Today, especially during the present political and social climate, there is much toxicity, hate, and vileness, that take place on social media. Pope Francis has warned of toxicity on social media, and in his address to the participants of the 2022 World Congress of SIGNIS in Seoul, South Korea, he stated, “the use...
The work of theology, in addition to looking over what we know and what we can extrapolate from divine revelation or from the observable world around us, also inherently involves a certain amount of speculation. Sometimes our theological speculation involves hypothetical scenarios and considers questions about situations and events that have not happened...
A reflection on the readings for August 28, 2022, the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time. One of the most formative moments of my life came during the end of the first semester of my first year in college. Being a brash, overconfident 18-year-old, I signed up for a 300-level history course—the History of...
Conscience is not an infallible judge; it can make mistakes. However, error of conscience can be the result of an invincible ignorance, an ignorance of which the subject is not aware and which he is unable to overcome by himself. The Council reminds us that in cases where such invincible ignorance is not culpable, conscience does not...
At long last, the August 2022 consistory is upon us. After an unusual May announcement that a relatively large number of new cardinals would be created in August, Pope Francis will formally make 21 new Cardinals tomorrow. We have discussed the rise of several of these cardinals-designate, including Bishops Robert McElroy of the...
(Update: Video and podcast links have been added – ML) Video: Audio Podcast: Where Peter Is · Amoris Laetitia – Conflicting Interpretations You’re invited to a discussion that will be livestreamed tomorrow (Saturday, August 27, 2022), at 15:00 GMT (10:00 EST). The event will be livestreamed on Facebook and on Where Peter Is...
Hopefully this is the rare church architecture post that will be well-received by Catholics and other Christians across the ideological spectrum. An article that appeared in the National Catholic Reporter last week, “Disabled Catholics praise pope’s example in publicly using a wheelchair” by Aleja Hertzler-McCain, featured several Catholics with disabilities commenting about their...
Shortly after his election, Pope Francis called for a Church that “is poor and for the poor.” It is easy to understand why he would want a Church that is “for the poor.” Aiding the marginalized has always been a key theme of his pontificate, and it is an important aspect of the...
I am a big fan of historical and contemporary romances and I consume them in exactly the way that Amazon Kindle envisioned it—voraciously. With a total of 664 in 2021 and over 300 as of mid-August 2022, I feel confident in saying that I am an amateur expert in the various tropes that...
Save the date! This Saturday, August 27, 2022, at 15:00 GMT (10:00 EST), author and Where Peter Is contributor Pedro Gabriel and professor and author Eduardo J. Echeverria will discuss Pope Francis’s 2016 post-synodal apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia during a live online event moderated by Dr. James Keating. The event will be livestreamed on...
On Friday, Crisis Magazine released a new podcast episode entitled, “How to Properly Understand the Role of the Papacy,” in which editor and host Eric Sammons discussed papal authority with Peter Kwasniewski, a traditionalist author and speaker who has recently published a two-book set entitled The Road from Hyperpapalism to Catholicism: Rethinking the...
A reflection on the Mass Readings for August 21, 2022, the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time. Audio of Homily will be posted here. Today, I would like to reflect on the same question that the disciples asked Jesus, “Will only a few people be saved?” (Luke 13:23) It is a good question. Who will...
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