Holy cow, 2018 was a dumpster fire on rocket skates, wasn’t it? In my first look at the coming year back in January, I predicted that 2018 was “going to be weird. It’s going to be a year of defying expectations. Of things not going at all the way we think they will.” I think…
This week, we saw two astonishing failures in ecclesiastical leadership as regards the clerical sex abuse crisis. First was the Vatican’s direct intervention in the U.S. Bishops’ fall meeting, stopping them from holding a vote on accountability measures. We heard about “shock” and “surprise” and “anger” from the bishops after the interference from Rome. But…
“I don’t know how much more I can take of this. Internally screaming isn’t doing it for me anymore.” This comment, shared with me yesterday on social media, summed up the way so many Catholics – myself included – are feeling these days. Day after day, headline after headline, accusation after accusation from Christ’s own…
It’s already the middle of August. The full heat of summer has not yet left us, but the nights and mornings have lost their claustrophobic grip, giving way to cooler air and gentle breezes as autumn awaits. In the Vatican, however, things are only getting hotter. One wonders if they can smell fire and brimstone…
When I stopped to think about it, I realized I don’t know a lot about World War I. I mean, I know I’ve studied it some, at least in school. I know that understanding it is the launching point for Belloc’s Europe and the Faith. I’ve seen various aspects of it drawn into fictional works I’ve enjoyed.…
In just a month and a half, OnePeterFive will have been online for four years. Can you believe it? In some ways, it seems as though it’s been much longer than that. In others, it’s hard to believe so much time has already gone by. I recently watched a video I had put up on…
Last night, I laid awake in my bed as the clock ticked through the wee hours. 2AM turned to 3AM, and I found myself dozing, only to wake again. “I hate what I’m doing,” I thought. “I just talk about problems all the time. I spend my days forced to go on the offensive against…
We received an email not long ago that said, “Those who recognize the seriousness of the battle are in the minority. That’s where your publication provides a great sanity check and assurance that we’re not alone in our assessment of what’s happening to our Church. So take heart and know that so many of your readers are strengthened…
Last night, I met with friends for a last get together before my family and I get on the road to return to the East Coast later this week. We talked about all kinds of things, but when the topic turned to the Church and what’s coming, our conversation faltered somewhat as we searched for…
Well, it seems like the New Year just started a few days ago and we’re already more than half way through January. I was talking with one of our writers the other day and they commented on just how fast events in the Church have been happening already in 2018. On the news front, we’ve already…
It’s hard to believe that 2017 is almost over. It was a year of big expectations. The Fatima Centennial. Unusual signs in the heavens. Growing global instability. The much hoped-for “formal correction of the pope.” What we got was actually quite different, but certainly newsworthy. In fact, much of what was expected never materialized. Still,…
