In this week’s episode of The Debrief, Dominic De Souza and I discuss three recent debates in the Church. First, we look at the controversial decision by Cardinal Blase Cupich to limit the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament when a...
A few years ago, a family friend went to confession for the first time in over three decades. She was an otherwise practicing Catholic, but had a great fear of returning to the Sacrament of Reconciliation. My mom was still...
Yesterday, the second episode of The Debrief debuted on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts (If you haven’t already subscribed, search for the “Where Peter Is” podcast). In this episode, as promised, Dominic and I discussed the latest...
For nearly four years, ever since Pope Francis spoke about the possibility of a traditionalist schism in the Catholic Church in the US, the standard rebuttal by papal critics has been: “The real schism is in Germany.” This is a...
As we progress through this Holy Week, turning our minds toward the great Paschal Mystery and the Passion of our Lord, I would like to share and reflect upon one of the moments that struck me deeply during the early...
Hey there, everyone! I am excited to share some big news with you all. Dominic de Souza, founder of SmartCatholics, and I have teamed up to bring you a brand new weekly YouTube show called The Debrief. As the editor...
On May 15, 2018, the Vatican announced the promulgation of Cor Orans, the document containing the directives for communities of contemplative nuns around the world. In the years that followed, few Catholic websites in the United States have given a...
On Sunday, March 19, BBC Radio broadcast a story featuring Cardinal Arthur Roche, the Vatican’s Prefect for the Dicastery of Divine Worship. The topic of the segment, which also included comments by papal biographer Austen Ivereigh and several traditionalist Catholics,...
In May 2020, Pope Francis published a prayer to Our Lady for the sick. Perhaps today we can pray it in a particular way for him. (Information and updates below the prayer.) O Mary, You shine continuously on our journey as...
Last week, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò — the former apostolic nuncio to the United States — published a new open letter, wherein the fugitive churchman welcomes the founding of the “International Movement of Russophiles.” I do not exaggerate when I...
Ten years ago today, on March 13, 2013, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires was elected as the 266th bishop of Rome, taking the name Pope Francis. From the moment he walked out onto the loggia, this pope has...
“Synodality is not seeking a particular set of outcomes. It is, rather, a culture that we’re trying to build up in the life of the church so that we truly listen with respect to one another. That’s so difficult in...
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