What it Sounds Like When a Bishop Loves the Holy Eucharist
One of our favorites, Bishop Schneider, on reverence for the Eucharist. Beautiful: http://youtu.be/QbAZezVk5Gk?t=4m19s
Regina Magazine Asks How Social Media Influenced The Synod
Last week, I was asked to participate in a symposium hosted by Regina Magazine that looked at the way social media influenced the Synod on Marriage and Family. They describe the project as follows: It’s captivating, really, and unprecedented. In what is surely a historical first, every moment of this Synod has been covered by…
1P5 Podcast – Episode 9: Ann Barnhardt
[powerpress] ON TODAY’S EPISODE: Steve addresses the growing concerns that he is really the puppet of a shadowy cabal of moneyed interests. Plus: Ann Barnhardt stops by the show to talk shop: the damage done by the synod, the leadership style of Pope Francis, the dominance of stupid and evil people, the fear that keeps Catholics from…
A Hegelian Papacy?
“Thus I make it known to you that from the end of the 19th century and shortly after the middle of the 20th century…the passions will erupt and there will be a total corruption of morals… As for the Sacrament of Matrimony, which symbolizes the union of Christ with His Church, it will be attacked…
Something Weird and it Don’t Look Good – Who Ya Gonna Call? A Catholic Priest.
We talk about spiritual warfare more than a little here at OnePeterFive, and there’s a reason for that. More and more stories have emerged showing a disturbing increase in the amount of demonic activity in the world. A story from The Blaze (hit the link for more creepy pictures) this week references a new book – The…
Will the USCCB ever revisit communion in the hand?
Next month the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will gather in Baltimore for their fall general meeting (Nov. 10-13). While five liturgical items top the agenda, it is interesting to note what is once again missing from the list. As reported by the Catholic News Service on Wednesday: The liturgical items up for consideration: –…
The Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies
The disorder introduced into our human nature by Adam’s fall from grace reveals itself especially through seven dominant vices known in the Catholic tradition as the capital sins. These are: pride, avarice, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth. We call them “capital” sins (from the Latin caput, “head”) because they are the sources or fountainheads…
Church Teaching: Hostile Inflexibility?
I must admit that I am confused by Pope Francis’ closing speech to the Synod on Saturday. For me, some of the language of the speech serves only to further muddy waters that were already impenetrably murky. Many people who read the speech seemed to read it as a criticism of the excesses of both…
Bread, Not Stones
At the end of Lent last spring, on Lazarus Saturday, I experienced resurrection from death in sin in conversion. Through illumination in the mysteries of baptism, chrismation (also called confirmation in the West ), and the holy Eucharist, I became a member of the Body of Christ, which is the Catholic Church, by the grace…
Prophesied Times? Bishops Divided; Burke Confirms Demotion, Says Pope has “Done a Lot of Harm”
The Catholic world is awash in speculation today as the synod winds down. Cardinal Burke’s interview with BuzzFeed (BuzzFeed? Really?) has sent shockwaves throughout the Church: If Pope Francis had selected certain cardinals to steer the meeting to advance his personal views on matters like divorce and the treatment of LGBT people, Burke said, he…
Podcast Episode 8 is Out
Editor’s Note: we got word after the podcast recording that Cardinal Burke has confirmed his demotion by Pope Francis. He is cited multiple times in the podcast, and we believe his statements take on even greater significance in light of this development. ON TODAY’S EPISODE: The synod is closing on Sunday. Will the pope have a Humanae Vitae…
