Last week, I was invited to be a guest on Joseph Sciambra’s new show, Finding Our Father. The topic was Catholic Cults and Homosexuality in the Church, with a specific focus on my experiences spent with the most notorious of these cults — the Legionaries of Christ — founded and run for decades by one…
For Americans, 4th of July Weekend is a time to get together with family and friends, mindful of the gratitude we have for the liberties our country has afforded us. This year, though, things are different. With ongoing coronavirus-related shutdowns and restrictions, safety concerns due to riots and other related activity, and a country divided…
On Wednesday of this week, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, the older brother of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, passed away. At age 96, the elder Ratzinger brother had recently been hospitalized in Regensburg, and in a visit that made international headlines, Joseph Ratzinger, the former pope, left Rome for the first time since his abdication to visit…
Tim Gordon was a high school theology teacher at a Catholic school in California. He wasn’t just a teacher, he was a department chair, and popular with the area’s conservative Catholics. But when he tweeted out during the recent riots, looting, and burning that Black Lives Matter is a domestic terror group, suddenly everything changed.…
PLEASE NOTE: Transcript and related links/show notes are found beneath the video on this page. On this episode of the 1P5 minute, we tackle three stories we’re tracking this week: First, Archbishop Wilton Gregory’s remarks about President Trump have raised Catholic ire, prompting tens of thousands of people to sign a petition demanding he apologize to…
I feel the need to offer a preface to the following text, the latest essay from Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, because I have recently been accused of being an opponent of his. This is not true, but the misperception is a consequence of public comments I have made to the effect that he now speaks…
In the wake of the unjust and tragic killing of George Floyd, the country is at a boiling point. A perfect opportunity for Archbishop Wilton Gregory to virtue signal to his progressive friends against President Trump’s appearance at the John Paul II shrine in Washington, DC. But what about Gregory’s own conduct? What about his…
In 2019, over 10,000 Catholics left the Church in the diocese of Munich and Freising. In 2018, another 9,000 left. Why is the German Church hemorrhaging Catholics? We explore the question. Also: amidst rumors that priest are baptizing babies using squirt guns to maintain social distancing, we take a look at some of the issues…
Michael Hichborn of the Lepanto Institute is a pro-life rock star. I’ve never seen a guy work harder to dig in and identify every detail of corruption going on within putatively Catholic organizations, document it, and expose it. It’s often thankless work. It isn’t always well-received by bishops, and certainly not by staffers at large…
Today in the United States, we honor our veterans in observance of Memorial Day. Many of us have family or friends who have given the ultimate sacrifice in the service of their country. We ask everyone in the 1P5 audience to please say a prayer for the repose of their souls. Eternal rest grant unto…
In a recent letter, a reader writes: “Thank you for your site. It has taught me a lot and helped me grow deeper in my faith. Bless you and your team at 1P5.” It’s a simple testimonial, but a powerful one. 1P5’s mission — our true mission — goes beyond news of the latest disturbing…
