In a wonderful article from years ago that I only recently discovered, “The Mass and the Four Most Important Lessons of Childhood,” Michael P. Foley argues that the four basic responses that parents teach their children from an early age …
Out of the Pot, Already: A Word on ‘Clickbait’
This is the senior editor of OnePeterFive. Steve has mentioned me a couple of times, and I’m behind a number of the articles 1P5 has posted over the past several months – including today’s reprint of Whispers of Restoration’s post …
Shock: Pope to Celebrate New Rite of Mass at Closing of Youth Synod
Editor’s note: the following is a departure from our normal coverage here at 1P5, and should be read carefully, and all the way through. All is not as it appears at first glance. Plenty of controversy now surrounds Pope Francis: his …
Napoleon, the Postmodern Crisis, and the Novus Ordo
As Pope Pius VI lay dying in Valence, France in 1799, a prisoner of the rising Napoleon, Talleyrand thought the First Consul had in his custody the last of the popes. Like the Holy Roman Empire, the anachronistic institution of …
Why We Need Not (and Should Not) Call Paul VI ‘Saint’
Many who have studied the life and pontificate of Pope Paul VI are convinced that he was far from exemplary in his conduct as pastor; that he not only did not possess heroic virtue, but lacked certain key virtues; that his promulgation …
RIP, Vatican II Catholicism (1962-2018)
Among astute observers of the Vatican scene – okay, forget that; among warm bodies with evidence of consciousness – it has been known for several years now that we cannot expect Pope Francis, who is a major cause of the …
The Liturgy as a Temple: God-Made or Man-Made?
Toward the end of His life on Earth, Our Lord Jesus Christ was walking one day through the temple in Jerusalem – a vast structure of noble design, made by human hands, fashioned by Hebrews who dared to dream that …
Why Do People Have A Problem With the Novus Ordo?
Ever since the new rite of Mass was introduced in 1969, battles over liturgy have ensued. But something has changed: we have reached a critical moment in Church history, namely, the widespread recognition that simply because a pope says or …
German Dioceses Respond to ‘Give Protestants Communion’ Guidelines. It’s Not Good.
At an astonishing pace, one third of the 27 German dioceses have already now come out with statements concerning the recently published controversial intercommunion guide of the German Bishops’ Conference. Only one diocese has, so far, declared that it will …
Spiritual Works of Mercy: A Contemporary Retelling of Matthew 25:31–46
The twenty-fifth chapter of Matthew is surely one of the most rousing of all chapters in the New Testament. It has shocked into spiritual wakefulness unnumbered Christians down through the centuries; it has inspired the art of church doors and …
