Category: Schism

Against the Arguments that Claim Benedict XVI is STILL Pope

November 25, 2018

November 24, 2018 (Steven O’Reilly) UPDATED 7/11/2022; 11/26/2018; 11/28/2018 and 11/29/2018 [Also see the updated “The Case Against the Benepapists” and or my book Valid?  The Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI] – The “Benedict is Pope” theory (BIP) has regained steam of late. Ms. Ann Barnhardt recently released a two hour plus video outlining her … More Against the Arguments that Claim Benedict XVI is STILL Pope

Benedict is really, really still not pope! Really!

September 22, 2018

September 21, 2018 (Steven O’Reilly) – Two letters written by Benedict XVI to Cardinal Brandmüller were recently published in part in the German paper, Bild.  Edward Pentin of the National Catholic Register has now published these letters in full, and these may be read in their entirety in his article on the subject (see here). … More Benedict is really, really still not pope! Really!

More Papal Confusion: Footnoting Francis throws his predecessors under the bus

August 6, 2018

August 6, 2018 (Steven O’Reilly) – By now the reader has certainly heard the latest news from Rome.  Pope Francis has “developed” the doctrine on the death penalty, so that what was once licit, is now illicit – or more accurately, “inadmissible.” Here is the new version of the Catechism on the death penalty: 2267. Recourse … More More Papal Confusion: Footnoting Francis throws his predecessors under the bus

The Historicity of Miracles: The case of Julian the Apostate and a lesson for our time

June 24, 2018

June 24, 2018 (Steven O’Reilly) – On the 26th of this month of June in 363 A.D., the Roman Emperor Flavius Claudius Julianus (331-363 A.D.) died from a mortal wound he received at the Battle of Samara during the Roman army’s withdrawal from Ctesiphon, the Parthian capital. This emperor, known to history as Julian the Apostate, … More The Historicity of Miracles: The case of Julian the Apostate and a lesson for our time

Don’t Panic! The Formal Correction is on the way!

April 23, 2018

April 22, 2018 (Steven O’Reilly) – Having been distracted these past months by other matters, I have not had a moment to pen a new blog post until now.  In that time, not much has appeared to have happened on the “formal correction” front. I sense, as a consequence, there is a degree of growing … More Don’t Panic! The Formal Correction is on the way!