The pope has finally accepted the resignation of Bishop Juan Barros, his apointee to run the Diocese of Osorno in Chile, who has been accused for years of being complicit in clerical sexual abuse. But it wasn’t an easy path to get here, and there are still questions left unanswered. Here’s the latest 1P5 Minute:
“A dictatorship requires three things: a man, an idea, and a following ready to live for the man and the idea, and if necessary to die for them. If the man is lacking, it is hopeless; if the idea is lacking, it is impossible; if the following is missing, the dictatorship is only a bad … Read more
It’s been another long week, with lots to report, and many things left untouched. I’d like to offer a few parting thoughts before we head into what I hope will be a long weekend (Monday is a holiday here in America.) The Michael Smalanskas/Providence College Story Has Reached a New Low Michael Smalanskas, the Providence … Read more
It’s been a very long week. The kind you feel deep down in your gut. The fallout of the Alfie Evans case continues, and I’ve spent more time on Twitter than I should have over the past few days doing battle with the ghouls who continue to protest that Alder Hey did nothing wrong and … Read more
I spent last Saturday in DC, attending the Pontifical High Mass offered by Archbishop Sample of Portland, Oregon, in thanksgiving of the tenth anniversary of Summorum Pontificum. The last time such an event was held in main body of the largest Catholic church in the United States, the year was 2010. On this occasion, it … Read more
Many of our readers must be currently in a certain state of mind, namely: attentively watching a little child – who could be yours or mine – struggle for life in front of the eyes of much of the whole world, and now upon the unjust decision of a secular judge in England, and against … Read more
Members of the newly founded John Paul II Academy for Human Life and the Family (JAHLF), which has been partly established by former members of the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV), have decided to publish a statement in defense of Alfie Evans and his parents, Tom Evans and Kate James. The following members – who … Read more
According to Fr. Martin, S.J., et al: For a teaching to be really authoritative it is expected that it will be received by the people of God, by the faithful. So you look at something, like, say, the Assumption … people accept that. They go to the Feast of the Assumption, they believe in the … Read more
Although the number of Catholics vocal about their concerns with the pontificate of Pope Francis has grown in recent months, a strange phenomenon nevertheless continues to assert itself: a kind of cognitive dissonance in which the faithful seek to find any explanation, no matter how far-fetched, to reassure themselves that what is happening can’t really … Read more
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 from the fellow who insists on telling us that hell doesn’t exist, that adultery isn’t … Read more
It seems that the camp of the supporters of the just-retired Vatican media chief, Monsignor Dario Viganò, are still trying to defend him, in spite of his resignation. The Jesuit Father Bernd Hagenkord – according to Katholisch.de – is the managing director of the entire Vatican News outlet, and thus a major collaborator of Viganò. … Read more
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