Editor’s Note: Dr. Joseph Seifert is one of the preeminent Catholic philosophers in the world, and a member of the original Pontifical Academy for Life (PAL), where he was appointed to a lifetime position by his friend, the late Pope …
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More Than Disembodied Consciousnesses: Some Reflections on the Challenges of Our Collective Isolation
I’m 42 years old. Mine is the last generation to have grown up in the old world. The world before the internet, and cell phones, and everything on demand. I think of it as “The Slow Time,” because everything then …
A Nurse Offers Some Advice To Priests Giving Last Rites to Covid Patients
I received an email this week from a Catholic nurse whose family I’ve known for over twenty years. She works in an ICU at a large hospital in Michigan, and she’s on the front lines dealing with incoming cases. She …
1P5 Special Report – Coronavirus Update #1
This week began with lots of new announcements on government restrictions and diocesan shutdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic. In this special report, we take a look at what’s happening, and why, and try to get some perspective on what …
Prudence and Pandemic: Considerations on Coronavirus
This week, as I watch the issue of the COVID-19 coronavirus dominate the online conversation, sparking arguments left and right about what should be done, whether we should be concerned or totally unfazed, and so on, I find myself thinking …
“We Glory in Tribulations” – Living the Faith When Public Worship is Prohibited
“We glory in tribulations” (Rom. 5:3) Millions of Catholics in the so-called free Western world will, in the coming weeks or even months, and especially during Holy Week and Easter, the culmination of the entire liturgical year, be deprived of …
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