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Episode 13 includes interviews of participants in the 2015 March for life. Listen here.
1P5 Podcast – Episode 13: March for Life 2015
[powerpress] On today’s episode, we revisit this year’s March for Life, where Steve interviewed participants about why, after 42 years of being ignored, they keep coming back. We uncovered some great stories – and plenty of reasons to keep marching. Links to items mentioned in this episode: The Canons Regular of the New Jerusalem The…
The Identity Crisis in the Priesthood: Diminution by Design?
Let us begin with this certitude of Catholic Faith: anything—and I do mean anything at all—that harms the priesthood or the path of priestly formation in any way most definitely comes straight from the Evil One. Of this we can be quite sure. Why? Because the Catholic Priesthood is the sublime, sacramental participation of those…
Bishop Athanasius Schneider: Battling the New Gnosticism
Editor’s Note: Following his strongly-worded interview with Polonia Christiana in the wake of the first part of the Extraordinary Synod on Marriage and Family, we reached out to Bishop Athanasius Schneider to seek his guidance on concrete actions Catholics can take during this time of turmoil within the Church. We specifically requested his advice…
You’ll Never Guess Who Gave the Best Response to President Obama’s Crusade Remarks
In his address to the National Prayer Breakfast last week, President Obama warned those assembled not to associate the terrible deeds being perpetrated in the name if Islam with the religion itself: Unless we get on our high horse and think that this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and Inquisition,…
Human Dignity: It’s in All of Us
Haircuts for the homeless show an amazing transformation, reminding us that buried beneath our imperfections, sins, and choices, we all have human dignity. Moving and inspiring video.
The Age of Glowing Artifice: Against Catholic Kitsch
With the release of another predictably vapid World Youth Day “hymn”, the time may be ripe to once again address the problem of “kitsch” in the Catholic Church. The age of glowing artifice has successfully blinded even some of the most faithful, and it’s high time that somebody shot the elephant in the room (poaching…
The Family Rosary: Now More Than Ever
Servant of God Father Patrick Peyton (1909-1992), a priest of the Congregation of the Holy Cross, is best remembered today for his slogan, “The Family That Prays Together Stays Together”, as well as his fifty year public ministry that promoted devotion to the family Rosary. During that time Father Peyton’s 40 outdoor Rosary rallies throughout…
On Faithful “Resistance”
An excerpt of a new video interview with Cardinal Burke surfaced yesterday. He spoke with France2 television. One segment of the interview was particularly interesting to synod-watchers. Lacking an official translation, several people have provided their own. Among those whom I’ve spoken with, the one provided by the SSPX is said to be the best of these:…
Armor and Armament Abandoned: Priestly Prayers Purged (Part I – Júdica Me)
A critique of the 1965 Order of Mass, in three parts A recent online discussion of more reverent Catholic liturgy has revived consideration of the 1965 “transitional” Roman Missal and its similarities with the 1962 Roman Missal (called the Vetus Ordo, the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, or the Traditional Latin Mass). As a…
The Chapel Veil and a Woman’s Rights
In my experience, it is impossible to talk about the Catholic custom of women wearing chapel veils at Mass without encountering judgment. Progressives will insist that the practice is an outdated custom to be tossed aside. Reactionaries will declare that women who do not cover their heads in Mass are sinning and that canon 1262…
