This past Sunday, the Gospel reading was the story of “Doubting Thomas”, taken from John 20:19-31: At that time, when it was late the same day, the first of the week, and the doors were shut, where the disciples were …
“Church, Where Are You Going?”: A Report from the Conference of Faithful Resistance in Rome
Image courtesy of Edward Pentin A friend of OnePeterFive who attended Saturday’s conference in Rome, “Chiesa, Dove Vai? [Church, Where Are You Going?] in honor of the late Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, shares with us, apart from the content of the …
Gaudete et Exsultate, a New Apostolic Exhortation on Holiness, Has Just Been Released
The vast majority of the Catholic commentariat will be discussing the pope’s new apostolic exhortation, Gaudete et Exsultate, which was officially released today. The topic of the exhortation is “The Call to Holiness in Today’s World.” Imagine trying to learn about holiness …
Cardinals Burke and Brandmüller on Schism, Papal Authority, and the Sensus Fidei
At today’s conference in Rome on the state of the Catholic Church – “Catholic Church, where are you going?” – Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, one of the four dubia cardinals, made some stunning remarks about his cherished dubia colleague, Cardinal Joachim …
Final Declaration of Rome Conference Restates Catholic Doctrine and Answers the Dubia
Today, 7 April, the much-expected conference on “Catholic Church, where are you going?” took place in Rome. The conference was inspired by the late Cardinal Carlo Caffarra – one of the four dubia cardinals – who died last September. At …
Cardinal Schönborn: a Council Could Approve of Female Ordinations
During Easter, not only did a German priest and monk declare that he could well imagine a female pope in the future, but Cardinal Christoph Schönborn – whom Pope Francis has called a “great theologian” and to whom the pope …
Does Questioning Amoris Laetitia Make You a Protestant?
“Conservative” Catholics sometimes object to the traditionalist criticisms of Amoris Laetitia by claiming that Catholics critical of the document are in fact exercising their private judgment against the Magisterium just as the Protestant revolutionaries did, with the only difference being …
Dear Holy Father: A Catholic’s Query on Contraception
Your Holiness, I pray for your humble patience with me as I try to understand recent comments. It has been reported that in speaking to an Argentine nun, Sister Marta Pelloni, you expressed that you see no harm in using …
Are We God’s “Sons and Daughters”?
When contemporary clergy preach about our relationship to the Father in Christ, they will refer to Christians, almost without exception, as “God’s sons and daughters.” The new document from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Placuit Deo, falls …
A “Difficult Word” Announced in Saint Peter’s Square
Image courtesy of Paul Badde/EWTN Note from Maike Hickson: Mr. Paul Badde – who has worked as a well-respected journalist for many years in Rome as a Correspondent (today for EWTN and CNA) – has just published on the German …
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