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EDITORIAL STANCE: Unite the Clans to Rebuild Christendom!

Dear OnePeterFive donors, supporters and readers, Now that we have introduced our new editorial board, it’s time to throw down the gauntlet about where we stand and where we intend to go. This post will not explain in detail all of the controversial topics here—that is left to our writers to analyze, discuss and debate. Rather, this…

Priests: Be Men of God, and the Faithful Will Rally Behind You

Vatican News recently gave their headline as “Pope Francis: ‘Liturgy needs to return to center of Christian faith.’” The words of the Roman Pontiff were addressed to an Italian liturgical conference with the theme: “Where two or three are gathered in my name”: Community, liturgies, and territories.” His words themselves are in fact true, but…

Steve Skojec & Tim Gordon on The Return of the Female Deacons Question

Yesterday, I pinged Tim Gordon about an article on a new international symposium entitled, “Towards a Fundamental Theology of the Priesthood.” In it, I caught the following line: “And among the issues that will be discussed are mandatory priestly celibacy and women deacons.” This morning, Tim had me as a guest on his show, Rules…

A Commenter on Vaccine Debate Highlights Church History in Dealing With Thorny Ethical Issues

Entirely unsurprisingly, yesterday’s article from Roberto De Mattei on the liceity of vaccines — even those derived from/tested on fetal cell lines — stirred up a lot of controversy. I should like to point out to those commenters who essentially declared that this long-respected Catholic scholar has destroyed his credibility that such a histrionic response…

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