Yesterday, I had the chance to go on Joseph Sciambra’s show to talk about the thinking behind my article from a little while back, “No More Platitudes: It’s Time to Take a Hard Look at the Crisis of Catholicism.” We …
Healthy and Copious Food for Grown-Ups
When the feast of St. Martin of Tours comes around each year—that’s November 11th, a day he shares on the Roman calendar with St. Mennas, a great soldier, desert solitary, and martyr in Egypt—I always think about food. The reason …
1P5 Podcast Ep. #76 – The Crisis of Meaning | Guest: Kale Zelden
There’s arguably no greater obstacle facing modern man than the crisis of meaning. As woke culture, gender ideology, and the spread of various forms of anti-rationality show, the human race’s relationship with reality is at an all-time low. On today’s …
The Story of St. Martin
by Joan Windham Our contributor Dr. Kwasniewski suggested that we publish this chapter from Sixty Saints for Boys by Joan Windham, in honor of the feast of the great saint of Tours, the first confessor to be liturgically honored in …
+Viganò on the McCarrrick Report: “The Vatican Fiction Continues”
Today the official Report of the Holy See regarding the McCarrick case has been made public. Before I express myself on its merit, I will take time to analyze its content. However, I cannot fail to note the surreal operation …
McCarrick Report Released: Preliminary Notes
Well, after much delaying, the McCarrick report has finally been released — you can grab it from the Vatican website as a PDF — and it weighs in at a whopping 461 pages. (UPDATE: There’s an executive summary from Andrea Tornielli, …
More Election Stuff, The Latest From Vigano, & Forthcoming McCarrick Report
Election Update I apologize for things being quiet here at 1P5 today. I spent most of the morning writing up additional thoughts on the US election at my Substack, since I want to keep most of my political commentary somewhere …
Abp. Viganò: We Are Facing a “Panorama of Systematically Constructed Lies”
Editor’s note: this latest analysis by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò on the socio-political situation in America comes to us again, directly from the archbishop himself, and is presented here as written for consideration and discussion by our audience. The views …
Punching Clouds: The Escalating War Against Meaning
It’s time, if you’ll forgive me, for a little stream of consciousness. I’m in a weird place. Maybe you are too. I’m also a little frustrated with the fact that my thoughts are moving more and more to a larger …
Chicken Little Was Right: A Jeremiad
“If we deny Him, He will also deny us.” (2 Tm 2:12; cf. Jude 1:4) A number of commentators are telling us that it’s alarmist and unwarranted to suggest that the political sky has fallen. John Paul Jones-like, they assure …
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