Leo XIII's famous encyclical "Rerum Novarum" -- Did you know that you could arguably translate it "Of Revolution"? "Res novae" is more than "new things"; it's also a Latin euphemism for "revolution" that got taken up by Catholics. #Linguistics #ClassicsTwitter wherepeteris.com/magnifica-hu...

Here’s an Interesting article written by a former SSPX Priest adding his thoughts. wherepeteris.com/thoughts-of-...

As a Middle Earth lover, I've always thought the obsession that a set of tech oligarchs appear to have with Tolkien is based on a shallow sense of Tolkien being "cool," with no literary appreciation of his work. Now it seems the Pope agrees! wherepeteris.com/is-pope-leos...

A cardinal fires his exorcist, the Vice President calls UFOs demons, a new Spielberg blockbuster opens — and a network of Catholic exorcists and influencers told their audiences it was the devil's opening move. Inside the latest satanic panic. wherepeteris.com/deception-da...

New one by me. I trace the roots of today’s Catholic outrage machine, from post–Vatican II prophecy culture to online conspiracy networks, and show how “bricolage” thinking helps explain why certain narratives spread so fast on Catholic social media. wherepeteris.com/bricolage-an...

The Vatican offered the SSPX dialogue. The SSPX (updated) said no. A look at five decades of refusal — and why antisemitism, abuse, and an unrepentant culture make reconciliation impossible and probably undesirable. wherepeteris.com/the-sspx-cou...

New one by me. I trace the roots of today’s Catholic outrage machine, from post–Vatican II prophecy culture to online conspiracy networks, and show how “bricolage” thinking helps explain why certain narratives spread so fast on Catholic social media. wherepeteris.com/bricolage-an...

A long read but Mike Lewis has something here in this analytical framework drawing from Lévi-Strauss. Recommended. "John Paul II insisted that truth requires unity of faith and reason — precisely the unity that bricolage disrupts" wherepeteris.com/bricolage-an...

This is an excellent piece by @mfjlewis.bsky.social... Really hard to believe @usccbofficial.bsky.social's commitment with migrants... wherepeteris.com/concerns-ove...

Time for some real talk. Many Catholics devoted to the Tridentine Mass believe the recent restrictions are arbitrary or unjust—but the reasons behind them are real, concrete, and specific, and those reasons may be hard for some to hear. wherepeteris.com/straight-ans...

Time for some real talk. Many Catholics devoted to the Tridentine Mass believe the recent restrictions are arbitrary or unjust—but the reasons behind them are real, concrete, and specific, and those reasons may be hard for some to hear. wherepeteris.com/straight-ans...

This is just textbook 1930’s fascism

The removal of three outspoken critics of Pope Francis from Sacred Heart Seminary exposes a deeper crisis in the U.S. Church—where dissent from the Magisterium is masked as fidelity and ideology masquerades as orthodoxy. wherepeteris.com/false-orthod...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to cancel nearly half a billion dollars in federal funding for mRNA vaccine development is the "most dangerous public health decision" ever, epidemiologist Michael Osterholm said.

The removal of three outspoken critics of Pope Francis from Sacred Heart Seminary exposes a deeper crisis in the U.S. Church—where dissent from the Magisterium is masked as fidelity and ideology masquerades as orthodoxy. wherepeteris.com/false-orthod...

"Ultimately, The Sacred Heart: A Love for All Times by Dawn Eden Goldstein is more than a book about a devotion; it’s a heartfelt invitation to draw closer to Jesus Christ, whose Sacred Heart remains open to each of us." — @mfjlewis.bsky.social in @wherepeteris.com. wherepeteris.com/rediscoverin....

I see that the Bishop of Winona-Rochester has announced and named his quarrel with "the extreme Catholic left." I presume he means the "woke" Catholics. It is embarrassing to explain this but there is no Catholic left. Left and woke aren't ontological categories and a bishop owes his care to...

Today is the fourth anniversary of the death of my dear sister Kate. I wrote this two days after she died. wherepeteris.com/my-sisters-h...

“To be deported by Trump, one does not need to be a drug dealer or a terrorist; apparently, having tattoos and being Venezuelan is enough,” @adamserwer.bsky.social writes:

Everything is bonkers here in the Catholic Church in the United States. wherepeteris.com/strickland-a...

Everything is bonkers here in the Catholic Church in the United States. wherepeteris.com/strickland-a...

My brother, Dr. Joseph Stuart, was on Paul Fahey's podcast, a discussion about Pope Francis' letter on the renewal of the study of Church history www.catholicthirdspace.com/p/16-joseph-...

What once was unthinkable—publicly accusing the pope of heresy or implying he is a danger to the faith—is now routine in certain circles. For those of us who were once in these circles, this is a tragedy. wherepeteris.com/when-the-sca...

Bishop Barron attended Trump’s State of the Union and called it a “liturgy of democracy” in a dangerous attempt to erase the distinction between church and state. My thoughts: open.substack.com/pub/maxwellk...

I was reminded this morning of this article I wrote about the role of emotion and sentiment in faith and liturgy. wherepeteris.com/for-a-more-s...

This nonsense needs to be exposed. Ripperger, Sungenis and friends are peddling fairy tales and science fiction, trying to pass it off as Catholicism. They are corrupting the innocent. wherepeteris.com/father-chad-...

I am beginning to fear that many of the anonymous groypers, trolls, trads, and integrists who post on the "X" website suffer from a paucity of manners, discernment, and critical thinking skills.

I am grateful to have a new essay in @wherepeteris.com. Thanks to @mfjlewis.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to tell "A Tale of Two Converts." One of them, Julia Greeley, is featured in my upcoming book from @loyolapress.bsky.social, The Sacred Heart. wherepeteris.com/a-tale-of-tw...

Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso issues a decree on a rogue traditionalist priest, along with some important doctrinal reminders about unity in the Catholic Church. www.elpasodiocese.org/decree-on-il...

The December 9 obligation confusion is no more. mikelewis.substack.com/p/vatican-fi...

Thousands of innocents who came legally under Humanitarian Parole are caught up in this manhunt. #immigration www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/trum...

The December 9 obligation confusion is no more. mikelewis.substack.com/p/vatican-fi...

Reverence for the inviolable, intrinsic, and infinite dignity of every person must be the foundation of all public policy.

A warrant has been filed for the arrest of the celebrity exorcist priest Fr Carlos Martins, CC, on a misdemeanor charge of battery following a November incident at an Illinois parish. wherepeteris.com/celebrity-ex...

Sweet post from @wherepeteris.com! wherepeteris.com/luce-the-one... @mfjlewis.bsky.social

A warrant has been filed for the arrest of the celebrity exorcist priest Fr Carlos Martins, CC, on a misdemeanor charge of battery following a November incident at an Illinois parish. wherepeteris.com/celebrity-ex...

"Let us think of when slavery was allowed, or when the death penalty—which is unjustifiable, and is in no way the solution to the violence that can strike down innocent people, but instead poisons societies—raised no problem. ...

First Pope to write an autobiography since the late 1300s, the first to publish it during his lifetime. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/w...

The kids are not all right. Fr Chad Ripperger (a popular celebrity exorcist, radical traditionalist, and conspiracy theorist) is scheduled to speak at next month's #Mount2000 youth retreat in Emmitsburg. www.facebook.com/Mount2000/po...

How can faith and science come together to address the complexities of mental health? In the first of a four-part series, Dr. Ariane Sroubek explores the Church's relationship with psychology and the challenges of integrating these perspectives. wherepeteris.com/the-science-...

"Gone in a day were the fruit trees he planted in the front yard, the canyon full of wild anise and chaparral his grandchildren would excitedly explore when they came to visit, the weathered basketball hoop, the basil, the lemon-scented Eucalyptus leaves." www.osvnews.com/2025/01/10/i...

Our "Christmas break" podcast episode, on the history of Jubilee years and what makes #Jubilee2025 different (Spoiler: Gerry is not as much of a #Luce fan as I am) www.americamagazine.org/faith/2024/1...

Thanks for the shoutout, @mfjlewis.bsky.social! wherepeteris.com/the-vaticans...

The kids are not all right. Fr Chad Ripperger (a popular celebrity exorcist, radical traditionalist, and conspiracy theorist) is scheduled to speak at next month's #Mount2000 youth retreat in Emmitsburg. www.facebook.com/Mount2000/po...

Okay. Checking back in here.

Fuller context on that quote from Cardinal Fernández about salvation. It's quite clear that he's a "hopeful universalist" - which is - in my opinion - the most orthodox position (we should not hope that anyone is in hell).

Bishop Joseph Strickland’s public adoption of the Lefebvrist ideology, although tragic, is just another data point in the madness that has beset the once-respectable world of conservative Catholicism. wherepeteris.com/non-serviam-...