Many of you have probably noticed that I’ve been more quiet than usual lately. That’s because my family and I are moving again. Some of you might recall that I moved West in 2016. There were family matters that needed tending to out in the Arizona desert, and after making multiple trips across country to…
A German cardinal is today responding to the recent interview of Cardinal Reinhard Marx in which he opens up to the idea of blessing homosexual couples (and implicitly thus the practice of sodomy). Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes – the former President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum – has written a commentary on this idea…
Several months back Father Hugh Somerville-Knapman, OSB wrote a must read article over at his blog, Dominus mihi adjutor. For those not familiar with Fr. Hugh, a Benedictine monk and priest of Douai Abbey in Berkshire, U.K., he is no liturgical bomb thrower. His arguments are always well reasoned and thoughtful, which is why it’s worth revisiting.…
Today, 3 February, Cardinal Reinhard Marx — the President of the German Bishops’ Conference — suggests a further opening with regard to the idea of establishing a blessing from the German Catholic Church to be given to homosexual couples. In an interview with the Bavarian radio station Bayerischer Rundfunk BR, Cardinal Marx refers to Pope…
…There’s a post up at Rorate Caeli today from FFI Father Paolo M. Siano (who has written for 1P5 here), originally published at Corrispondenza Romana and now translated into English. The piece marks the sixth anniversary of a meeting between the (then) General Council of the Franciscans of the Immaculate and the five friars who opposed Father Stefano…
I’m pretty sure most of us are fed up with hearing about Lilianne Ploumen and her award from the Vatican. I know I am. But there’s been a development that is just too amazing not to share. And I’ll get to it, but I’m going to leave you hanging for just a minute because first…
Image: Evelyn Waugh (Wikimedia Commons) As a token of our gratitude for all the prayers and Masses said for our recent situation of ill health and need, my husband, Dr. Robert Hickson and I wish to present to our most generous readers at OnePeterFive the prayer of a mother for the conversion of her as-…
Last week, I told you that Dr. Maike Hickson, who has contributed so much to our work here, was faced with the unexpected heart attack of her husband, Dr. Robert Hickson. In the time following the first heart attack, he suffered three additional episodes of cardiac arrest, having to be revived each time. It was…
Image: Screengrab of www.dictatorpope.com Last week, I offered a preview of a new book called The Dictator Pope, which bills itself as “The inside story of the most tyrannical and unprincipled papacy of modern times.” In my sneak peek at the book, I said it was important and asked you to consider pre-ordering it, and you rose…
Cardinal Silvio Oddi, who died in 2001, was one of the most outspoken conservative prelates of his time. He also has a special place in the history of the debate about the message of Fatima, inasmuch as he insistently tried to get Pope John XXIII to publish the Third Secret of Fatima. As the British…
I know we have a global audience, and that not all of you will be celebrating Thanksgiving today like we do here in the United States, but all the same, it’s an opportunity for me to express my gratitude to you. For your readership, for your prayers, and for your support of our work here…
