In many police departments across the country, the four-to-midnight shift is known colloquially as the “four-to-four.” Get it? You work the first eight and then imbibe until the wee hours of the morning at your (quite often divey) establishment of …
Newly Ordained Priests and Permission to Offer the Traditional Latin Mass
Every spring, the Church rejoices not only in the victory of Easter and the glories of Mary in her month of May, but also in the ordination of new priests around the world. This year, however, there is a black …
Russia and the United States: Same Error
Above: the Latin Rite Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Moscow. Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception is also the Patroness of the United States. The horrific conflict occurring in Ukraine has been at the forefront of our consciousness in recent days. …
Abortion and the Exclusion of Reality
Inside Higher Ed claims to “have the largest online audience in higher ed… 3.67 million monthly readers.” Before the most recent Life news in the United States, it published an opinion piece, Texas Abortion Law Threatens Academic Freedom (October 8, …
If You Enjoy OnePeterFive, Please Support Our Work
A comment I received along with a donation said — “Thank you for your efforts in providing an uplifting but nevertheless demandingly truthful source of traditional Catholic media.” Being positive while exposing the ugly truth is difficult line to walk, …
We Don’t Belong Here
There is a Latin adage: motus in fine velocior, sometimes expressed as in fine citius. Things go faster the closer they get to the end. This is an overarching context for our days. For this 3rd Sunday after Easter we …
We Prefer a Mass of Lukewarm Christians
Read the last chapter before this one Table of Contents Start reading from chapter 1 Chapter 18 Malthus my boy, I do hope you learned something from the master class you witnessed not only in spirit, but also …
The True Mary: German Catholic Women Fight Against Feminism
Interview with Larissa Porzelt, from Germany, who is a student of theology at Hochschule Heiligenkreuz in Austria. Note: “Maria” is the German name for Mary. You are involved in Maria 1.0. But first, what is Maria 2.0? Maria 2.0 is …
ANNOUNCEMENT: Another Englishman Joins the Editorial Board of OnePeterFive
Since the publication of our new editorial stance last year, we have attempted to contextualize the modern movement of Traditionalism within the Catholic Counter-Revolutionary movement of 19th century Europe. In one sense “Trads” of today are simply ordinary Catholics as …
Talismanic Words and the Anti-Church Agenda
NB: For those seeking reliable catechisms, the Tradivox series is recommended. Introduction In the previous two installments, we offered some background and textual analysis of the Vatican’s new Directory for Catechesis (DC), showing its problematic novelty in both form and content. Part I showed …