The pope has finally accepted the resignation of Bishop Juan Barros, his apointee to run the Diocese of Osorno in Chile, who has been accused for years of being complicit in clerical sexual abuse. But it wasn’t an easy path to get here, and there are still questions left unanswered. Here’s the latest 1P5 Minute:
I usually steer myself away from political topics here. Partially because it’s a bit outside our normal wheelhouse, partially because I’m just sick to death, after over a decade of living in the DC Metro area and being a political conservative with a microphone, of talking about any of it. But the religious liberty issue…
Today we’re trying out a new video format. Called the “1P5 Minute” it’s a short, informative breakdown on a big story we’re currently working on. (Would love for it to be an actual minute, but I just couldn’t cut any more info out and tell the whole story.) Today we tackle the rather complex issues…
When the story first broke in April that the CDF had, with the pope’s explicit blessing, rejected the German Bishops’ intercommunion handout, people weren’t sure what to think. Nobody had seen the communication, and it was very intentionally kept under wraps by the Vatican. At the time, I issued a cautionary note about thinking that…
The Catholic world is still reeling from Ireland’s precipitous fall into darkness. First, there was the gay “marriage” vote in 2015. Then, there was the election of Ireland’s first homosexual prime minister, Leo Varadkar, in 2017. This month came the overwhelming referendum vote to remove protection of the unborn from the Irish Constitution, at a…
In a news report that comes to us from our Spanish-language partners Adelante la Fe, OnePeterFive has learned that Bishop Toribio Ticona — an 81-year-old Bolivian prelate who is alleged to be living with a woman as husband and wife with two children — will be raised to the status of cardinal by Pope Francis.…
It’s Memorial Day here in the United States today, and as is human nature, we use our holidays to get together with family, to cook and enjoy good food and drink, and to treat the day of rest we have been given like another opportunity for a party with the people we love. And there’s…
It’s been another long week, with lots to report, and many things left untouched. I’d like to offer a few parting thoughts before we head into what I hope will be a long weekend (Monday is a holiday here in America.) The Michael Smalanskas/Providence College Story Has Reached a New Low Michael Smalanskas, the Providence…
The gaelic word Caoineadh — which translates as “Lament” — is a tradition as old as time amongst the Irish people. My first exposure to the concept came from the great traditional Irish singer Iarla O’Lionaird, whom my friends somehow convinced to come back to the campus of Franciscan University of Steubenville after a performance at…
Providence college student Michael Smalanskas has received new threats about the pro-marriage bulletin board he put up earlier this year, and the administration has only made things worse. Also: former gay man Joseph Sciambra talks about the harm done by Pope Francis and his "born gay" remarks.
Was going to write a post about this. Decided a quick video would be faster on a Friday afternoon. Please feel free to share your own thoughts in the comments. Have a good weekend, everyone! Transcript [May contain errors or typos]: [00:00:10] Hi everyone, Steve Skojec here. And it’s Friday afternoon as I record this…
