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Jesuit Craters, Jesuits Cratering, and Margaret Sanger on Venus
By William Po In 2013, Francis, the first Jesuit pope, canonized the Jesuit Peter Faber (1506-1546) who, with founder St. Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556), St. Francis Xavier (1506-1552) and four others, vowed poverty, chastity and obedience on Montmartre in 1534 in …
From Catholicism to Orthodoxy and Back Again: A Spiritual Journey
Author’s note: I have been a long time reader of 1P5 and agree with Steve’s attempt to reorient the site and its content toward more optimistic, wholesome Catholic content. Today I want to offer up my own story in contribution …
Seek And You Shall Find: A Spiritual Journey
Editor’s note: Recently, we asked people to send in articles relating their stories of faith, family traditions, and conversion. The following comes to us from Mr. Daniel A. S. Barrett, who journeyed by a somewhat unconventional path from a sort …
“Try Harder.” – A Mother Reacts to Counterintuitive Spiritual Advice
By a Homeschooling Mother of Eight “Try harder.” These were the words spoken by my spiritual director as I tried to explain my difficulty in reacting with cheerfulness to the everyday demands of life with a large family. I was …
Balancing Truth and Humility
by Boniface “The truth shall set you free”, our Lord promises in the Gospel (John 8:32). To stand in the truth gives one’s life stability, direction, and purpose. It gives balance to our spiritual lives and prevents us from “from …
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Thank you so much for making 1P5 one of the most-trusted Catholic websites for news and analysis on the Church in 2020! OnePeterFive is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. As such, all US donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law. As …
Latin Mass Societies at Large Universities? If We Did it at Penn State, You Can Too.
by Victor Fuentes “And he said to them: Go ye into the whole world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” Mark 16:15, DRV For any student, the college years are a time of growth. For most, this is the …
Italian Art Critic on Vatican Nativity Figures: “Don’t Look At Them…The Religious World Has Been Betrayed”
Editor’s Note: by way of a colleague and friend in Italy, we received the following translation for publication. It is a commentary on the much-discussed 2020 Vatican Nativity Scene. Translator’s Note: Vittorio Sgarbi is a very well-known figure in Italian …
The Immaculate Conception: Mother of God, Mother of Men
Image: The Immaculate Conception, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo by Marianna Bartold “I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.” …
With The Joy of Christ’s First Breath
Editor’s note: this post was originally published by Boniface, the pseudonymous blogger at the website Unam Sanctam. We thought it was an Easter message worth sharing, particularly this year, and with his permission we present it to you here. A …
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