It was the slap heard ’round the world — two slaps in fact — when Pope Francis smacked a female pilgrim in Rome on New Year’s Eve who grabbed his hand and wouldn’t let go. Was it an isolated incident? …
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1P5 Minute #17: Embertide, Pontifical Secret, Paglia & German Apostasy
On this episode of the 1P5 Minute, we cover a lot of ground, beginning with an explanation of Advent Embertide, which starts today. Pope Francis has removed the pontifical secret that kept all information pertaining to clerical sexual abuse cases …
1P5 Minute #16 – Vatican Corruption, Tagle & “Eco Sins”
This week on the 1P5 Minute, Steve talks about the new examination of conscience for “Eco Sins” being pushed by the Bishops of England & Wales. AND: A new report out this week indicates that the Vatican engaged in “covert …
1P5 Minute #15 – Zanchetta, LGBT Event at Vienna Cathedral, & Bishop Sheen
In this episode, we have an update on the case of Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta, the Argentinian prelate and friend of Pope Francis who is facing criminal charges for sexual abuse of seminarians in his home country. ALSO: Cardinal Christoph Schönborn …
1P5 Minute Ep 14 – The Vatican, Gustavo Zanchetta & James Martin
In this episode: The Vatican is sheltering ANOTHER accused clerical sex abuser, this time Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta of Argentina, a friend of the pope, who has been criminally charged in his home country, where prosecutors have requested his arrest by …
1P5 Minute Ep. 13 – Amazonian Idols Thrown in the Tiber!
Early this morning, some Catholic men entered St. Maria in Traspontina, near the Vatican, grabbed several of the ugly wooden fertility statues folks have identified as the Andean fertility goddess and pan-amazonian Mother Earth icon Pachamama, and tossed them into …
1P5 Minute Ep. 12 | Married Priests, Intercommunion, Weigel & Vigano
Cardinal Kasper on switching from ordaining women to the lesser obstacle of married priests. Pope Francis pushing again for Intercommunion. And George Weigel (did you know he wrote a biography of JPII?) reveals he could have backed up Archbishop Vigano’s …
1P5 Minute Ep. 11 – Who Is The Real Pope?
RELATED LINKS: Pope Benedict’s Abdication Statement (Vatican Website) Interview With Pope Emeritus About Validity of His Resignation (1P5, La Stampa) Pope Emeritus Interview With Peter Seewald on Question of Forced Resignation (1P5, National Catholic Register) Pope Emeritus Letters to Cardinal …
1P5 Minute Ep 10 | The Sex Abuse Summit Designed to Fail
The sex abuse summit in Rome hasn’t even begun yet this week, and already things aren’t looking so good for any serious attempt to deal with this global crisis. Related Links: Presentation of the Meeting on “The protection of minors …
1P5 Minute – 2-11-2019
In this week’s 1P5 minute we tackle Cardinal Gerhard Müller’s Manifesto of Faith, as well as the rumors that former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick will be stripped of the clerical state as a consequence of his lifelong abuse of seminarians and …