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This article is from One Peter Five A casual perusal of the most recent headlines coming from Rome–even by the most uninformed Catholic reader– would cause a reaction of great concern and above all, confusion. For those who have a bit more information at their disposal – and who may be aware of other news [...]

This article is from One Peter Five You may not have realized it, but a new “Pope” will be elected this coming Monday, the 30th of January. Why do I put it in quotes? For two good reasons. The first is that you cannot elect a new Pope if there is one still alive; the [...]

This article is from One Peter Five For this 4th Sunday after Epiphany the Vetus Ordo gives us the ultra-dramatic Gospel scene of the Apostles with the Lord in a boat being swamped by the waves during a great storm on the Sea of Galilee. The Lord was asleep.  That’s the Gospel for Sunday.  But [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Above: a blessing service as part of a day of action in defiance to the Vatican’s ruling on same-sex unions in the Youth Church in Wurzburg, Germany, on Monday, May 10th. I am picturing a small French-speaking Saskatchewan village in the 1930s. It is perhaps disingenuous to shrug one’s [...]

Suffering and Grace In the first apparition at Fatima (May 13, 1917) Our Lady asked the shepherd children, “Do you wish to offer yourselves to God to endure all the sufferings that He may be pleased to send you,  as both an act of reparation for the sins with which He is offended and an [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Above: Silverstream Priory from the website.  This past fall I’ve enjoyed reading two little books published by the good monks of Silverstream Priory. The first, Letters to a Soul, consists of fifty-five short letters of spiritual direction written by Dom Hubert van Zeller to an anonymous directee. Written [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Religion Department Academics of a certain sort love to scandalize undergraduates by telling them that Jesus is a marginal figure in Church history; the real founder of the religion, they whisper, was Paul. In fact, they persist, the religion should really be called Paulianity. From the standpoint of [...]

This article is from One Peter Five This week and next, I will share practical and speculative points on singing Gregorian chant well that I have learned by leading scholas, by participating in them, and by listening to masters discuss what they do and why. My points are not put forward here as “Gospel truths”; [...]

There Are Different Levels of Glory in Heaven Even in Heaven there will be a hierarchy, and while all souls in Heaven will be eternally happy – not everyone will possess the same degree of glory in Heaven. The Council of Florence (1438-1445) teaches that the souls of the justified will “see clearly the one [...]

This article is from One Peter Five In growing numbers under the pontificate of the Dictator Pope, priests, bishops, and cardinals have denounced His Holiness directly or indirectly. But this is the first time one of Pope Francis’s own Cardinals from his C9 Council has turned against him. And, as it turns out, it was [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Above: Doonagore Castle (“fort of the goats”), Doolin, Co. Clare, Ireland. Photo by Jesse Gardner on Unsplash  In the English speaking world, the story of Catholicism during and after the Reformation is dominated by the experience of England. The sad tale of an ancient Catholic kingdom subjected to [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Credible reports have now surfaced of a new document coming from Rome against the Roman rite. "It is scheduled for release sometime in April or May…" — Trad priest to @RobertMoynihan on a follow-up to Traditionis Custodes Paul VI issued Missale Romanum on April 3 (1969). Perhaps the [...]