The Worst Papacy – Good out of Evil? On March 13th, 2013, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was raised to the Apostolic See of St. Peter in Rome. Two months later on Fatima Day, May 13th, 2013, “At the Holy Father’s personal request, Cardinal Jose Polycarp, the Patriarch of Lisbon, consecrated the pontificate of Pope Francis to…
Ukrainian Catholic Patriarch Sviatoslav, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), has responded to the Pope’s intention to Consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart. The headline, posted on the official information website of the UGCC, reads: “The Ukrainian people have long awaited this spiritual event.” The article provides some of the background…
Dear OnePeterFive donors, supporters and readers, I recently watched a robust critique of Archbishop Viganò’s geopolitical analysis by Ukrainian Catholic priest Fr. Jason Charron on the Matt Fradd show. I highlight his critique not because I agree with everything that was said, but because it is an important analysis from an important source. It…
In shocking and good news out of the Vatican, it was announced today: On Friday 25 March, during the Celebration of Penance at which he will preside at 17.00 in Saint Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The same act, on the same day, will be…
“Russian Roulette” pt. 2 Read part 1 here Ruined! Ruined! My time has clean run out! The clock has stopped, the pygmy house has crumbled. Soon I shall embrace eternity to my breast, and soon I shall howl gigantic curses at mankind. … If there is a Something which devours, I’ll leap within it, though…
Editor’s note: reasonable Catholics will disagree on this complex situation. Therefore OnePeterFive will consider submissions from a variety of authors to address the situation as long as they are pious and supported by evidence. “Men will not accept truth at the hands of their enemies, and truth is seldom offered to them by their friends:…
Photo: Ukrainian Latin rite Catholics shelter in a church basement amid the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. February 28. CNA. God With Us God is with us! Understand, all you nations, and submit yourselves, For God is with us. Бог з нами! розумійте, всі народи, і покоряйтеся, бо з нами Бог! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh2rWRKRzkk These words come…
Yesterday, March 1st, a day when Eastern Catholics had already begun fasting for Lent, His Beatitude, Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (successor to the great and holy confessors and Servants of God, Andrey Sheptytsky and Josyf Slipyj) joined with the Holy Father in exhorting all Catholics to fast and pray today…
