Today’s Stories: Pope Benedict XVI took a trip to Germany, leaving Rome for the first time since his abdication. But what does it mean? A Chinese dissident has claimed that the Communist Party in his former homeland is bribing the Vatican to stay quiet about their human rights abuses. And there’s another push coming from…
By Stephen Morris One of our family lockdown survival strategies has been a year-long subscription to Disney+. As a father of five, it didn’t me take long to follow the buzz to The Mandalorian, Disney’s latest installment in the Star Wars franchise. Set five years after Return of the Jedi and 25 years before The Force Awakens, the show tells the…
On this episode we give the full hour to Jesse Romero, a former police officer turned Catholic evangelist, speaker, and author whose latest book, A Catholic Vote For Trump, seeks to make that case that the incumbent presidential candidate is the only choice in 2020 for Republicans, Democrats, and Independents alike. And for just 1…
On the latest episode of the 1P5 Podcast, Steve drops the latest numbers on coronavirus before pivoting to an article from Church Militant alleging multiple instances of sexual abuse or coverup within the Society of Saint Pius X – as well as the role overt bias plays in the credibility of such stories. (In a…
In this latest episode of the podcast, we’ve got a look at this week’s COVID-19 numbers, and the good news is there’s a silver lining. Steve reports on several interesting developments, including some really surprising results in a universal testing experiment that happened in Boston, as well as an overview of President Trump’s plan to…
And in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalen and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre. And behold there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and coming, rolled back the stone, and sat upon…
In this episode of the 1P5 Podcast, Steve takes a look at how far the numbers have increased just one week since the last update. He also examines the situation with public Masses and other sacraments, and an issue that’s going to become more and more common: priests being barred from giving last rites to…
In this episode, Steve Skojec talks with Catholic attorney Joseph Dion about their shared experiences with the Legionaries of Christ & Regnum Christi, an investigation into their illicit activities in the early 2000s that may have contributed to the disciplinary actions taken against their disgraced founder, Marcial Maciel, in 2006, & the plight of those…
On this episode of the podcast, Steve and Tim Gordon of Rules for Retrogrades break down the initial reactions to Querida Amazonia, the just-released post-synodal apostolic exhortation from the Amazon synod. If you enjoy this show, please remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel or the audio-only version of our podcast on iTunes or Stitcher,…
Today is the 7th anniversary of the announcement of the intention to abdicate by Pope Benedict XVI. In the following 7 years, the crisis in the Church has escalated exponentially, and during that time, one of the most notable things has been the absence of the majority of our bishops & cardinals in speaking out.…
On this episode of the 1P5 Minute, we look at the absolute disconnect between a Vatican that can’t stop pumping out scandal and the eagerness of some bishops (and the Orwellian Hobbits that support them) to try to control the very Catholic media that wants to keep the episcopacy accountable. Today’s stories include: Archbishop Carlo…
