Mike and Joe over at the (relatively new) apostolate called Restoring the Faith Media (check out their YouTube channel right here) interviewed me a couple weeks ago for their show, Full Disclosure, which just launched this week. So far, they’ve also got an interview with Michael Warren Davis, editor of Crisis Magazine, up on the…
Earlier today, I wrote about the move by the German bishops to re-examine Church teaching on human sexuality — particularly pertaining to the questions of homosexual acts and contraception. In that same analysis, I mentioned some early reporting on a 300-page study commissioned by Pope Francis and published by the Pontifical Biblical Commission (PBC) on…
As I sit down to write this today, I feel my brain grasping to make sense of what I’m seeing. I literally don’t know how to process or adequately explain what appears to be a full court press to push acceptance of homosexuality by the hierarchy of the Catholic Church herself. But I would be…
On this episode of the 1P5 Minute, we cover a lot of ground, beginning with an explanation of Advent Embertide, which starts today. Pope Francis has removed the pontifical secret that kept all information pertaining to clerical sexual abuse cases under wraps; we discuss whether our expectations should change on transparency regarding abuse. ALSO: Archbishop…
I hope you read the title of this post to the tune of Silver Bells. The Bing Crosby version, naturally. Have you ever heard about the Ember days, observed for most of the history of the Church prior to the late 20th century? If you haven’t, don’t feel bad. Like many traditional practices in the Church laden…
In this episode, we have an update on the case of Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta, the Argentinian prelate and friend of Pope Francis who is facing criminal charges for sexual abuse of seminarians in his home country. ALSO: Cardinal Christoph Schönborn has allowed, for the third year in a row, a pro-LGBT benefit event to take…
Today is known in the non-profit world as “Giving Tuesday.” The idea is pretty simple: GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world on December 3, 2019 and every day. It was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages…
Edward Feser is one of the relatively unsung heroes of modern Catholic thought. He’s been absolutely unflinching in his defense of the moral liceity of the death penalty in Catholic teaching, and has even co-authored a book on the topic. I’ve seen him write very compelling essays on other issues as well. He has a…
Happy Saturday after Thanksgiving (and feast of St. Andrew), everyone! Advent begins tomorrow, and then its the mad rush to the end of the calendar year as the new liturgical year begins. Here at 1P5, 2019 has been, as usual, a bit of a wild ride. Looking back, I think we did fairly well, maybe…
With so many crazy things happening in the Church — from idolatry to religious indifferentism to seemingly constant changes to established teaching — Dr. Michael Sirilla, professor of Systematic and Dogmatic Theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville discusses what the faithful should think — and why they should stay Catholic. AUDIO ONLY: [Powerpress] RELATED…
Many of you are followers of Dr. Taylor Marshall’s podcast series on YouTube, and are familiar with Tim Gordon, who co-hosted with Marshall for the first year of the show. What all of you may not know is that Tim and his brother Dave (who have both written articles for 1P5 – see here and…
