March 13, 2021 (Steven O’Reilly) – Today is the eight anniversary of the election of Pope Francis. I wasn’t planning on marking this year’s anniversary with an article, as I had last year (see The 7th Anniversary of the Election of Cardinal Bergoglio), or as I had on the 8th anniversary of the “influential Italian … More On the 8th Anniversary of the Election of Cardinal Bergoglio
June 28, 2020 (Steven O’Reilly) – Over on the Clarifying Catholicism site (https://clarifyingcatholicism.org/), Clara Gerdes, a student at Yale University, just reviewed book one of my PIA FIDELIS trilogy, The Two Kingdoms. The review may be found here: Intrigue and Advance: Review of Pia Fidelis (NB: An article on one of the mains characters, Julian the … More Book Review of PIA FIDELIS
June 26, 2020 (Steven O’Reilly) – On this day, June 26, in the year 363 A.D., 1657 years ago, the Roman Emperor Julian — known to history as Julian the Apostate — died as the result of wounds he had received during the Battle of Samarra. Julian had wanted to restore the declining pagan religion … More June 26: The Anniversary of the Death of an Apostate
October 17, 2019 (Steven O’Reilly) – The month of October wears on, as does the Amazon Synod in Rome. While I have been following the goings on in Rome, I have not had time to put fingers to keyboard until now. Events have dictated otherwise. My wife’s mother passed away on September 30 (God rest … More Time for an imperfect council to consider the case of an imperfect pope
June 3, 2019 (Steven O’Reilly) – For those who have followed Roma Locuta Est for any length of time, you may have noticed on the “about” page or in the writer’s bio at the bottom of each article that I have been writing a historical-fiction book — or actually a trilogy. The first book, finally(!), should … More PIA FIDELIS: The Two Kingdoms