholic News Agency (CNA) reports. A report …
Ep. 49 – The Benevacantism Controversy & The “Circular Firing Squad”
Description: With over 900 comments since it was published last Friday, Ryan Grant’s article “Rise of the Benevacantists: Who is Pope?” is the most commented-upon post in 1P5’s nearly five-year history. But why? What does the controversy around the question of …
Cardinal Wuerl’s Resignation Finally Accepted
News out of Rome this morning indicates that Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s resignation, submitted two years ago as required at the age of 75, has finally been accepted by the pope. Wuerl, the archbishop of the Washington, D.C. archdiocese and direct …
One Catholic Dad versus the Culture of McCarrick
My family has had its inevitable brushes with the Culture of McCarrick. They emerge unexpectedly in our day-to-day activities and unfold fully on Sundays at church. One began at a country club swimming pool two summers ago. Shortly after our …
Search Warrant Executed on Detroit Chancery & Sacred Heart Seminary
OnePeterFive has received word that the Michigan Attorney General executed search warrants at the Archdiocese of Detroit Chancery and Sacred Heart Major Seminary this morning. The search appears to be related to the investigation into the Church’s handling of clerical …
German Bishops Report Indicates Thousands of Cases of Clerical Abuse
A report commissioned by the German Bishops’ Conference, known as the “MHG Study,” has been obtained by media outlets Spiegel Online and Die Ziet, and the findings are staggering: between 1946 and 2014, there were a reported 3,677 cases of …
Addressing the ‘Proofs’ against Viganò: Noise without Substance
Editor’s note: Aldo Maria Valli, the author of the following article, is the reporter with whom Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò originally planned the publication of his allegations against Pope Francis and several high-ranking Vatican cardinals. For the adventure of how Archbishop …
Sequestered Viganò Speaks: ‘I Am Not the Crow. I Want Only the Truth.’
Editor’s note: The following interview is between Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, now world-famous for his explosive testimony, and Aldo Maria Valli, the reporter with whom Viganò originally planned the publication of his allegations against Pope Francis and several high-ranking Vatican cardinals. …
Broken America and the Departure of Anthony Kennedy
Justice Anthony Kennedy recently announced his resignation from the United States Supreme Court. Good riddance. What Shakespeare said about a traitor’s life in Macbeth applies equally well to Kennedy’s life on the Supreme Court: “Nothing in his life became him …