Above: Potocki Mausoleum Chapel in Pechera, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. Public Domain. AGAINST TWO EVILS The death of Elizabeth II and accession of Charles III have pushed the Ukrainian War off the front page – as indeed that conflict has done for COVID. While this is a doubtless a tribute to the presumed length of the public’s…
Edmund J. Mazza’s article at OnePeterFive on July 21st, 2022, (‘Solzhenitsyn on NATO, Ukraine, & Putin’) misses the mark so badly that I decided it must be publicly challenged. At the same time, my intention here is to at least call the reader’s attention to the American Traditionalist Catholic propensity to see more or less…
Above: Solzhenitsyn with Heinrich Böll in Langenbroich, West Germany, 1974. Editor’s note: OnePeterFive welcomes submissions with various perspectives on the Ukraine Crisis and Fatima. These views may not reflect the opinions of the editorial board. Men will not accept truth at the hands of their enemies, and truth is seldom offered to them by their…
Above: the Latin Rite Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Moscow. Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception is also the Patroness of the United States. The horrific conflict occurring in Ukraine has been at the forefront of our consciousness in recent days. And one aspect of the tragedy that stands out from a religious perspective is the…
Editor’s note: as with our SSPX Debate, we will consider submissions on this topic from multiple perspectives within the Traditionalist view point, according to our editorial stance. Now, before I begin another polemic wherein I potentially alienate a certain segment of my readers, please let me affirm one thing of the utmost importance: I…
Editor’s note: as with our SSPX Debate, we will consider submissions on this topic from multiple perspectives within the Traditionalist view point, according to our editorial stance. False hopes are more dangerous than fears. – J. R. R. Tolkien As tensions escalate between Russia and the United States over war in Ukraine, heated opinion…
On January 14th of this year, we reported that “Catholic Fighting Men in America Launch Crusade Against Communism.” This was a 54-day Rosary crusade beginning on January 31st and ending on March 25th, the Feast of the Annunciation. Pope Francis then, having consecrated his whole pontificate to Our Lady of Fatima on March 13th, 2013,…
[UPDATE] March 25, 2022 (OnePeterFive)—In recent days, controversy has arisen over a discrepancy in the translation of a title attributed to Our Lady, in the Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart to be offered by Pope Francis this evening in St. Peter’s Basilica. Whereas the English translation says: Therefore, O Mother, hear our prayer.…
Kyiv – March 24, 2022 During the homily given at the daily Moleben (Paraklesis or Supplicatory Canon to the Theotokos) for Peace offered at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection in Kyiv on March 24, Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), Father and Head of the world-wide Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church (UGCC) reflected on the forthcoming consecration of Russia…
Before I begin, let it be known that by pointing out a defect that I have seen within the traditional movement, I am not in any way criticizing traditional Catholicism. In fact, I am doing the opposite, I am so enamoured with traditional Catholicism – “AKA Catholicism” – that I only hope to shed light…
Interview with Fr. Taras Ostafiiv Pastor of the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus of the Ukrainians Tuesday, March 15, 2022 Rome, Italy Vincenzo Randazzo: Father, Can you tell us something about your vocation? How did you get here to Rome? Father Taras Ostafiiv: I was born in Ukraine, as a child I felt…
