After a visit in late February to Gemelli Isola Tiberina Hospital and undergoing diagnostic tests, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis was “still feeling unwell,” but planned to preside over Holy Week liturgies nevertheless. On February 29, the Pope’s schedule for Holy Week and Easter was announced. It will include Palm Sunday, the...
Without repeating everything that we have already mentioned, it is appropriate first of all to emphasize the following point: for the Church, the first means of evangelization is the witness of an authentically Christian life, given over to God in a communion that nothing should destroy and at the same time given to...
Traditionalist social media has been particularly angry this week over the announcement of a “Catholics in Communion Conference“ sponsored by the Trad Recovery organization to be held this summer at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Belgrade, Montana (which is not as remote as it may sound — the church is less than...
I have spent much of the last two days deeply engrossed in the latest book about Pope Francis, Life: My Story Through History, in which the pope recounts his life through his memories of major world events, such as the outbreak of World War II, the Holocaust, the moon landing, and Argentina’s 1986...
Editor’s Note: A priest asked Deacon McManaman to write this article as something to give to couples who come to seek baptism for their child, but who are not married in the Church, to help them understand Catholic teaching on marriage and the importance of sacramental marriage. We are sharing this as a...
UPDATE: Story developing, see update below. ML. An email went out to Church Militant subscribers at 2:26 PM Eastern US Time this afternoon with the subject “Final Correspondence.” The message, signed by “St. Michael’s Media” announced, “After 17+ years of teaching the Faith, it is with heavy hearts we must now announce the...
I have received questions related to my recent essay in Where Peter Is titled “The Demos II Affair.” In the interest of clarification, I have summarized them and provided brief responses. Q1: Why did you criticize Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI for being monarchs? A1: The article compares Demos’s criticism of...
After Eve Tushnet was on the podcast last year to talk about her book, Tenderness: A Gay Christian’s Guide to Unlearning Rejection and Experiencing God’s Extravagant Love, I knew that she was the person I wanted to bring on the show to unpack Fiducia Supplicans (the new document from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith permitting...
A reflection on the readings for March 17, 2024 — The Fifth Sunday of Lent (Year B) Holy Week will be upon us in just seven days. The week begins with the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on Sunday and ends with him in the tomb on Saturday after his Passion and...
Thomas’ work demonstrates both his commitment to understanding the revealed word of God in all its dimensions and, at the same time, his remarkable openness to every truth accessible to human reason. The Angelic Doctor was profoundly convinced that since God is the truth and the light that illumines all understanding, there can...
I think I have some answers to the questions I brought up last week regarding the apparent takeover of Church Militant. Last week, as you recall, my first article for Where Peter Is was published, about some odd shenanigans at Church Militant’s X (formerly Twitter) page. I described a video where Joe Gallagher...
This is an article that I’m nervous to publish, especially in light of the recent backlash against Pope Francis. This week, the pope has received a great deal of criticism, including criticism from many who typically view him favorably, following his recent “white flag” comment to a Swiss outlet regarding the Russian war...
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