It is a curious conceit of an obtuse generation that it believes itself to be committed to modernity, embodied by devotion to science and reason, and yet is so irrevocably immutable to evidence. The spiritual (but not religious) Mecca of modernity …
The Swimming Pool Mass: A Catholic Rorschach Test
The internet and social media has paid a good deal of attention recently to the now infamous “poolside Mass” offered at LaSalle College High School in suburban Philadelphia for the boys water polo team. The image of young, shirtless, …
ISIS: Surprisingly Sophisticated, Extremely Well-Funded
In a very interesting infographic on Medium, Matter Magazine offers us a paint by numbers assessment of the ISIS threat. Among other things, the Islamic State has a shocking amount of money — $2 BILLION dollars — four times as much …
Dhimmitude: Coming Soon to a Country Near You
The former Archbishop of Mosul, Amel Nona, said that the end of the Church in Iraq at ISIS’s hands is a warning to fellow Catholics throughout the world, particularly in the West: Please, try to understand us. Your liberal and …
Three-Parent Babies: They Already Exist
Back in March, I wrote a piece for CatholicVote about FDA evaluation of a process that would create multi-parent embryos: Things like this always begin for such seemingly noble scientific reasons, don’t they? But they rarely stop there. And of course …
Do You See Me? Parenting and the Paradox of Relevance
A distant but rapidly approaching thunderstorm awakens me from a deep sleep. I toss and turn and lie there, but find every attempt to return to sleep a futile effort, so I at last decide to take the pregnancy test that …
Pardon Our Dust – We’re Adding More Content
This weekend, OnePeterFive will be one month old! Thousands of you have already visited, read, and shared our content, making this one of the fastest growing Catholic websites on the Internet. As a new publication, we’ve been pacing ourselves. One feature …
The Call of the Crusader
Come, come with me unto the fields of the LordBring your helmet and shield, bring your Bible and sword,For great is danger – greater still, the reward –for those who remain in the arms of the Lord.Oh why would you …
