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 …
Cardinal Dolan’s Frustrations, and Ours
I have no reason or standing to question Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s motives or intentions — he seems like a good man following the dictates of his conscience, and I humbly defer to the authority attendant to him and his office. …
Six Years Later: Reflecting on the Papal Abdication That Changed the Church Forever
Six years ago today, I was driving to work and I heard a news story on the local radio about Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement that he was going to abdicate. I remember where I was: driving North on Route 1 …
Bishop Schneider: The Christian Faith Is the Only Valid and the Only God-Willed Religion
Editor’s note: Here Bishop Athanasius Schneider offers a correction to Pope Francis’s recent claim that a “diversity of religions” is “willed by God.” His Excellency has put forth the following text for publication, and we reprint it here with his …
Marie Kondo Tidies Up. So Must the Church.
America has ideologically given way to a 4’7” Japanese woman. Marie Kondo is all the rage today. She has influenced the American families she has consulted to purge themselves of their belongings, in search for a deeper inner life. Influenced …
The LA REC Is a Blueprint for Obliterating the Faith
If one were looking for a front-row seat to comprehend the disarray that’s befallen the Catholic Church, one needn’t look far from the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress (“REC”), taking place this March 21–24 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Though …
The 1P5 Minute is Back!
After a 7-month hiatus, we finally have a new episode of the 1P5 minute to share with you! Today we talk about where we’ve been, and the Joint Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together Pope Francis …
We Need Discalced Jesuits
One of the treasures of the Catholic Church is its religious orders, with their various rules and charisms directed toward addressing particular needs in the Church at the time of their founding. Human nature being what it is, though, a …
What Bugnini Was Thinking When He Destroyed the Catholic Mass
In G.K. Chesterton’s story “The Queer Feet,” Father Brown says: A crime is like any other work of art. Don’t look surprised; crimes are by no means the only works of art that come from an infernal workshop. But every …
If Our Bishops Have a Charism, It’s Tone Deafness
As viewers of our most recent podcast probably picked up on, I’m a fan of humor — even sometimes when dealing with serious topics. But there’s a need to read the audience, and to understand the context of the situation. …
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