Confirming what has been widely-rumored in recent weeks, the Vatican has announced today that former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who stands at the center of the Church’s re-awakened clerical sex abuse crisis, has been stripped of the clerical state following an …
1P5’s Top Ten Posts of 2018
Well, it’s been another crazy year, and as we get ready to flip our calendars to 2019, we thought it would be informative to look back at the top 10 most read posts of 2018 to see the stories that …
On the Ropes
“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 …
The Amazing Story of How Archbishop Viganò’s Report Came to Be
This report, originally published by Italian blogger, journalist, and author Aldo Maria Valli, tells the story of how Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, former apostolic nuncio to the United States, came to publish his now infamous report about the cover-up of …
As Summer Wanes, The Ecclesiastical Crisis Heats Up
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, …
Reconsidering Comments at 1P5
UPDATE: The survey was accidentally closed, but we’ve re-opened it. Please provide your responses here, as we’d like to hear from you. I know this isn’t the first time I’ve mentioned it, but I think having a comments section is a …
On the Trail of a Traditional Priest’s Killer
By keeping certain cold cases in the public eye, the chance of those cases being solved appears to increase. The latest example is the April 24 arrest of the notorious Golden State Killer, who committed his crimes in the 1970s …
Update: Petition Launched Against Expansion of the Syrian Conflict
Update 12 April : Bishop Athanasius Schneider has now also signed this petition. We are very grateful for his voice of reason and peace. There are now more than 3,000 signatories of the petition. Last week, we raised our concern …
If You Have a Moment
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. …
In Gratitude
This is a post about gratitude. Gratitude to all of you. Gratitude to one special person in particular, too. But before I get to that, with our third anniversary online just a few days away, I think some history is …