September 14, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – This evening I have read, perhaps, the finest example of “papalolotry” that I have ever read. It was an article written by Stephen Walford for the Vatican Insider (see Pope Francis: Mercy and the Pelagian Problem). The name of Mr. Walford should be well known to regular readers of … More Mr. Walford’s “Ode to Francis”
September 13, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – Last week I outlined my position on the theory held by others which states Benedict XVI is still pope. In this article I’d like to add a few more thoughts to what I have already said on this topic. My response to that theory last week was: Benedict is … More Benedict is STILL not Pope
September 4, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – RomaLocutaEst shares the concerns of many faithful Catholics around the world regarding the course of this current pontificate. Perplexity and confusion over the words and acts of Pope Francis have led many to wonder what is really going on. One recent commentator, Colombian professor Jose Galat, was reportedly excommunicated for … More Benedict is NOT pope
August 20, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – A potential “correction” of Pope Francis is in the news again. The latest on it comes from the Wanderer’s interview of Cardinal Burke which appears in an article dated August 14, 2017 in the online Catholic paper (here). In the Wanderer interview, Cardinal Burke outlined in broad terms what … More High Noon: Musings on a Formal Correction of a Pope
July 31, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – I recently came across an article by Scott Eric Alt on the subject of Pope Honorius dating back to March 2017. This will be my second response to one of his blogs, the first being on the topic of St. Paul’s correction of St. Peter and its relation to … More Why the Case of Pope Honorius Matters, Mr. Alt
April 28, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – Since the publication of Amoris Laetitia (AL), I do not recall ever seeing an official statement by the Archdiocese of Atlanta regarding its understanding of the eighth chapter of this apostolic exhortation. To my knowledge, Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory has never issued any specific communion guidelines or statements in … More Amoris Rumblings in the Archdiocese of Atlanta?
March 27, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – Mr. Stephen Walford has again published on La Stampa’s Vatican Insider website (Amoris Laetitia: The Questions that really need answering) an attempt to attack those who sincerely seek clarification on questions arising from the apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis, Amoris Laetitia. Mr. Walford is at it, again. And, like … More Answering Mr. Walford’s Questions on Amoris Laetitia – Really
(March 15, 2017 – Steven O’Reilly) – March 15th, the Ides of March, is a day of “betrayal” in the annals of history. Julius Caesar was assassinated on this day in 44 B.C. by those he might have had cause to trust. On this day, word comes from the “Anonymous” blog in Rome that the Dubia … More Dubia Cardinals Decide Against Public Correction of Pope?
(March 6, 2017 – Steven O’Reilly) For those who have followed this blog at all in its short span of existence up to this point- you know the following of me. I do not believe Pope Francis intended to speak infallibly in Amoris Laetitia (cf AL 3) Chapter 8, either as exercise of his extraordinary … More Does Amoris Laetitia (297) Deny Hell?
(February 22, 2017 – Steven O’Reilly) My last post (Honorius Redivivus) rebutted an argument advanced by Stephen Walford that Amoris Laetitia (AL) was an exercise of Pope Francis’ ordinary papal magisterium in which he developed a discipline that absolutely forbids communion to the divorced and remarried living more uxurio into one that might allow it … More Honorius Redivivus – Addendum
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