On October 8, 2024, Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais died, at the age of 79. He was one of the four bishops consecrated illicitly and against the express will of Pope St. John Paul II by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and Bishop Antonio de Castro Meyer on June 30, 1988. His death and the...
For the first and greatest criterion of the faith, the ultimate and unassailable test of orthodoxy is obedience to the teaching authority of the Church, which is ever living and infallible, since she was established by Christ to be the columna et firmamentum veritatis, “the pillar and support of truth.” Jesus Christ, who...
Second article in the series Man and Woman – Image of the Triune God In his trial before the Roman prefect, Rusticus, St. Justin Martyr was asked, “What system of teaching do you profess?” Justin said: “I have tried to learn about every system, but I have accepted the true doctrines of the...
A word in haste: My name is Paul Chu. I’m a writer and academic, and I’ve been doing some editing recently for Where Peter Is. This morning, I heard for the first time that our Holy Father Pope Francis called for a day of fasting and prayer for peace today – the anniversary...
[Editor’s Note: WPI contributor Ariane Sroubek has put together this article as a guide to help readers keep up with the Synod on Synodality’s October 2024 Assembly in Rome. This page will remain “sticky” throughout the synodal assembly (meaning it will appear close to the top of the wherepeteris.com home page) and will...
I’m an amateur artist. I love color, and I’ve always appreciated talented artists and their work. Sadly, I’m not a talented artist myself, nor have I been formally trained. The reason I paint is that my spiritual director, in the year of my ordination, told me I should paint. I did not want...
[Editor’s note: The following article was written by Martin Scheuch, a survivor of the abuses of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (SCV), a religious institute based in Peru, from which its founder, the layman Luis Figari, and 10 other members — including Archbishop José Antonio Eguren, emeritus of Piura and Tumbes — were expelled last...
At the opening of the Synod’s Second Session on October 2, significant media attention was brought to Cardinal Victor Fernández’s remarks on the possibility of ordination of women deacons. While discussions about ordained deaconesses have often stolen the spotlight during the preparatory stages, the Synod’s focus seems to be moving in a different direction....
The Apostolic concern leading Us to carefully survey the signs of the times and to make every effort to adapt the means and methods of the holy apostolate to the changing circumstances and need of our day, impels Us to establish even closer ties with the bishops in order to strengthen Our union...
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. I thought it was a fruitful conversation and allowed me to go a...
Sister Gabriela of the Incarnation OCD, herself a Where Peter Is contributor, emailed me earlier this year after reading my essay “Theology of Sexuality after Amoris and Fiducia,” pointing out that my analysis in that essay did not reach the subject of divine grace in the life of the Catholic believer. This was...
“If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off, and if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out.” The hand, the foot, and the eye: three things are very dear to us. To lose even one of them can make...
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