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…
In our year-long course on music at Wyoming Catholic College, students read and discuss a chapter from Joseph Ratzinger’s book A New Song for the Lord, “The Image of the World and of Human Beings in the Liturgy and Its Expression in Church Music,”1 In Joseph Ratzinger, A New Song for the Lord, trans. Martha…
(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…
At a meeting to discuss the apostolic exhoration Amoris Laetitia, Archbishop Bruno Forte revealed new insights into the mind of Pope Francis on one of the most controversial issues facing the Church: communion for the divorced and “remarried.” Forte was the man personally chosen by Pope Francis as the Special Secretary for the synods on marriage…
So often these days we read of the ongoing collapse of Catholicism in the west. In diocese after diocese we see parishes and schools closing or consolidating, a decline in priests as older clergy pass away at rates higher than new ordinations, and a widespread loss of the next generation to either the secular left…
News is now spreading about Cardinal Gerhard Müller’s varied remarks on marriage, as well as on the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia itself, during his trip to Spain at the beginning of May. As the Spanish website Infocatolica.com now reports, Cardinal Müller spoke at a presentation of his new book on hope at the Francisco de Vitoria University…
Cardinal Walter Brandmüller, a retired member of the Curia, had been the only cardinal so far to make a stronger comment on the content of Amoris Laetitia, and he did so only a few days before the exhortation’s official release. As we earlier reported, his same statement was also published on 9 April, one day after the…
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…
Saint John Paul II, in his prescient Letter to Artists, reminded us that “The Church needs art,” and that art needs the Church. While much of the Catholic world has forgotten about this document, it fell like a thunderbolt amongst Christian artists, helping further intensify the growing rebirth of spiritual synergy between art and Mother…
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