Back in 2013, Pope Francis—then still a relatively new figure on the global stage—sparked some controversy when he made what many saw as a harsh critique of capitalism. But if you really listened, his message was not about politics—it was a hard, uncomfortable question: How is it that when an elderly homeless person...
A Homily for the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time It is too small a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end...
“Bishop Barron,” I said to a friend earlier, “has fallen off harder than The Simpsons.” One might also say he has jumped the proverbial selachian, like in the (in)famous Happy Days plotline illustrated in the featured image above. The context for this was an astonishing post from the bishop on the platform formerly known as Twitter,...
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. –Mt. 10, 29 To understand suffering, is to understand life. A radical statement – perhaps the more so, inasmuch as suffering is a profound mystery. To claim fully to understand suffering...
Note: This article was first featured January 8, 2026 on Radio Veritas Asia. If 2025 left us worried, 2026 does not yet give much reason for comfort. The Jubilee Year of Hope came with good intentions, but it was marked by wars, displacement, and uncertainty. As we stepped into this new year, many...
Dear Readers, I’ve been meaning to write this since mid-December, and I apologize for the delay. Health issues, family responsibilities, prayer, and discernment all played a role in pushing this note back longer than I intended. As Christmas approached, I stepped away more than I ever have since Where Peter Is was founded...
In recent years, war has begun to feel normal again. Conflicts erupt, borders are violated, and international law is treated as optional. In this video, Pedro Gabriel returns to a phrase Pope Francis often used: “a piecemeal World War.” What once sounded exaggerated or imprecise now appears disturbingly accurate… This episode explores how...
In this throwback episode from a year ago, I talked with my good friend and mentor, Monica Pope, about hope. We began by talking about the role of the catechist before launching into a catechesis about hope in light of the theme of the 2025 Jubilee Year, “Pilgrims of Hope.” All of that...
Part 2 of a series examining Fr. Chad Ripperger’s public teachings on women, marriage, and patriarchy — and their consequences. In Part 1 of this series, I examined Fr. Chad Ripperger’s public claims about women in general: that they are uniquely prone to emotional disorder, inclined toward control, and spiritually impeded by what he...
Through the Scriptures, Tradition, liturgies, and devotions, people can encounter the living Christ and experience his love, healing, and freedom. But what happens when the women and men in the Church who are tasked with teaching doctrine, preaching God’s word, or presiding over the sacraments, do so with carelessness or coercion? What harm...
It is important that a renewed humanism be developed, in which the human identity equates with the category of person. The current crisis, in fact, is also rooted in individualism which obscures people’s relational dimension and leads them to withdraw in their own small world, concerned primarily with satisfying their own needs and...
Today, on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, the Catholic Church celebrates the World Day of Peace. This celebration began in 1968 at the direction of Pope St. Paul VI who was inspired to establish the holiday by Pope John XXIII’s encyclical, Pacem in Terris, and his own encyclical, Populorum Progressio. Pope...
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