June 1, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – Under President Trump, the United States will now exit the Paris accord on climate change.  This is excellent news for the country and the American worker.  Yet, word comes via Crux that Argentine Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of … More Papal Motto: Climate Change “Bad” – Doctrinal Change Good?

May 17, 2016 (Steven O’Reilly) – It has been recently reported by two separate Catholic blogs that Pope Francis has established or is about to establish a commission to review Humanae Vitae.  The blog Eponymous Flower citing the reporting of Marco Tossati on leaks from the Vatican, writes that Pope Francis intends to set up a … More Next up: Amoris Vitae?

May 13, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – Pope Francis visited Fatima this weekend to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first apparition of Mary on May 13, 2017, and to canonize Francisco and Jacinta.  Granted I did not watch the full coverage of Pope Francis, and fast forwarded through the videos on YouTube but…what struck me … More The “bishop dressed in white” actually kneels, Francis

May 9, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – It has been sad to see the shabby treatment the former Grand Master of the Knights of Malta received at the hands of Pope Francis. By all accounts, the former Grand Master is a great man who has done great work for the poor throughout the world, and throughout … More Profiles in Obedience (to Rome)

May 2, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – It seems that Pope Francis continues to return to his oft-repeated characterization of  Catholics, at least those who actually believe what the Church has taught always and everywhere, as “rigid.” I’ve trained myself not to roll my eyes every time he says it for fear my eyes might get … More Lighten Up, Francis

April 18, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – On April 10, 2017, InfoVaticana published an interview with Cardinal Burke. It contained good news and bad news. Cardinal Burke indicated that there were “more than four cardinals” who support the Dubia.  That is a spot of good news. The bad news is that, speaking of these other cardinals, … More Kicking the Crisis Can Down the Road

April 7, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – Having been quite busy of late on other things, I am only now returning to address a brief blog that caught my attention a week or so ago. It was written by Scott Eric Alt and it was entitled “Stop it Already with ‘Paul Corrected Peter.’” Mr. Alt begins his … More To Be or Not to Be a “Correctionist”