It’s on special days like today that I notice most sharply the vast difference between the LEX ORANDI of the old and the new liturgies. I have prepared a chart comparing the blessing of ashes in the Tridentine rite with …
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Mickens on Gänswein and the End of the “Shadow Pontificate”
Robert Mickens — a man notorious for his dislike of Pope Benedict XVI, so keep that in mind going in — has a fascinating piece (paywall) at La Croix about the Gänswein sidelining. Mickens says that Francis was stuck with …
Peter Kwasniewski on Restoring the Faith Media
A couple weeks ago, I posted my interview with Joe and Mike at Restoring the Faith Media on their new show, Full Disclosure. RTF is yet another Catholic apostolate making great video content, so if you haven’t checked out their …
Steve Skojec on Restoring the Faith Media
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 …
Controversy Arises Over Early Reporting on Vatican Document Examining Homosexuality
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 …
A Full Court Press for HomoChurch?
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 …
Feser: Against “Candy-Ass” Christianity
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. …
Steve Skojec on Rules For Retrogrades (Video)
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 …
1P5’s Stefanie Nicholas Shares Her Conversion Story at the 2019 Fatima Youth Conference
You may have already seen the podcast interview I did with my friend and 1P5 contributor Stefanie Nicholas earlier this year, during which we discussed her conversion story, in which I am humbled to have been given the grace to …
Scalfari on the Pope, Translated
We have updated our original piece about Eugenio Scalfari’s latest bombshell, in which he claims that in his presence, Pope Francis denied the divinity of Jesus. In the updated version, we have included a human translation of the section of …