In a recent interview with Spanish religious news weekly Vida Nueva, Cardinal Raymond Burke addressed the challenge the Church faces when seeking to fulfill her missionary call: “The Pope rightly speaks of the need to go out to the peripheries…(the) …

1P5 Podcast Episode 10 is Available Now!
The 1P5 Podcast, Episode 10 is available now! ON TODAY’S EPISODE: A rallying cry from a Catholic bishop to resist heterodoxy from within the Church. Plus: an interview with the devil. Listen here.

1P5 Podcast – Episode 10: Interview With the Devil
ON TODAY’S EPISODE: A rallying cry from a Catholic bishop to resist heterodoxy from within the Church. Plus: an interview with the devil. In-Depth – Links from Today’s Episode: Bishop Athanasius Schneider: Against Pharisees

Cruciform Catholicism
In Chesterton’s [easyazon_link asin=”1493508075″ locale=”US” new_window=”default” nofollow=”default” tag=”onep073-20″]Orthodoxy[/easyazon_link], he describes the modern mind as a sort of mental illness, and he notes how modern science approaches those with mental illness: “It does not seek to argue with it like a heresy …

The Cure of a Soul
But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no: and that which is over and above these, is of evil. —Matthew 5:37 There is a certain debate that began at the Second Vatican Council and has never been settled. It is a dispute over whether …

A Word About the Mid-Term Election
For our readers in the United States, the mid-term election is a huge story. A historic set of victories for Republicans across the country may be interpreted as a rejection of the immoral and oppressive policies of current office holders. …

Some Big News for 1P5!
For those of you who pay attention to details, you may have noticed that the donation-o-meter on the website made a significant jump this morning. This is not a glitch. On Friday, my wife Jamie and I met with Corey and …

Far from being an heroic deed, it is a most cowardly act.
With the sad and scandalous news out of Oregon last night of Brittany Maynard’s state sanctioned suicide, thoughts turn toward the eternal consequences of such actions. The Internet and social media com boxes are full of praise and condolences for …

Free From Sin and Safe From All Distress
Unresolved feelings of guilt can have terribly damaging effects: self-hatred, anxiety, despair, even suicide. This holds true not only for individuals but for whole societies. The French writer Pascal Bruckner writes of Europe’s guilty conscience: “Brooding over its past crimes …

The Madness of Certain Men
“O how I have loved thy law, O Lord! It is my meditation all through the day. Through thy commandment thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: for it is always with me.” Psalm 119: 97-98. From Evangelii Guadium, …