We’ve had some inquiries recently about the current presidential election here in the US, and whether we might be willing to publish articles pertaining to it. This is a bit of a minefield for us, so I thought it’d be a good time to explain something that not everyone may be aware of. In order…
Rorate Caeli reports: The Archbishop of Granada, Spain, H.E. Msgr. Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández, has released a note to all the faithful of his archdiocese in which he adopts for his own archdiocese the highly objectionable directive on the implementation of chapter VIII of Amoris Laetitia, issued by the bishops of the pastoral region of Buenos…
If you’ve been struggling to find things in our new layout, this brief tutorial video should help you to get your bearings. For those who would rather not watch the video, here are the basics: We have a featured content area at the top of the homepage. This is where our top 10 stories of…
For the most part, 1P5 is a politics-free zone. Our mission lies elsewhere — in the restoration of the Catholic Church and its proper place within the world. Sometimes, though, the two areas overlap, and never in recent memory has this been so apparent as in the revelation of an actual leftist conspiracy against the Catholic…
A reminder we all need right now:
You have no doubt noticed that things look a little different. As I mentioned yesterday, this has been an ongoing project. In fact, I’ve spent over a year evaluating new designs for the website, testing out functions and features, even trying new software platforms…all in the hope that I could build upon our core strengths and…
Some of you may have noticed that posting has been light since Thursday of last week. I wanted to fill you in on the reason why. I’ve been working on finding the right look and feel to keep 1P5 as readable and accessible as possible, and I’ve been heavily invested in the technical aspects of…
Gabriel Castillo of Truefaith.tv has produced a video (the latest in a series, it appears) about the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered ad orientem — facing liturgical East, towards Our Lord. Beautifully produced, it is one of the most succinct and persuasive testimonies I’ve seen to why this liturgical posture is so important to reverent worship.…
Several years ago, a photograph of St. Maria Goretti was found. The grainy image depicts a young woman, standing between two boys amidst a flock of what appear to be geese. The photo was the fruit of what appears to have been a century-long search (the story on how it was identified is found here, but the…
Over the past two years, Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Astana, Kazakhstan, has gained quite a following for his clear, orthodox teaching and his love for reverent, God-centered liturgy. Next month, he will return to the eastern United States for a series of Masses and events. The good people at The Guild of Blessed Titus Brandsma…
The title of Andrew Sullivan’s long essay at New York Magazine on the effects of the digital culture on our humanity is perfect: I Used to Be a Human Being. The subtitle is no less poignant: An endless bombardment of news and gossip and images has rendered us manic information addicts. It broke me. It might break…
