When I started ringing the alarm about Francis in October of 2013, I didn’t make a lot of friends. In fact, over the last three years, a number of other Catholic writers had a nice little competition amongst themselves to see who could take the most pot-shots at me, and the work we do here. Of…
Almost two weeks ago I reported on the bizarre social media behavior of Antonio Spadaro, the Pope’s “mouthpiece” and editor of the influential Jesuit journal La Civiltà Cattolica. He had used Twitter in various ways to attack the “four cardinals” who had submitted the “dubia” to Pope Francis. This included using screenshots of the movie trilogy Lord…
Via The Remnant, I’ve learned that John Vennari (editor of Catholic Family News) went into surgery this morning for a gastric obstruction related to cancer, which he was diagnosed with earlier this year. I do not have an update. This is what John posted yesterday on his Facebook page: JOHN VENNARI SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY SATURDAY…
There’s a rule of thumb I have about not directing my fire at other Catholic writers or publications. When we’re not educating people about the many beautiful aspects of our faith, our goal as a publication is to unmask those responsible for the revolution in the Church so that their works can be seen for what…
A mainstay of Internet humor for years, subtitled parodies of the 2004 World War II film drama Downfall have featured a ranting Adolf Hitler touching on every topic du jour under the sun. Today, 1P5 contributor John Zmirak offers his own version — a glimpse into what might be going on behind the scenes today at the Casa Santa…
The surreality of covering Church news these days is occasionally hilarious. Rome Reports is running a short piece today under the headline, “Pope Francis Explains How to Put Up With Annoying People“. I am not making this up: This week he spoke of one work of mercy that was of much interest: patiently enduring annoying people. POPE FRANCIS…
All the attempts that have been made to address the severe problems posed by the synods on marriage and the family and the post-synodal apostolic exhortation have been completely ignored by Rome. But with the advent of the “Four Cardinals Letter” and Cardinal Burke’s subsequent — and extremely significant — explanatory interview, it seems that…
As day at last dawns on the Westernmost regions of the United States of America, her people face a stark choice: while neither candidate has a positive track record on abortion, one promises to be the most pro-abortion, anti-life president in the nation’s 240-year history, while the other makes a newly-minted promise to defend life. The decision…
People thought I was exaggerating about the return of paganism, the creation of neo-paganistic rites, and the mainstreaming of Satanic practices (here and here). Lo, I was not. The horrific video described below will be proof enough. But first things first. In one of the Wikileaks emails, Marina Abramovic invites the Podestas to dinner (I…
“Nations will be reminded by the annual celebration of this feast that not only private individuals but also rulers and princes are bound to give public honor and obedience to Christ…” Pope Pius XI, Quas Primas, 11 December 1925. Nearly 350 people attended a High Mass and Eucharistic procession in Charlotte on Sunday to celebrate…
Image credit: L’Osservatore Romano I’m at a loss. I know this isn’t news, but the constant reminders of our Holy Father’s utter disregard for Catholic truth is…well, it’s just disheartening. We told you about Lund and the push for intercommunion — and why that’s not even possible. We addressed the fact that the Church has long…
