Bishop Robert Barron of Word on Fire has taken the trouble to respond to my Commonweal article on World Youth Day in Lisbon, which we were both at, in order to dispel my “confusions” over the distinction between evangelization and proselytism, and what Pope Francis means by those two terms. Barron says that...
The correct answer to the unconditional question “Who is like God?” is the unconditional response “No one is like God!” Only God is truly infinite. Only God exists essentially. Only God is absolutely perfect. All finite substances have real essential powers, but every finite nature presupposes a divine Nature who possesses these powers...
In our first article in this series on Union and Communion, we considered the state of peaceful integrity in which God created the human race, and in our last article we studied how that integrity was lost through our disobedience. Before going on to the consequences of our fractured integrity, I want to...
In a Pope Francis Generation first, this interview was recorded in-person at my house. (If you’re watching on Youtube, you’ll see that we recorded this conversation in my wife, Kristina’s, art studio for her business, Painted Sanctuary.) For this episode, I talked with my good friend, Brian Armbrustmacher, about what it means to discern...
A Reflection on the Readings for August 20, 2023 — The 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time In today’s Gospel reading, we find Jesus as far away from Jerusalem as he’s ever been, at least when you look to his travels that are recorded in the four Gospels. With his disciples, Jesus had walked...
Last week at Where Peter Is, we published a lengthy essay in four parts by theologian Robert Fastiggi, PhD, on the magisterial authority of the 2018 revision to no. 2267 in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) on the death penalty. In his essay, Dr. Fastiggi provides a comprehensive and convincing argument that Pope Francis’s teaching...
Together we can rejoice in the fact that the dialogue, with the passage of time, has brought about a renewed sense of our brotherhood and has created a more open and trusting climate between Christians belonging to the various Churches and Ecclesial Communities (…) I feel the fact that we consider one another...
Due to technical difficulties, this is going up late tonight, but here it is: Dominic de Souza and I return to The Debrief after a short hiatus to catch up on the big stories in the Church, including: Bishop Strickland on Pope Francis and schism Persecution of Catholics in Nicaragua Alabama priest abandons...
Editor’s note: This article is intended to provide people in the English-speaking world with a comprehensive introduction to the situation of the Church in Nicaragua in recent years, including the latest developments. The author of this article, “Carmelita,” is better known as Carmelite Quotes on X and on her blog, carmelitequotes.blog. As people of...
When World Youth Day (WYD) Lisbon 2023 began, the great controversy surrounding it was whether the event had lost its evangelizing flavor, given the controversy surrounding Cardinal-elect Américo Aguiar’s statements on interreligious dialogue. This controversy seems relatively forgotten by now, because the outrage has since moved elsewhere. For a short time, a rumor...
Editor’s note: In recent years, the Church’s teaching on the death penalty has been a topic of much debate among Catholics, especially in the United States where the practice is still legal. In this essay, “Capital Punishment and Magisterial Authority,” theologian Dr. Robert Fastiggi examines the development of the Catholic Church’s position on...
This week I was joined by Pedro Gabriel and Claire Domingues to talk about their experiences at World Youth Day in Lisbon — what they saw, what they learned, and what they experienced. To read their coverage of WYD Lisbon at Where Peter Is, please visit https://wherepeteris.com/category/news/wyd-2023/ To read their coverage at their...
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