Pope Francis has told Catholics that he “wants a mess.” He instructed the assembled masses at World Youth Day in Brazil, “I want trouble in the dioceses! …“I want to see the church get closer to the people. I want to get rid of clericalism, the mundane, this closing ourselves off within ourselves, in our parishes, schools…
15 years ago last August, as I walked the streets of Vienna with my college classmates, we stopped briefly before a plain, unassuming church with an exterior the color of freshly dug clay. In a city (and continent) full of stunning architecture, this was a spot more likely than not to escape our notice entirely. But…
Today marks the last official business day of 2014 for 1P5. For the next two weeks, we’ll be spending time with family and friends, offering the final penances of advent and enjoying the graces and feasting of Christmas, catching up on our reading (and sleeping), and making plans for the new year. It’s been a…
Clare Short, author of the Catholic blog Faith in Our Families, has published an open letter to Pope Francis. She writes: I have supported you and defended you many times this year. Even when I was unsure of exactly what it was you were saying – I always gave you the benefit of the doubt and…
On today’s episode: Advent – you’ve heard that it’s penitential, but why? Do you pay it any attention? Also: the connection between the end of the liturgical year and the beginning of the new one, and the way Advent prepares us not just for Christ’s Incarnation, but the coming of the Antichrist and the…
[powerpress] On today’s episode: Advent – you’ve heard that it’s penitential, but why? Do you pay it any attention? Also: the connection between the end of the liturgical year and the beginning of the new one, and the way Advent prepares us not just for Christ’s Incarnation, but the coming of the Antichrist and…
It is difficult to adequately describe (to those unfamiliar with anything but the present Catholic experience) the vast difference between the way the Church did almost everything before and after the Second Vatican Council. If the liturgy marks the most obvious change to the life of the Church, there are dozens of other, less apparent…
Many of you are aware that we have been going through the process of becoming a “non-profit”. Last week, we received our letter from the IRS accepting our application and making us an official tax-exempt organization – a public charity with 501(c)(3) status. This means that donations to 1P5 are now tax-deductible. It also means that foundations can make charitable gifts…
ON TODAY’S EPISODE: A couple of big announcements about 1P5. What Bishop Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska is doing that could help start a movement to restore a sense of the sacred to our churches and liturgies. Get it here.
[powerpress] ON TODAY’S EPISODE: A couple of big announcements about 1P5. What Bishop Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska is doing that could help start a movement to restore a sense of the sacred to our churches and liturgies. In-Depth – Links from Today’s Episode: Bishop Conley of Lincoln to offer the Mass ad Orientem The gospel according to Bill Murray:…
Cardinal Burke’s removal from the Apostolic Signatura has not put a damper on his outspoken concerns about the ideas being considered during the two-part Synod on Marriage and Family. In a conference in Ireland, he again called for a removal of certain issues from the second round of synod talks in October, 2015. Cardinal Raymond Burke…
