In a recent article, John Paul II biographer and Catholic author George Weigel suggested that among the New Year’s resolutions the faithful should adopt this year, they should, “Resolve to limit … exposure to the Catholic blogosphere. In 2019, many Catholic websites went bonkers. There is no need to click on sites that specialize in…
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? Was he justified? Is this part of a pattern of angry behavior? Those are the…
Today on the podcast, Steve talks with Alexander Tschugguel, most famously known for removing the Pachamama idols that were kept in Santa Maria in Transpontina during the Amazon synod and disposing of them in the Tiber river. Alexander is also the founder of the St. Boniface Institute, based in Vienna, Austria, which is dedicated to opposing…
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 under wraps; we discuss whether our expectations should change on transparency regarding abuse. ALSO: Archbishop…
In this episode, Steve talks to Tomas Fuerte, Instructor at the Denver Catholic Biblical School and an old college friend and roommate, about the adventures and lessons learned during their shared pilgrimage roadtrip from Steubenville, Ohio to Mexico City for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. [powerpress] RELATED LINKS: “Is She Not Our Mother?”…
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 & deceptive” methods in the diversion of 50 million euros away from a children’s hospital…
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 has allowed, for the third year in a row, a pro-LGBT benefit event to take…
Many of you are followers of Dr. Taylor Marshall’s podcast series on YouTube, and are familiar with Tim Gordon, who co-hosted with Marshall for the first year of the show. What all of you may not know is that Tim and his brother Dave (who have both written articles for 1P5 – see here and…
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 the Vatican and extradition. Also: Fr. James Martin ESS JAYY is being rumored as a…
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 the Tiber river. We break down the story in the latest 1P5 Minute: RELATED LINKS:…
Description: Steve looks at a number of developments concerning the Amazon Synod as the meeting of bishops on the Pan-Amazon region reaches the halfway point. NOTE: If you’d like to see a video of this podcast, it is now available on our YouTube channel (don’t forget to subscribe) or just play the embedded video below: [powerpress] Related Links: A…
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