I first heard Christophe Pierre speak in person at an event in New York City in February of 2019. His infectious smile and hearty laughter revealed, it seemed to me, a person filled with genuine joy. (His delightful French accent somehow served to underscore his joviality.) I had journeyed to Manhattan from Upstate...
Faith is the miraculous gift of God. In faith, we are reborn. Through faith, we are sustained by God’s grace. But how do we nurture faith? In a recent Wednesday catechesis, Pope Francis said, “We grow in faith inasmuch as we learn to pray.” And he wrote in Gaudete et Exsultate, “Prayer is...
Check out the seventh episode of The Critical Catholic on Where Peter Is Media, with Mike Lewis and D.W. Lafferty. We stream live every Sunday on YouTube at 8 p.m. EST. We’ve been looking at a lot of Catholic conspiracy theories, and so far they’ve largely been products of the Catholic “right.” Lest...
If the USCCB can meet on Zoom, then so can we! Thursday night at 8PM Eastern, Where Peter Is will be hosting our first Live Zoom Event, a Season 1 of WPI Live Afterparty–exclusively for our Patreon patrons. At this week’s event, join Mike Lewis, David Lafferty, Daniel Amiri, and other contributors &...
US President Joseph Biden embarked on the first overseas trip of his presidency last week. His first scheduled stops were in the UK and Belgium to gather with world leaders for the G7 and NATO summits, before heading to Switzerland to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Last night, in an unattributed story,...
“We’re going to have to get used to a new way of doing things,” Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J. told reporters shortly after the election of Pope Francis.[1] From the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis challenged the way things have been done in the Church. He kept his worn black shoes in lieu...
Wilderness is a conflicted, multi-faceted idea. It is a place we escape to for quiet and solace but not somewhere to call home. It can be threatening and dangerous while offering refreshment and recreation. In the Catholic imagination, it is the site of both temptation and prophecy. For the poet, it is a...
President Joe Biden and the First Lady had a busy schedule on their visit to Britain last week for the G7 meeting. In reality they had little time for sightseeing, but allow me to indulge your imagination for a moment and suppose they took a short break from business. With Marine One at...
This week on the critical Catholic, D.W. Lafferty and Mike Lewis shift gears and discuss the questions and conspiracies surrounding the death of Pope John Paul I, who died unexpectedly in 1978 at the age of 65 after serving as pope for only 33 days. Starts at 8 p.m. EST.
A reflection on the readings of June 13, 2021 — the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time “To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it? It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds...
“The third advice of the Spirit is, “Put God before yourself”. This is the decisive step in the spiritual life, which is not the sum of our own merits and achievements, but a humble openness to God. The Spirit affirms the primacy of grace. Only by emptying ourselves, do we leave room for...
Pope Francis had a very active week, beginning with Mass at St. Peter’s for the feast of Corpus Christi on Sunday, and including his rejection of the much-publicized resignation letter from German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising. Along the way, Francis spoke and delivered messages to many groups, including a message...
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