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 …
Spiritual Warfare: Go Weapons Hot!
“The unspiritual man does not receive the gifts of the Spirit of God,” writes St. Paul, “for they are foolishness to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.” (1 Cor 2:14) The unfortunate …
Ten Children in Seventeen Years: An Ode to a Large Family
Nineteen years ago last month, I married the love of my life and the mother of my children. For me, she was the fulfillment of a dream and many seemingly unanswerable prayers. I was really quite petty with God when …
The 1P5 Podcast Is Here
At long last, we have a podcast hot out of the oven. The first episode of the OnePeterFive Podcast offers some insights into why I started this website, a look at the top stories over the last seven days, and …