Ever since last Saturday night, when my translation of portions of a very important 4 May speech made by Cardinal Gerhard Müller in Oviedo, Spain, was published here at OnePeterFive, I have been expectantly and eagerly waiting for a proportionate response from the media to this statement by the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine…
(Editor’s note: this is Part II of a three-part essay. You can read Part I here and Part III here.) Part II In search of the foot soldiers of the Alta Vendita, we arrive at our second point and the work of His Excellency Rudolph Graber, the late Bishop of Regensburg. Appointed to his See in…
(Editor’s note: this is Part I of a three-part essay. You can read Part II here and Part III here.) Part I In order that the Christian people may more certainly derive an abundance of graces from the sacred liturgy, holy Mother Church desires to undertake with great care a general restoration of the liturgy…
“Amen, Amen, I say to you, that you shall lament and weep, but the world shall rejoice; and you shall be made sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman, when she is in labour, hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she hath brought forth the child, she remembereth…
Cardinal Müller Put under Pressure and Hans Küng is Encouraged Saint Joan of Arc as the Patron Saint for our Sustained Combat On this Feast of St. Athanasius, and inspired by the story of Saint Joan of Arc, I was encouraged to write this article. At the end of last week, three major events happened that…
In past articles, I have explored the benefits of mental prayer and developing good habits to help you pray throughout the day. Today, I’ll emphasize another form of prayer that should be part of your daily devotions: the Rosary. And as May is the Month of Mary, now is an excellent time to renew your commitment…
Yesterday afternoon, I had to run some errands with the family. For me, that means packing six of the seven children (all those not currently away at college) into our ginormous van and hitting the road. Lots of buckling seatbelts, complaining about headaches, and various and sundry forms of bickering later, we were on our way.…
Today, 28 April, an important exclusive interview with a well-known Catholic philosopher has been published in Germany. The important statements of Professor Robert Spaemann might well indicate that the wind is turning now against the “Francis Revolution”. Spaemann – who is a personal friend of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI – says about Amoris Laetitia that there…
How grateful we are to Bishop Athanasius Schneider for his ongoing Catholic witness and defense of the truth. He has put the finger right into the center of the new wound given to the Church by Amoris Laetitia, namely that the Sixth Commandment is now effectively being undermined by stating that there are exceptions to…
His Excellency Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Astana, Kazakhstan, has shared with us the official English text of his reflection, “Amoris Laetitia”: a Need for Clarification in Order to Avoid a General Confusion. He writes: You can use and spread this my official text to whom you want. The exclusive rights of this text I reserve however…
We all have been waiting for it for quite some time now. Finally, a prelate has spoken. On the topic of the apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Astana, Kazakhstan, has given a statement of over 6,000 words to the Italian website Corrispondenza Romana, which was published yesterday, 24 April. (No English translation has yet…
