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Should Women Be Lectors at Mass?
Introduction Given that Catholic churches throughout the world swarm with lay liturgical ministers of both sexes,[1] it may seem a bit late in the game to offer theological arguments against the practice of female lectors.[2] But there are several good …
Millstones and Missing the Point: Divorce, Remarriage, and Children
“Woe to you that call evil good, and good evil: that put darkness for light, and light for darkness…” Isaias 5:20 “He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, both are abominable before God.” Proverbs 7:15 …
Bishop Schneider to Traditionalists: “You are the Real Ecclesiastical Periphery, Which With God’s Power Renews the Church.”
The Spanish-Language website, Adelante La Fe (Advance the Faith) obtained an exclusive interview with Bishop Athanasius Schneider, our favorite Catholic prelate in the world today, and a once (and hopefully future!) contributor to this website. The interview covers some extremely heady …
Natural Law & Divine Revelation in Post-Obergefell America
As Catholics we know that we have received life from God Who reveals Himself to our minds and hearts in two ways: by nature, or in the finality (referred to in theology as “the Wisdom of God”) inscribed in the …
Planned Parenthood’s Public Relations Problem
In 2006, I had a bit of a lucky break. Coming off of a bad run of underemployment and a housing market crash that ramped up just as I was getting my real estate license, I landed a job working for …
In Search of The Curé: A Small Pilgrimage to Ars
It was the last weekend in October, 1999, and my friends and I were on a four-day break from classes at Franciscan University’s Austrian campus. We had journeyed half-way across Europe to Normandy, France, stopping first in Bayeux on that Thursday to …
We Should Care For Animals, But They Don’t Have Rights
I like lions. I like whales, cephalopods, glow worms, wildebeests, butterflies, stick insects, frogs and all types of cnidaria (that’s jellyfish, son). I was kind of sad when I saw Cecil the lion got shot. You wouldn’t think it from …
OnePeterFive Turns One Today
It’s hard to believe, but one year ago today, we launched OnePeterFive. For our opening day, we featured articles by Wyoming Catholic College theology professor Dr. Peter Kwasniewski; noted author and liturgical expert, Fr. Thomas Kocik; senior correspondant at The Week, Michael Brendan Dougherty, Franciscan …
The Irony of Feminism and the Reasonableness of Marriage
The sharpest irony of the everyday feminism that has trickled down to all levels of society is simply that men—and certainly not the best men—stand to profit most from the so-called liberation of women. Indeed, as a moment’s reflection can …
If Love is Our Mission: Some Questions Regarding the World Meeting of Families
Now is the time to defend marriage and family. We are still feeling the effects of Griswold v. Connecticut and Roe v. Wade, with the widespread use and acceptance of contraception and the propensity to resort to abortion when the …