Asianews: Some twenty million Catholics are set to mark the end of celebrations in honour of the Black Nazarene, which began on 31 December and will end on 9 January. This involves the traditional carriage of the centuries-old wooden statue of Christ … Continue reading
My healing is mentioned in three Gospels, twice, together with a similarly afflicted companion, and, once, in another Gospel, by myself. I am cited by my father’s name, my father’s Greek name, not my own Jewish name. I believed in … Continue reading
Catholic Stand, Peter Darcy: Casual swearing. Routine profanity. Mainstreamed irreverence. These curses of our age don’t seem to shock us like they used to. Ever since Rhett Butler first uttered the “D” word in Gone with the Wind in 1939, the entertainment … Continue reading
AsiaNews: Msgr. Peter Shao Zhumin, bishop of Wenzhou (Zhejiang), recognized by the Holy See, but not by the government, has been released. On May 18, 2017, he was taken by police and officials from the Religious Affairs Bureau and distanced from his … Continue reading
Both of my brothers went to Seton Hall. Not I. My SAT scores were not high enough. Fond memories, nonetheless, as my friends and I, spent many hours in the late 60s at SHU playing Bball in the gym on … Continue reading
1Peter5, Maike Hickson: As a token of our gratitude for all the prayers and Masses said for our recent situation of ill health and need, my husband, Dr. Robert Hickson and I wish to present to our most generous readers at OnePeterFive the … Continue reading
1Peter5, Steve Skojec: On December 30, the Feast of the Holy Family, three bishops from Kazakhstan — Tomash Peta, Metropolitan Archbishop of the archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana, Jan Pawel Lenga, Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Karaganda, and Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of the … Continue reading
LifeSiteNews, Lisa Burne: The hashtag “#merrychristmas” topped the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) list of trending hashtags on Twitter that it considers to be promoting “hate.” Report is here.
The Anglicanorum Coetibus Society: January 3 is the birthday of J.R.R. Tolkien. Having converted at an early age, Ordinariate members might well wonder how this man and his marvellous works might be considered part of the patrimony – especially when his … Continue reading
The Catholic World Report: At the end of a high-speed, “accelerated” year, here to “slow things down” is a conversation with the Church historian and theologian Walter Cardinal Brandmüller. I thank His Eminence for the time that he has generously … Continue reading
The Witherspoon Institute, Public Discourse, Aaron Alexander Zubia: In the interpretation of at least one of the Founders, Thomas Jefferson, American political institutions are not constructed to direct citizens toward virtue, but simply to direct them toward ease, convenience, and … Continue reading
Let us pray for the conversion of this courageous Hungarian president, Viktor Orban. Fatima Perspectives, Christopher Ferrara: Even as the Vatican apparatus seems intent on converting the Catholic Church into what Antonio Socci has called “a social assistant to the … Continue reading
Last year PP killed 321,384 babies. CNA, Christine Rousselle: Planned Parenthood reported that it received more than $500 million in government funding last year, while performing more than 300,000 abortions across the United States. Report here.
At least Not in Hong Kong LifeSiteNews, Doug Mainwaring: A priest in Hong Kong canceled a planned ‘LGBT’ Christmas Midnight Mass at the last minute after the diocese’ auxiliary bishop reminded him that homosexual acts are “sinful” and “serious violations of … Continue reading
enews: Archbishop Thomas Gullickson (67), the nuncio to Switzerland and former nuncio to the Ukraine, has offered the Traditional Latin Mass three times in 2017. He writes on his blog admontemmyrrhae.blogspot.com(December 10) that this had a “positive, warming and reassuring impact” on … Continue reading
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