As we continue to celebrate and reflect upon Pope Benedict’s life and legacy, I thought I would share five quotes that surprised me and which have had a profound impact on my life and my understanding of the faith. Each...
The death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI this morning is very sad for all of us who admired him and the tremendous impact he has had upon the Church for the past 60 years. His legacy will continue to influence...
Please join with us as we continue to pray for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, whose health, we learned earlier today, has taken a turn for the worse. I have not seen any recent updates. The Vatican Press office confirmed this...
Dear readers, Merry Christmas! I hope you had a peaceful and restful Christmas Day on Sunday. This week, posting on Where Peter Is will be light, but I’ll try to point you to interesting content nonetheless. I just watched this...
Today, December 17, is Pope Francis’s 86th birthday, and earlier today the Vatican announced that the 17th-century Jesuit Matteo Ricci has been declared “Venerable” by the Church. He is now two steps away from canonization (beatification is the next step)....
I heard Gerry O’Connell mention this on the latest episode of the “Inside the Vatican” podcast — As the people of Ukraine face frigid winter days and nights in the coming month, many are experiencing power shortages and many are...
When he has finished purging the inner sanctuary, the tent of meeting and the altar, Aaron shall bring forward the live goat. Laying both hands on its head, he shall confess over it all the iniquities of the Israelites and...
Once again, the words of Pope Francis have been taken out of context to paint him as some kind of heretic. Once again, Where Peter Is shows up to clear the air. On November 28, 2022, America Magazine published the...
Pedro Gabriel has posted a new interview with philosophy professor, former Italian politician, and author Rocco Buttiglione on his website The City and the World. Buttiglione has been an influential Catholic thinker across three papacies, publishing 10 books and some...
(Listen on Apple | Google | Spotify) Paul Fahey and Dominic DeSouza talk about the third principle of Catholic Social Teaching: Subsidiarity. This principle is rooted in human freedom and participation, it is concerned with empowering people to be agents...
I thought I’d close out the week with a little linkaround, sharing some liturgical thoughts and reading that you might find interesting. First off, on November 23, the fifth and final installment in the series by theologians John Cavadini, Mary...
I recently had an exchange with Dr. Mark Nowakowski, a traditionalist Catholic and talented composer (he wrote the score to Mass of the Ages), on our completely opposite views of Pope Francis. He wrote an article for the traditionalist website One...
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