Monthly Archives: September 2017

With Vatican on the Defensive, Now is the Time for Formal Correction Steve Skojec September 25, 2017 OnePeterFive “The Great Firewall of China,” says Wikipedia, “is the combination of legislative actions and technologies enforced by the People’s Republic of China to regulate the Internet domestically. … Continue reading →

The fact is that human culture consists in the production of unnecessary things; but at the same time we could say that these unnecessary things are most necessary to express human dignity. In the field of art and literature—and formulated … Continue reading →

Summorum Pontificum Congress Report Alessandro Rico September 26, 2017 OnePeterFive Summorum Pontificum: ten years later. The Fifth Colloquium in Rome, which marks the tenth anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s motu proprio, sustained the importance of an appropriate liturgy to the … Continue reading →

  Amid avalanche, real questions about the papacy risk being obscured John L. Allen Jr. September 25, 2017 EDITOR Pope Francis delivers his blessing during the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square, at … Continue reading →

Evelyn Waugh at his marriage to Laura Herbert in 1937 (Getty) It’s bad manners to discuss the terrible effects of sin. Waugh, like the authors of the correction, broke the taboo Evelyn Waugh would have understood the point of the … Continue reading →

Eccles is saved This is the spiritual journey of me, Eccles, my big brother Bosco, and my Grate-Anti Moly. Eccles is saved, not sure about Bosco, and we’ve got real problems with Anti. This is me, Eccles Monday, 25 September … Continue reading →

Retired Texas bishop signs “filial correction” of Pope Francis Charles Collins September 26, 2017 MANAGING EDITOR Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, René Henry Gracida. (Credit: Bishop René Gracida.) A nonagenarian retired Texas bishop has added his name to a “filial … Continue reading →

The light turned yellow, just in front of him. He did the right thing and stopped at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection. The tailgating woman behind him was furious and honked … Continue reading →

    September 20, 2017, Wednesday “The humans of Genesis 1, made in God’s image, were told to ‘fill the world and subdue it.’ That is what he called ‘majestic man,’ what we would call secular humanity, the dominating nature. … Continue reading →

  WWII veteran bishop joins ‘filial correction’ signatories by Staff Reporter THE CATHOLIC HERALD U.K. posted Monday, 25 Sep 2017 Bishop Gracida Bishop René Henry Gracida, a friend of St John Paul II and Mother Angelica, expressed his ‘gratitude’ for … Continue reading →