My equusasinus.net blog is about a quiet life in Spain with donkeys. It was preceded by the brotherlapin.wordpress.com blog, about a journey to where I am now. The auntiepope.com is a (not entirely serious) blog about what happens when radical Catholic bloggers deviate from Church authority. I also contribute to WherePeteris.com the US Catholic website supporting the mission of Pope Francis.
Since mid-Lent I have been writing for the US-based Catholic website wherepeteris.com – including the weekly series Postcards from the Camino which I finished recently, to coincide with the Feast of Saint James on 25th July. The experience of writing regular articles for a Catholic blog supporting the mission of Pope Francis has been largely … More El Parral: la nueva normalidad
This blog does not usually indulge in current affairs, nor is the author interested in crazy conspiracy theories. The devastation caused by Covid-19 will affect several generations into the future, in both human and financial terms. We all have an interest in discovering how it happened, what caused it. There are no original ideas of … More Idiot’s Guide to the SARS-Cov-2 lab-leak theory
“Postcards from the Camino” continues with #5 from Foncebadón looking at rural depopulation, the economic benefits of the Camino revival, and Pope Francis on the dignity of people living on the margins and the future post-Covid. https://wherepeteris.com/postcard-5-foncebadon-resurrection-on-the-margins
The Walking Out of the World pilgrimage passed through Ligugé Abbey some time ago, but I have returned to the place in an article for WherePeteris.com – published as Postcard #4: Ligugé Abbey – Obedience or fragmentation? – and re-interpreting that same episode in the light of a concept flagged up by Pope Francis: “the … More A postcard from Ligugé Abbey
Postcard #3: Ostabat, Catholic Europe’s international travel hub In the third of my “Postcards from the Camino” on the US Catholic website WherePeteris.com, which supports the mission of Pope Francis, I expose the neo-populist political ideology behind some of the ‘traditionalist’ Catholic websites, including one which I was involved, before it left the orbit of … More The Catholic ‘traditionalists’ part in the Brexit disaster
