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Buying Used Catholic Books – A Newbie’s Primer
For as long as I can remember, I have had books handy. It started with a set of the 16 volume “Golden Treasury of Knowledge” from 1961, which my parents gave me when I was about eight years old. I …
Cardinal Wuerl is Denying Denials, but Video Doesn’t Lie
Image: screen grab via CBS News. In what may just be the most unintentionally humorous headline in Catholic news this year, we get this triple-negative from J.D. Flynn at Catholic News Agency (CNA): “Wuerl denies prior denials denied knowledge of …
In Open Letter, Archbishop Viganò Urges Theodore McCarrick to Public Repentance
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has once again written an open letter, this time addressed to former cardinal Theodore McCarrick and dated January 13, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. In it, Viganò notes that “throughout these months,” McCarrick hasn’t …
Despite Denials, Wuerl Knew of McCarrick Allegations in 2004
Records have surfaced indicating that Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the former archbishop turned apostolic administrator of Washington, D.C., knew about allegations of sexual abuse against former cardinal Theodore McCarrick as early as 2004, the Catholic News Agency (CNA) reports. A report …
Don George and Ecclesia Dei: The Pope Prepares a Clean Sweep
Various sources are being heard from the Vatican saying two pontifical maneuvers are imminent, which will take the form of two motu proprio. The first will be to decree the elimination of the Prefecture of the Papal Household. The prefecture …
Bishop Linda of Portugal: Sex Abuse Crisis Is an “Anglo-Saxon Phenomenon”
Jan 10, 2019 (OnePeterFive.com) – Portuguese bishop Manuel Linda of Oporto, whose comments in a recent interview to secular media seemingly contradicted the dogma of the Perpetual Virginity of Our Lady, now insinuates that the current sex abuse crisis is …
Veil, Vernacular, and Culture: Death and All of Its Friends
You will often hear from people who lived through the “great” post-Vatican II reform of the Mass that, despite the loss of reverence and sharp drop in attendance, it was good to have the Mass in the vernacular. Surely, understanding …
How the Best Attacks against the Traditional Latin Mass Fail
My article “Twelve Reasons Not to Prefer the Novus Ordo” was greeted with a barrage of snide remarks, flustered dismissals, relativistic claims about “tastes,” and soberly framed objections. As a philosopher and theologian, I care little for empty rhetoric, but …
Director of Papal Residence, Msgr. Battista Ricca, Highlights Depth of Homosexual Infiltration in the Church
I’ve been under the impression for a while now that everyone knew about Msgr. Battista Ricca, who is the director of the Casa Santa Marta (where the pope lives) and was the pope’s hand-picked liaison – his “eyes and ears” …
Freemasons Thank Francis for his Christmas Message
In 2017, OnePeterFive published a three-part series examining all the support that Pope Francis has received from Freemasons around the world since his election. At the time, we presented a compilation of 62 examples of public support from various Freemasonic …
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