Pope Francis: ‘Barbarity of war’ should inspire new push for Christian unity

Pope Francis’ general audience in St. Peter’s Square, May 4, 2022. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Vatican City, May 6, 2022 / 06:05 am (CNA). Pope Francis said on Friday that the “barbarity of war” should inspire a new push for Christian unity. The pope made the comment in an address to members of the Pontifical Council […]

Pope Francis encourages new Swiss Guard recruits ‘to grow as Christians’

Pope Francis with new Swiss Guard recruits in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall on May 6, 2022. / Vatican Media. Vatican City, May 6, 2022 / 06:40 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Friday encouraged 36 new recruits of the Pontifical Swiss Guard to “grow as Christians” during their service in Rome. The pope, who currently uses […]

ANNOUNCEMENT: Another Englishman Joins the Editorial Board of OnePeterFive

Since the publication of our new editorial stance last year, we have attempted to contextualize the modern movement of Traditionalism within the Catholic Counter-Revolutionary movement of 19th century Europe. In one sense “Trads” of today are simply ordinary Catholics as they lived the faith in the “modern period” since 1773.[1] The Catholic counter-revolutionaries in Europe, […]

Building a Moral Immune System

 When Fyodor Dostoevsky sent the manuscript of his celebrated novel, Crime and Punishment, to the publisher, he included a brief note.  “This is the story,” he wrote, “of a university student who is infected by ideas that float on the wind”.  There are three things this brief message conveys that are worth amplifying.  One is […]

Cardinal reaffirms pope’s willingness to go to Moscow to try to stop war

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ secretary of state reaffirmed the pope’s offer to go to Moscow personally to try to convince President Vladimir Putin to stop his war on Ukraine but said the Kremlin had yet to respond. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, secretary of state, told reporters late May 4, “There has been an offer […]