In the writings of the Second Vatican Council, and those of the post-conciliar popes, it’s hard not to detect a certain drift toward an increasing obscurity of language. When one goes back and reads older enyclicals, or papal bulls from …
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The Church Is a Mess, and the SSPX Situation Is Driving That Home
It’s 2020, and right now, the Catholic Church looks like a giant dumpster fire. For the past seven years, we’ve had a pope who has seemed hell-bent — literally — on undermining or even directly contradicting the truths of the …
1P5 Podcast #62 – Coronavirus Update #3, Cardinal Pell, New Female Deacons Commission
The latest update on the coronavirus situation, an in-depth look at the Cardinal Pell decision, and news about a new commission set up by the pope to examine female deacons. Again. Audio Only: Related Links: Evidence from Wuhan’s morgues, crematoriums …
“We Glory in Tribulations” – Living the Faith When Public Worship is Prohibited
“We glory in tribulations” (Rom. 5:3) Millions of Catholics in the so-called free Western world will, in the coming weeks or even months, and especially during Holy Week and Easter, the culmination of the entire liturgical year, be deprived of …
New Scenarios in the Coronavirus Era: Politics, History, Theology
The theme of my conversation is: The new scenarios in Italy and in Europe during and after the Coronavirus crisis. I will not speak about this theme from a medical or scientific point of view as I do not have …
1P5 Special Report – Coronavirus Update #1
This week began with lots of new announcements on government restrictions and diocesan shutdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic. In this special report, we take a look at what’s happening, and why, and try to get some perspective on what …
Prudence and Pandemic: Considerations on Coronavirus
This week, as I watch the issue of the COVID-19 coronavirus dominate the online conversation, sparking arguments left and right about what should be done, whether we should be concerned or totally unfazed, and so on, I find myself thinking …
Pentin on Debate over Benedict XVI’s Resignation and Role as Pope Emeritus
It has become arguably the most contentious topic among orthodoxy-loving Catholics in the Church today – did Benedict XVI truly resign the papacy, and, consequently, was Pope Francis legitimately elected, and is he a true pope? There are quite a …
Report: Pope Francis Has Tested Negative For Coronavirus
The Italian Daily Il Messagero reported today that Pope Francis had tested negative for novel coronoavirus – a report that the Vatican did not explicitly confirm. Holy See Press Office director Matteo Bruni instead issued a statement saying that the …
The World Has Gone Crazy, but Maybe Not Quite as Crazy as We Fear
Would you like to listen to this article instead? You can do so here: My wife and I went to the bank recently on a business-related errand. Unlike a number of other states, in Arizona, our banks are still open. …
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