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This article is from One Peter Five “To say that Bilbo’s breath was taken away is no description at all. There are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful” (The Hobbit, Ch. 12). This is rather [...]

This article is from One Peter Five One hundred and fifty years ago tomorrow, on March 19, 1873, the “modern Bach” was born in the village of Brand, in southern Germany: Max Reger. A complete musician, sensitive to the culture of his time, Reger is an illustrious representative of late romantic German music. He was [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Above: Statue of Saint Patrick at Croagh Patrick, near Westport, County Mayo, Ireland. Photo by Kelly Ferguson.    Like St. Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day has unfortunately become a secularized holiday. But rather than remarking on leprechauns and good luck, Catholics have a moral responsibility to reclaim St. [...]

by C. J. Doyle Editor’s Note: As many of our readers know, the FBI was recently exposed as having circulated an internal memo targeting ‘traditional’ Catholics as potential perpetrators of “hate-crimes” and domestic terrorism and associated them with “white supremacist” movements. Yet the whistleblower believed this could be a step towards declaring all Christians ‘criminals.’ [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Editor’s note: today we offer this Novena to the faithful as part of our efforts to spread Fatima devotion under the Russian Icon of the Theotokos of Fatima (“By Thee Unity”). We will be praying this Novena (shared on social) beginning today for the one year anniversary of [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Above: triptych of the Holy Souls in Purgatory being purified by the fires of divine charity, which comes from Christ Crucified, and comforted by the angels and our prayers. The Dominican church of St Catherine of Siena, New York City. Photo by Fr. Lawrence, OP. The Suicides; Canto [...]

The San Patricios: The Largest Mass Execution in U.S. History The San Patricios were a group of Irish soldiers who fought as part of the Mexican Army during the Mexican-American War in 1846-1848. They were named after Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, whose feast day is celebrated each year with great honor by [...]

This article is from One Peter Five This is an excellent book. It was so successful at portraying its heartrending themes that it made me feel physically sick. That makes only two novels have ever done that (the other was Rumer Godden’s In this house of Brede). Judith’s Marriage deserves a high ranking among novels [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Above: the Anointing of Queen Alexandra at the Coronation of Edward VII. On May 6, 2023, King Charles III shall be crowned at Westminster Abbey – as almost every King of England has been since William the Conqueror went through a similar ceremony in 1066. The round of [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Editor’s note: for other articles on this important topic, see the following: The Catholic Teaching on Conscience St. John Henry Newman’s Conscience Against the Pope and the Vaccine   In the last article we learned from Garrigou-Lagrange about the roots of sins and ugly growth in the human [...]

Note: The Fatima Crusader Issue 130 (Summer 2023) focuses on the Third Secret of Fatima. It contains an article contributed by this author, titled “What Is the Vatican Hiding?” The following article should be read in the context of that Crusader article as the two mutually support one another, seeking to strengthen the reader’s understanding of the Third Secret. Issue [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Above: Monument to Girolamo Savonarola, Ferrara, Italy. Timothy Flanders voices a sentiment shared by many Catholics—bishops do your job! But he doesn’t go far enough. Catholic history—especially of the last half century—provides ample evidence of priests and laity ignoring or wantonly disobeying Episcopal edicts and actions. If, to [...]