When we speak about films, just as we do about any other creation that appeals to the sense of sight, we must make a few clarifications from the outset, as elementary as they are essential. Following Plato’s teaching in the dialogue Timaeus (69e), we must pay due attention to the way in which the human being is created by God. Thus, Plato draws our attention to the hierarchy of the constituent…

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September 8th is the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, where we recall her birth and role in the divine plan for our salvation. The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is one of only three birthdays honored in the liturgical year: the others being that of St. John the Baptist and that of Jesus Christ Himself, all three born without original sin, though only Mary and Jesus were free from sin at…

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NOTICE TO READERS: The text below was transcribed from the original text of the lecture given at the 30th Annual Roman Forum Summer Symposium, in Gardone Riviera, Italy, July 6 – 17, 2023. The original text of the lecture is available for download here. The text below was neither checked nor proofread by the author. In case of differences the original text prevails. A video version of the…

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We come now to the 15th Sunday after Pentecost, known in the older Roman reckoning as Quinta post Sancti Laurentii, the fifth Sunday after St. Lawrence. The Romans loved their deacon martyr, whose basilica stood beyond the walls along the Via Tiburtina. In the ancient arrangement, Sundays throughout the year had their station churches, not only the Sundays of Advent and the days of Lent.

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On July 13, 1917, during the third apparition at Fatima, Our Lady warned that if mankind did not repent God was “going to punish the world for its crimes by means of war, hunger, persecution of the Church and of the Holy Father.” But here’s Mary’s promise: So there it is. A promise and a request. One request was for the Pope to do something, and the other request was for the…

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The Crusade of Eucharistic Reparation is a lay sodality run by OnePeterFive in partnership with Benedictus and LatinMass.com (Mass of the Ages). This crusade was called by His Excellency, Bishop Athanasius Schneider in June of 2020 in response to the profanations of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament during the COVID crisis. Now he has also added the intention of the reversal of Traditionis…

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In the previous article, we began to look at the scholarship of Sister Lucy Truth (SLT), specifically concerning the egregious error it made in its video about Fr. Alonso in relation to the Fake Lúcia Hypothesis (FLH). Presently, we will discuss developments concerning the tradition of grilles and veils within the Carmelite Order, and how such a custom has been brought to bear within the ambit of…

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Editor’s note: under the new pontificate of Pope Leo, we will publish this monthly reminder of the proven, time-tested method to end heresy and the responsibility of every bishop for this, the “greatest act of charity.” Back in 2023, all orthodox Catholics of good will heard the news of His Excellency, Bishop Paprocki’s condemnation of heresy in one of the most prominent American journals…

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Editor’s note: this is the first of a series of publications from this year’s Roman Forum in Gardone, Italy. Above: the Acropolis of Athens. OnePeterFive Podcast Public Space and the “Cult of Domesticity”…

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An Excerpt from Vladimir Solovyov, Russia and the Universal Church, trans. Rees (London: Centenary Press, 1948), 96-98. It was not Simon’s apostleship that involved his change of name, for the change, though already predicted, was not made at the time of the choice and solemn sending forth of the Twelve. All with the single exception of Simon retained their own names in the apostleship…

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In the previous article, we traced a rather broad history of the Fake Lúcia Hypothesis (FLH) from 2006 to the present. In this article, we will make an initial dive into some of the material from Sister Lucy Truth (SLT) and ask whether its scholarship warrants credibility. SLT has today confined itself to the credibility and expertise of the people the organization hired to examine various…

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