September 30, 2023 (Steven O’Reilly) – Over the last six months or so, Roma Locuta Est has been producing a series of video rebuttals of the various claims made by those – “Benepapists” – who believe Benedict remained pope until his death in 2022. Thus far, the video series has looked at various Benepapist claims surrounding … More Ganswein’s Speech Explained

August 21, 2023 (Steven O’Reilly) – In Part I of Roma Locuta Est‘s book review of Pedro Gabriel’s  The Orthodoxy of Amoris Laetitia, we took a look at a series of footnotes wherein yours truly was mentioned (see Book Review: “The Orthodoxy of Amoris Laetitia”). We examined the context of these footnotes and used them … More Book Review: “The Orthodoxy of Amoris Laetitia” – Part II

August 13, 2023 (Steven O’Reilly) – Archbishop Viganò recently said some interesting things in his recent interview with Catholic Family News.  The full interview with Matt Gaspers, dated August 11, 2023, may be found at CFN INTERVIEWS VIGANÒ: Francis, Trump, Ukraine, Child Trafficking, and More. While the interview should be read in its entirety at … More Viganò’s Comments Regarding the 2013 Conclave

August 11, 2023 (Steven O’Reilly) – It’s been a while since Roma Locuta Est has taken up the question of Amoris Laetitia in detail, though I touched upon it briefly in a recent article titled (see Regarding Synods, Sins, and Itching Ears). My attention has focused on other areas, such as publishing a book length … More Book Review: “The Orthodoxy of Amoris Laetitia”

August 9, 2023 (Steven O’Reilly) – Back in May 2021, I had written an article in the midst of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) craze which began with a New York Times article, and the release with it of a couple videos which purported to be evidence of advanced aircraft of possibly non-human in origin (see … More Unidentified Aerial Phenomena: What might it be? Part II

July 4, 2023 (Steven O’Reilly) – A couple months back, I watched Steve Bannon’s interview of Jim Caviezel about a soon-to-be released movie, in which he starred, called The Sound of Freedom. This movie is based on a true story involving child trafficking. Tonight (July 3rd), my wife and I went to our local theater … More Movie Review: Sound of Freedom

June 20, 2023 (Steven O’Reilly) – Today, there was a press conference held at the Vatican at which the Instrumentum Laboris for the upcoming Synod on Synods this October was released to the Vatican press corp. While the Instrumentum Laboris is perhaps intended to appeal to the ears as convincing rhetoric, the Gettysburg Address it … More Regarding Synods, Sins, and Itching Ears

May 25, 2023 (Steven O’Reilly) – The Major League Baseball team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, recently invited the so-called “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence” to a “Pride” night this coming June 16 at Dodger stadium.  Having a “Pride” night, in itself, is revolting, but extending an invitation to the so-called “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence” is an … More Boycott ALL of Major League Baseball!

May 25, 2023 (Steven O’Reilly) – Catholic social media has been all ‘atwitter’ following Taylor Marshall’s announcement he is running for president. While there are those who have welcomed this news, count me among the contrarians with respect to Dr. Marshall’s candidacy. Some stream of conscious thoughts, and opinions are offered below on this topic. … More Taylor Marshall for President? No.