Steve Skojec is the Founding Publisher and Executive Director of OnePeterFive.com. He received his BA in Communications and Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville in 2001. His commentary has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, Crisis Magazine, EWTN, Huffington Post Live, The Fox News Channel, Foreign Policy, and the BBC. Steve and his wife Jamie have seven children.
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That Feeling When Scientists Say Sodom and Gomorrha Were Destroyed by Fire From the Sky
One of most uniquely ridiculous things about living in our staunchly atheistic world is just how much dark-age dogmatism is at heart of popular anti-Christian tropes. From the anti-science “it’s not a child it’s a clump of cells” to the …
Just One Last Push…
Holy cow, 2018 was a dumpster fire on rocket skates, wasn’t it? In my first look at the coming year back in January, I predicted that 2018 was “going to be weird. It’s going to be a year of defying …
Under Growing Scrutiny, Pope’s C9 Council Becomes C6
Three of the pope’s closest advisers have been removed from their positions, including two who have been entangled in allegations of sexual abuse or abuse cover up. Arguably the most influential group of prelates during the pontificate of Pope Francis …
Fear, Power & Money: Alleged McCarrick Abuse Victim Shares Shocking Insights into Abuser’s Reign
Abuse. Conspiracy. Hush money. Bribes. Power players. Politics. Global agendas. The threat of violence. These are some of the themes that James Grein, the alleged longtime abuse victim of former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, discussed with Dr. Taylor Marshall in a …
Archbishop Viganò Breaks Silence About Family Legal Battle
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has finally spoken in his own defense about a decade-long legal battle with his brother, Father Lorenzo Viganò, over the sizable family estate left to the two brothers by their parents. The statement from Viganò comes after a …
Archbold on “Actuating the Schism”
At his longtime blog, Creative Minority Report, 1P5 and Remnant contributor Patrick Archbold has a five-part series about “actuating” the schism in the Church. Some of you are going to want to read the whole thing, but I’d like to …
The Ethics of Jolly Old Elfland
“My first and last philosophy, that which I believe in with unbroken certainty, I learnt in the nursery. I generally learnt it from a nurse; that is, from the solemn and star-appointed priestess at once of democracy and tradition. The …
It’s a Runaway Train, and the Devil Is Driving
“You hear that Mr. Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability.” –Agent Smith, The Matrix Allow me, if you will, to think out loud a bit. I had a theory pop into my head this morning after reading two pieces …
Happy Thanksgiving!
Every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of alteration. – James 1:17 Ours is a global audience, but 1P5 is based in …
With Death of Spaemann, A Church in Crisis Loses Another Powerful Voice
The Church in crisis has lost yet another champion with the death of Professor Robert Spaemann at the age of 91. He is said to have died peacefully on December 10 “after a long period of age-related suffering.” I must …
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