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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1P5 Minute – 2-11-2019
In this week’s 1P5 minute we tackle Cardinal Gerhard Müller’s Manifesto of Faith, as well as the rumors that former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick will be stripped of the clerical state as a consequence of his lifelong abuse of seminarians and …
Six Years Later: Reflecting on the Papal Abdication That Changed the Church Forever
Six years ago today, I was driving to work and I heard a news story on the local radio about Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement that he was going to abdicate. I remember where I was: driving North on Route 1 …
What Will 2019 Bring for Catholics?
Usually, at the beginning of each year, I try to make a prediction about the road ahead. There’s no magic to it: it’s part pattern recognition and part intuition. Last year, I said that I thought 2018 would be the …
Our Dangerous Addiction
This blog post isn’t, properly speaking, about the Church or Catholic life. But it is about life for people in 2019, and it is relevant to every single person reading this right now. Every single one. I’ve mentioned the insights …
This Is What Modern-Day Satanism Looks Like
Yesterday, on the 46th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, New York Senate Democrats passed a bill known as the Reproductive Health Act, which removes most restrictions on abortions after 24 weeks – all the way until birth. According …
Bishop Twice-Reported to Pope For Sexual Misconduct Was Given Prominent Vatican Position
In a new report from the Associated Press (AP), it has been revealed that Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta of Argentina was promoted to the position of assessor in APSA — the department which manages the Vatican’s considerable real estate holdings — after …
Pope Dismantles Ecclesia Dei Commission, Gives Responsibilities to CDF
In a motu proprio letter dated January 17th, the pope has made official an action that has been rumored for some time: citing a change in the conditions that had “led the Holy Pontiff John Paul II to the establishment …
Rally at the Papal Nunciature in DC TOMORROW Before March for Life
For those of you going to the March for Life in Washington, DC, tomorrow, there’s an event happening at the Papal Nunciature that may be of interest to you. Considering that the hour is late, I won’t belabor this by …
Clerical Dishonesty is Not Pretty
I was born in 1977 to young parents, and I grew up in a house full of vinyl albums from the preceding two decades and a box full of cassettes. When I wasn’t listening to the Beatles’ Greatest Hits or …
If Our Bishops Have a Charism, It’s Tone Deafness
As viewers of our most recent podcast probably picked up on, I’m a fan of humor — even sometimes when dealing with serious topics. But there’s a need to read the audience, and to understand the context of the situation. …
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