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...
Through the Church—the sacrament of God’s infinite love—her Scriptures, her Tradition, her prayers, and her liturgies, people can encounter the living Christ and experience his love, healing, and transformative grace. But what happens when the men and women tasked with mediating God’s grace, appointed to preach God’s word and preside over the sacraments,...
To worthily carry out this task it is necessary, Venerable Brother, that you recall and inculcate in the minds of the Faithful entrusted to you that it is characteristic of the Catholic faith to believe that the full authority and power to shepherd has been handed down from Our Lord Jesus Christ to...
In this new interview, Pedro Gabriel talks with Michael Lofton about his new book “Rigidity: Faithfulness or Heterodoxy?” During this interview, they discuss how clinging to the letter of the law too tightly may lead one to “missing the mark,” and pervert that very same law. They also explain what Pope Francis means...
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 the scenes. Your messages and the articles you’ve submitted have not gone unnoticed,...
If someone tells young people to ignore their history, to reject the experiences of their elders, to look down on the past and to look forward to a future that he himself holds out, doesn’t it then become easy to draw them along so that they only do what he tells them? He...
There is a saying that I often ponder: “Tell me what you love, and I will tell you who you are.” This is very close to Jesus’ statement, “Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” (Matt. 6, 19) When we love someone or something, we can’t avoid thinking about them....
In the past few days, Catholic priests and bishops have been delivering a chorus of condemnation against the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony. The response to the Last Supper/Feast of Dionysus debacle has highlighted a significant trend I’ve observed in recent years regarding the Catholic Church and its clergy: the erosion of their moral...
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