My Final URGENT Appeal for Your Help
I am absolutely amazed that we have come so far in our fundraising campaign, but we’re still short. 1P5 is the website for Catholics, built by Catholics. Whether it’s analysis of current events or theological explorations of the teachings of our faith, we’re providing a perspective on the Church that is unique in today’s world. But the only way we […]
2023 at the movies…
I refused to become a Barbenheimer during the year. When I was growing up there was a perfectly respectable practice of showing ‘small’ pictures and ‘big’ ones, despite the threat of the infamous ‘Paramount decree’ of 1948. The post 2023 at the movies… appeared first on The Irish Catholic.
The dark days of 1877 in the Golden Vale
A classic of Irish journalism: William O’Brien’s ‘Christmas on the Galtees’ from the grim winter of 1877 by Felix M Larkin In the days after Christmas 1877, The Freeman’s Journal published a series of five articles that are generally acknowledged as the earliest piece of investigative journalism in Ireland. Entitled ‘Christmas on the Galtees’, they […]
Irish nun receives Oireachtas award
94-year-old Columban Nun who worked with child victims of drugs in Dublin, directed a medical clinic in Myanmar and helped set up a rehabilitation hospital in Egypt for paralysed soldiers was honoured at a ceremony in Leinster House. The post Irish nun receives Oireachtas award appeared first on The Irish Catholic.
Venerable Madeleine Delbrêl: A missionary and a mystic
The 20th Century was one of history’s most violent and war-torn, marked by atheistic, anti-human revolutions and ideologies that continue today. The post Venerable Madeleine Delbrêl: A missionary and a mystic appeared first on The Irish Catholic.
Is There a Charism of Infallible Safety?
As we know, the popes are infallible under certain conditions. According to Vatican II (repeating the teaching of Vatican I), the Roman Pontiff is infallible when, “as the supreme shepherd and teacher of all the faithful, who confirms his brethren in their faith, by a definitive act he proclaims a doctrine of faith or morals.”[1] […]
Crazy Saints, Liturgical Movements, & Handling Disagreement w/ Fr. Augustine Wetta
Fr. Wetta joins the show. Matt and Fr. Wetta discuss funny saints, teaching highschool, his vocation story, and much more. Show Sponsors: https://strive21.com/matt https://ascensionpress.com/fradd Check Out Father’s books: https://www.augustinewetta.com/ Check Out Father’s podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/disagreement/id1588841002 https://open.spotify.com/show/1oU3368RaMdQIfNuDkZV3z?si=b0c23419cdbe4962
Growing a Liturgical Family Organically
Liturgical Living in the Home Recently, a young mom asked me how to incorporate all the beautiful feasts and seasons into family life. Now, as I believe this is quite a saintly ambition, it is also not without the potential for undue stress and setting oneself up for failure. These statements are not to discourage […]
Diebus saltem Dominicis: The Sons of David
When I visit Rome, at least once during my time there I go to the Ara Pacis or “Altar of Peace” of the Emperor Augustus Caesar (+14), which is housed in dreadful building that looks like a gas station. I don’t go in to see the actual altar. What I revisit is the supporting wall […]
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Christmas & The Birth of Christ
How much do you know about Christmas? On this special episode of The Catholic Talk Show, Ryan Scheel, Father Rich Pagano, and Ryan Dellacrosse discuss “5 Things You Didn’t Know About Christmas.” Let’s unwrap them together! What year was Jesus actually born? Scheel says this question still puzzles historians and theologians alike to this day! […]