It’s the 15th of the month again, and that means it’s time for our monthly fundraiser. I have just four quick things to say: First, I’d like to thank all of you who have given so far this month, or throughout this year. Your support and generosity have been nothing short of amazing during what…
Monument of Leonidas, Thermopylae, Greece. Image courtesy of Ava Babili. The Battle of Thermopylae, in 480 BC, was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states and Xerxes I’s Persian Empire. While a Greek army of some 7,000 men blocked a pass for seven days against an army of over 100,000, eventually, they failed after being outflanked.…
I was just looking at our website statistics. Admittedly, this is a pretty nerdy thing to do…but it’s part of my job. In just the past 30 days, 1P5 has had nearly 700,000 pageviews. Many of those were new visitors. (311 of them were from inside the Holy See!) As our regular readers have come to…
When I opened the envelope, inside was a note from one of our readers: “Keep up the good work — you’re doing more good to help the Church than any other single entity anywhere.” Can you imagine a bigger compliment? Still another: “I love the work you do at 1P5, and the civility you do it…
I just took a look at our fundraising page, and I realized that with only two full days until September, we’re still pretty far below our half-way point. August is tough. It’s that drop down, drag-out last stretch of summer. Last minute trips to the cabin or the beach. School supplies. Homeschool books. Expenses. Add…
I had an exchange with someone in the comment box today about how exhausting the slog is right now. I know you know what I mean. Every day, you’re out there fighting for your faith. Every day, you’re reading the stories that make you want to tear your hair out, but you still share them…
As we hear from all of you time and again, the work we do here is more important than ever. Where else can you find the stories we cover and the analysis we provide? Where else do you see news of the crisis interspersed with essays of why we fight and what is beautiful about our faith, in order…
It’s hard to believe that it’s almost May. 2017 is speeding by, and it seems like it’s all we can do to just keep up. Every day, a little voice in the back of my head reminds me: “Hey! Say thank you to all the people who make this possible!” I even have a reminder email…
