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...
Yesterday brought news of the resignation of Fr. Barry Stechschulte as pastor of St. Susanna’s Church in Mason, Ohio, in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The priest resigned following mounting pressure after it was revealed that in 2012 — shortly after he became pastor of Holy Rosary Church in St. Mary’s, Ohio — he...
Everyone not only has the freedom, the right, but also the obligation, to say what they think in order to promote the common good. The obligation (…) We have the obligation to speak openly, to enjoy this freedom, but without offending others (…) We cannot provoke others, we cannot insult their faith, we...
Last week I came across an article in my inbox, written by two respected scholars of religion and social science, Dr. Stephen Bullivant and Dr. Stephen Cranney. Bullivant is a Professor of Theology and the Sociology of Religion and serves as the director of the Benedict XVI Centre for Religion and Society, a...
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