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This article is from One Peter Five Edward Feser and the “Suspended Magisterium” A few weeks ago Dr. Edward Feser wrote a piece reflecting on the recent appointment of Tucho “Heal Me with your Mouth” Fernández to the Dicastery for the Destruction of the Faith. In it, he quotes Newman’s comments about the Arian crisis: [...]

Who Is a Coptic? As mentioned previously, there are more than 20 different Catholic Rites and several churches which are all in communion with and under obedience to Rome. All these Catholics are fully Catholic in the complete sense. In other words, they hold the same doctrines, receive the same sacraments, and are under the [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Above: Feb. 2, 2023: Pope Francis in South Sudan. Vatican Media.  One of the greatest saints in Catholic history is considered to be Saint Ignatius of Loyola, whom the Catholic Church celebrates today, on July 31st. This is rightly said, not only for the greatness of Saint Ignatius [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Above: St. Francis Church at the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi, also titled “His Holiness Francis Church” in the official inscription (see below). Official website.  Opening of the “Abrahamic Family House” Four years after Pope Francis signed the Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living [...]

This article is from One Peter Five For the 9th Sunday after Pentecost, we hear in the Vetus Ordo a reading from 1 Corinthians.  Paul is correcting the behavior of the Corinthians using, in this chapter, examples from the history of Israel, moments when God sent punishments to correct the people who had gone astray [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Other articles in this series: The Art of Dress – Two Schools of Thought The Art of Dress – Problems with Normalcy The Art of Dress – Learning from the Valiant Woman   On a sunny April day my freshman year of college, I yearned to wear a [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Above: The Ecstasy of Saint Francis of Assisi by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682) This series of articles is the product of one interest and one concern. My interest, as a student of philosophy, is to serve a wider Catholic audience by demystifying philosophical schools and ‘isms’ that are [...]

Editor’s Note: This article, written by John Vennari (R.I.P), former editor of Catholic Family News, was originally published in the September 2013 edition of that newspaper. I confess to feeling a bit wrung out. Yet another World Youth Day; another showcase of liturgical abuse that would have horrified all of our Catholic forefathers; another rock [...]

This article is from One Peter Five I’m a second generation Trad, no doubt about it. I can’t really remember the pontificate of Benedict XVI—by the time I was actually paying attention to my faith in a more serious way in high school, Francis’s pontificate had already begun. I have one indistinct memory associated with [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Above: inside the church of St. Barnabas the Apostle. Parish Website. In 2013, St. Barnabas the Apostle Parish in O’Fallon, MO—about 40 minutes outside of St. Louis—was dying. The pastor, Fr. Ray Hager, was told that the parish would be closed in about five years unless things turned [...]

“And if he will not hear the Church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican. Amen I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in Heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in Heaven” (Matthew 18:17-18). What Really is Legalism? St. [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Above: Benedict XVI’s personal secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein kisses the former pope’s closed coffin during a private ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 4, 2023. Vatican Media.  Last week a number of interesting commentaries appeared from unexpected quarters. Two in particular noted the speed with which His [...]