Starting anew: Pope Francis on politics
I’d like to start this post with a short prayer written by Fr. Satish Joseph for the United States as a nation and for the election: Let us pray for a peaceful election day, for a peaceful reception of the...
Author: Mike Lewis
Ripperger Strikes Back
In the past week, it seems that celebrity exorcist Fr. Chad Ripperger and his supporters suddenly decided to mount an offensive in response to the article I wrote about his heterodox and dangerous views way back on September 18. I...
Papal Safeguarding Commission releases annual report
The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors has published its first annual report nearly a decade after Pope Francis established the Commission in 2014. In 2022, the pope directed the Commission to provide an annual assessment of safeguarding practices...
Dilexit Nos and the heart of Pope Francis
I have read the pope’s new encyclical, Dilexit Nos, twice today and I have avoided most of the commentary and public reactions to the document. I posted my thoughts on X earlier this afternoon, so if you saw what I...
Ripperger 911
It has been a little over a month since we published my article on the problematic and heterodox teachings of the Denver-based exorcist Fr. Chad Ripperger, “The bizarre and dangerous views of a celebrity exorcist,” and it appears that it...
Escape from the Bermúdez Triangle
The expulsion last month of Alejandro Bermúdez, founder of the Catholic News Agency (CNA), from the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (SCV) alongside nine others, has drawn significant attention, particularly due to the unusual accusation of “abuse of the apostolate of journalism.”...
Follow-up conversation on Fr. Chad Ripperger
Earlier today, I had a conversation with Dr. Rafael Gonzalez, a Catholic theology teacher with a PhD from Pontifex University who discusses faith-related has a YouTube channel called “My Catholic Two Cents” about my recent article on Fr. Chad Ripperger....
“This treasure of Medjugorje”: Vatican approves pilgrimage site
By issuing a “nihil obstat,” the Vatican has finally come to a decision on one of the most controversial phenomena in the contemporary Church — the alleged apparitions in Medjugorje. The series of alleged Marian visions that began over four...
The bizarre and dangerous views of a celebrity exorcist
Father Chad Ripperger, perhaps the world’s most famous living exorcist following the 2016 death of Father Gabriel Amorth, has been in high demand in certain Catholic circles in recent years. He has made regular appearances on far-right Catholic YouTube shows...
Catholic celebrity converts and their political agendas
This morning, Vanity Fair published a provocative and insightful article by Kathryn Joyce that delves deep into a growing trend among certain factions of American Catholicism: the embrace and celebration of high-profile right-wing converts to the faith. Joyce explores how...
Dear Readers
Dear Readers, First and foremost, I want to extend my deepest apologies for the noticeable decline in content on Where Peter Is in recent months. Many of you have reached out, expressing concern and wondering what has been happening behind...
What else are they hiding?
Yesterday brought news of the resignation of Fr. Barry Stechschulte as pastor of St. Susanna’s Church in Mason, Ohio, in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The priest resigned following mounting pressure after it was revealed that in 2012 — shortly after...
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