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November 10, 2020 (Edward J. Barr) – In PART I we posited that Cardinal McCarrick may have been an unwitting agent of influence for the Chinese communist regime.  If he was, the goal of the Chinese would be to manipulate McCarrick to use his Vatican connections to promote Holy See policies beneficial to the communist … More Chinese Spying on the Vatican: A McCarrick Connection? – PART II – Secondary effects

November 10, 2020 (Edward J. Barr) – The controversial Vatican-Chinese agreement signed in 2018 and just renewed was no doubt aided by the sophisticated and capable Chinese intelligence service. Lost in the recent discussion about the rationale for the Vatican continuing to abide by the as yet undisclosed agreement is the role disgraced former Cardinal … More Chinese Spying on the Vatican: A McCarrick Connection? – PART I – Primary effects

November 7, 2020 (Steven O’Reilly) – The events of the last few days have made clear, as clear can be, that the election process for the presidency of the United States was corrupted by human agency. Today, despite an increasing number of grave accounts of voting fraud, irregularities, violation of election law in key battleground … More Biden: The President-Suspect

October 28, 2020 (Edward J. Barr) – The latest broadside leveled against Church teaching by Pope Francis must above all be seen for what it is, a private opinion expressed in a casual setting. Numerous commentators have rightly called the Pope to task for his ill-advised opining against truths of the faith throughout his pontificate.  … More Pope Francis’ Loose Lips Won’t Sink the Ship: The Barque of Peter sails under the power of Christ

October 5, 2020 (Edward J. Barr) – Anti-Catholicism has a long history in the United States.  Restrictions against Catholics and the Church were part of the law in all jurisdictions of the British Colonies and the inherent prejudices instilled in the fabric of the nation proved challenging for the young Church in what would become the … More Anti-Catholicism in America: Where we are today

September 23, 2020 (Steven O’Reilly) –[Updated 12/05/2024] Roma Locuta Est has published a series of articles related to the 2013 conclave and the election of Pope Francis.  Given the number of articles, and the variety of issues covered, I thought it might be helpful to the interested reader to provide an central index of these … More The Conclave Chronicles

September 9, 2020 (Edward J. Barr) – We live in an age where self-definition supersedes reality.  Hence, a man can say he is a woman, and the government defends his right to maintain his personal delusion, and also forces others to accede to the insanity. The question of self-definition emerged as a result of a … More Can you be Catholic but not Christian?