Coda to Our SSPX Debate
Dear OnePeterFive donors, supporters and readers, Today on the podcast we discuss with our contributing editor Kennedy Hall his latest book in defence of the SSPX. This is the beginning of a series which will wrap up our debates on the SSPX published here at OnePeterFive. As I have attempted to articulate, our journal does not function […]
OnePeterFive Contributing Editor Teaches Course on the Magisterium
A few months ago the St. Paul Center launched Emmaus Academy, an interactive Catholic education resource produced by Scott Hahn and other top scholars. Our own contributing editor, theologian Dr. Mike Sirilla, taught his first course here on the Magisterium. In it he unpacks the principles contained in that fundamental article at OnePeterFive “The Morality […]
Bishop Schneider on the Family in the Modern World
Julian Kwasniewski: Your Excellency, thank you for agreeing to this interview. With continued assaults on the family from every quarter including Rome, I wanted to speak with you regarding the family and its place in the contemporary world. Sometimes there is a controversy among conservative Catholics as to whether or not it is legitimate to […]
Anniversary of the Restoration at Solesmes
Above: Solesmes Abbey. In its history, the liturgy of the Catholic Church, like all things, has known moments of great development and moments of decline. It is not surprising that in the nineteenth century this decadence was deeply felt, if one thinks of what had weighed on the Church in that century and in the […]
Children at Mass: Practical Considerations
In my Catholic Answers article I sought to defend the idea that children should attend the liturgy at all, against the claim, that I have often heard, that children should not be taken to Mass “until they can behave.” This precept usually impossible for parents to follow, if they wish to attend the Traditional Mass, […]
Erotic Poet and His Buddies Get the Cardinal’s Hat
Above: Vatican City – August 27, 2022: Pope Francis holds the Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals in Vatican City. Vatican Media. The college of Cardinals, like the “Office Formerly Known as Holy,” is not of divine institution. It gradually emerged in the early and middle periods of what I term “First […]
Teach Children About Creation: Why and How
Above: rainforest near Balok, Malaysia. The First Article of the Creed Complicated debates about creation rage. One hears competing claims about how God created the universe: “Young earth!” “Theistic evolution!” “Intelligent design!” Others reject creation outright and intone, “Evolution, evolution, evolution!” or simply claim, “It does not matter because God does not exist!” It is […]
6th Sunday after Pentecost: I became a hand of Christ
Context is important. We’ve been over the ground we tread before, regard the liturgical season and the Letter Paul wrote to the Romans. However, here is something from dom Prosper Guéranger about the flow this time of year: It is to the Romans that are addressed today’s inspired instructions of the great apostle. For the […]
Harmony out of Chaos: Traditional Marriage
I sometimes brag to other Catholics that I know the size of pants worn by the notable Theology of the Body speaker Christopher West. If you’re still reading, allow me to reminisce on simpler times… I–or a much younger version of myself–am at a Theology of the Body conference in Saskatchewan, Canada. My mom is […]
Traditional Theology of the Magisterium – Part 1
The magisterium is a topic of great interest and grave importance for traditionalists today. The editorial stance that OnePeterFive has adopted, with which I am in full agreement, is one that strives to strike a balance between the excessive adulation of the magisterium typical of the hyperpapalists and the tendency to disparage the magisterium that […]