On this episode of the podcast, Steve flies solo, breaking down a couple of very important stories not currently being widely discussed. First, the Directory for Catechesis has been revised for the first time since the papacy of John Paul II, and those behind the changes are seeking to shift the emphasis from teaching doctrine…
Today’s Stories: Pope Benedict XVI took a trip to Germany, leaving Rome for the first time since his abdication. But what does it mean? A Chinese dissident has claimed that the Communist Party in his former homeland is bribing the Vatican to stay quiet about their human rights abuses. And there’s another push coming from…
Tim Gordon was a high school theology teacher at a Catholic school in California. He wasn’t just a teacher, he was a department chair, and popular with the area’s conservative Catholics. But when he tweeted out during the recent riots, looting, and burning that Black Lives Matter is a domestic terror group, suddenly everything changed.…
PLEASE NOTE: Transcript and related links/show notes are found beneath the video on this page. On this episode of the 1P5 minute, we tackle three stories we’re tracking this week: First, Archbishop Wilton Gregory’s remarks about President Trump have raised Catholic ire, prompting tens of thousands of people to sign a petition demanding he apologize to…
Archbishop Gregory gets caught in a deception regarding his attack on President Trump. Cardinal Becciu is at the heart of yet another Vatican Financial Scandal. And Archbishop Viganò is back with another assessment of the forces at play in the world today, vying for power. All of this in the latest 1P5 Minute! TRANSCRIPT (Please…
In the wake of the unjust and tragic killing of George Floyd, the country is at a boiling point. A perfect opportunity for Archbishop Wilton Gregory to virtue signal to his progressive friends against President Trump’s appearance at the John Paul II shrine in Washington, DC. But what about Gregory’s own conduct? What about his…
In 2019, over 10,000 Catholics left the Church in the diocese of Munich and Freising. In 2018, another 9,000 left. Why is the German Church hemorrhaging Catholics? We explore the question. Also: amidst rumors that priest are baptizing babies using squirt guns to maintain social distancing, we take a look at some of the issues…
Yesterday, I received an email with a link to the following video in it and nothing else. I’m not going to even set it up – the title says it all. It’s funny, creative, and wholesome. The kind of content I’d love to see more Catholic kids creating: I was curious about the origins of…
On this episode we give the full hour to Jesse Romero, a former police officer turned Catholic evangelist, speaker, and author whose latest book, A Catholic Vote For Trump, seeks to make that case that the incumbent presidential candidate is the only choice in 2020 for Republicans, Democrats, and Independents alike. And for just 1…
On the latest episode of the 1P5 Podcast, Steve drops the latest numbers on coronavirus before pivoting to an article from Church Militant alleging multiple instances of sexual abuse or coverup within the Society of Saint Pius X – as well as the role overt bias plays in the credibility of such stories. (In a…
In this latest episode of the podcast, we’ve got a look at this week’s COVID-19 numbers, and the good news is there’s a silver lining. Steve reports on several interesting developments, including some really surprising results in a universal testing experiment that happened in Boston, as well as an overview of President Trump’s plan to…
