I have never done a DNA test and I probably never will, but I don’t need one to know that I am an ethnical hodge-podge. On one side, I am descended from Italians from the south of Italy along the Adriatic coast, and on the other side I am Scotch-Irish. Even at first...
In this first episode of Third Space, I talked with my friend and Pope Francis Generation podcast co-host, Dominic de Souza. Throughout the PFG podcast, Dominic would drop bits and pieces of his own experiences growing up in a radically traditionalist cult, but I didn’t ever get a chance to hear his whole...
American generosity has made bounteous contributions to various international organs of relief. You do well to examine with what success this relief has been and is being brought to those who are really most in need. But We dare say the further question has risen more than once in your minds, if not...
I have little use for the British royalty. I really don’t. I could care less who is in line for what role, and who is feuding with whom. It’s hard for me to believe that the British Parliament forks over more than 86 million pounds to keep the whole thing going. It’s anachronistic....
In August 2024, the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) released a book, titled “Piccolo Lessico del Fine-Vita” (“Small Lexicon on the End of Life”). This publication aims to clarify terms and reduce misunderstandings in discussions on end-of-life care. The book covers topics such as intensive care, palliative care, euthanasia, organ transplantation, and cremation....
The second reading at Mass today is from Ephesians 5, a section of St. Paul’s letter that includes this passage: “21 Be subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22 Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is head of his wife just as Christ...
We are still overwhelmed at the thought of this tremendous ministry for which we have been chosen: as Peter, we seem to have stepped out on treacherous waters. We are battered by a strong wind. So we turn towards Christ saying: “Lord, save me” (Mt 14:30). Again we hear his voice encouraging and...
Welcome to the Third Space! The podcast for those who see the beauty of Catholicism, as well as the ugliness, who have experienced real harm AND real grace in the Church. I’m your host, Paul Fahey, a mental health counselor and catechist. In sociology, “third places” refer to places outside of home or...
An important objection was raised recently during a parish bible study, in the context of a discussion on the development of Church teaching and biblical interpretation. The idea was that in the face of disputes, uncertainties, and disagreements on the meaning of a particular scriptural text or Church teaching — or perhaps in...
Mary, in fact, is one of our race, a true daughter of Eve-though free of that mother’s sin-and truly our sister, who as a poor and humble woman fully shared our lot. (scroll down for answer)
During this interview, Pedro Gabriel debates Rafael Gonzalez about Pope Francis and rigidity. In this discussion, Prof. Rafael Gonzalez, a Doctor of Theology from Pontifex University and an occasional contributor to One Peter Five, discusses with Gabriel how extrinsicism (overemphasis on external practices) can lead to rigidity, but also how to avoid the...
Catholicism’s literary tradition is the envy of many other religions. It extends from medieval verse epics right through to modern novels. Pope Francis acknowledged this earlier this month in an interesting letter on “the role of literature in formation,” primarily with reference to priestly formation but extending, in Francis’s words, “to the formation...
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