Cicero called gratitude the “parent of all virtues.” Gratitude has perhaps never been more universally praised than it is today. But what is the proper object of gratitude? For what should we be most thankful on this day set aside for gratitude? [powerpress]
In the wake of the Paris attacks, Steve speaks to Islamic Scholar and author Andrew Bieszad, who says that the kinds of terror attacks we’re seeing from ISIS are nothing more than “The Application of Islamic Teaching in Practice.” Worse yet, Andrew believes this is just the beginning of what’s to come. From France to Europe,…
Forty years ago the regime of Giovanni Battista Montini, Pope Paul VI, began to reveal itself. Mythology had it that he was a good man who lost control, and that the disaster was caused by everything except his mistakes and pusillanimity. Msgr. F. D. Cohalan, a noted New York churchman and historian, contended there was…
The following is the prepared text of the speech delivered today. Mr. Vice-President, Mr. Speaker, Honorable Members of Congress, Dear Friends, I am most grateful for your invitation to address this Joint Session of Congress in “the land of the free and the home of the brave”. I would like to think that the reason…
On September 6, 2015, Steve Skojec was interviewed by Amanda Erickson of the Washington Post about the upcoming papal visit to the United States. Today, that interview was published as part of a larger article about the discomfort Pope Francis causes to “conservative” Catholics. (You can read more about events leading up to this interview here.)…
The Spanish-Language website, Adelante La Fe (Advance the Faith) obtained an exclusive interview with Bishop Athanasius Schneider, our favorite Catholic prelate in the world today, and a once (and hopefully future!) contributor to this website. The interview covers some extremely heady subjects. Among these: The serious diminution of faith in the Real Presence of Christ in…
In an exclusive and wide-ranging interview with Rorate Caeli, Cardinal Burke answered questions on a number of the most pressing topics on the minds of Catholics today. Perhaps most notable to readers of 1P5 is this exchange (with my emphasis): Rorate Caeli: What words of encouragement can Your Eminence give to traditional Catholics who are struggling…
Editor’s note: this article originally appeared in the Spring, 1998 edition of The Latin Mass Magazine. It was written by the magazine’s then editor-in-chief, Fr. James McLucas, who has ever been a tireless crusader for authentic, reverent liturgy. Published in the time before the election of Pope Benedict XVI or Summorum Pontificum, when the availability of the Church’s…
For our readers in the United States, today is Thanksgiving – a holiday set aside for us to take stock of our many blessings and to offer our gratitude to God. (It’s also a day for feasting with family and friends, which in and of itself is something to appreciate.) Despite no few difficulties…
A distant but rapidly approaching thunderstorm awakens me from a deep sleep. I toss and turn and lie there, but find every attempt to return to sleep a futile effort, so I at last decide to take the pregnancy test that has been on my mind all afternoon. I wait, staring at the little window, willing…
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