Benedict is 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

Papal Audience: Mr. Walford plays piano as Pope Francis tap dances around the Dubia

August 31, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – Lifesite News reports that Amoris Laetitia apologist Stephen Walford was granted a 45 minute private audience with Pope Francis (see here). That is a long audience.  There are heads of state and Prefects of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith who do not get that much face … More Papal Audience: Mr. Walford plays piano as Pope Francis tap dances around the Dubia

The “Ear-Tickling Finger of Faithlessness” Award Goes to…

August 25, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) –  Last week I came across an online article by Thomas Reese at the National Catholic Reporter Online regarding how the Catholic bishops’ honeymoon with President Trump has come to end (see here). Though there was the standard parading of our bishops’ leftist leanings, what caught my attention was what … More The “Ear-Tickling Finger of Faithlessness” Award Goes to…

Hell Yeah!

August 27, 2017 (Edward J. Barr, Guest Contributor) – I heard it! I actually heard it during the homily! So, what did I hear? H E double hockey sticks! That’s right, I actually heard the homilist speak the word hell. Now he didn’t really expand upon the concept too extensively, yet he did mention it! … More Hell Yeah!

Who Dispensed Jorge Bergoglio, S.J., from his Vows?

August 24, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – (Note: This article has been updated. See the current version entitled Curiouser and Curiouser: Who Dispensed Jorge Bergoglio SJ from his vows?). If you have been a regular reader of this blog then you know I have long supported the Dubia Cardinals’ quest for answers, and that I support … More Who Dispensed Jorge Bergoglio, S.J., from his Vows?

High Noon: Musings on a Formal Correction of a 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

Thoughts on Free Will and Hypothetical Papal Plots

July 20, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – There has been much commentary on the Internet on whether Pope Benedict XVI freely resigned the papacy. If he did not resign freely, we must conclude: (1) his resignation would be invalid; (2) Benedict would still be Pope and (3) Francis as a consequence would be an anti-pope. Those … More Thoughts on Free Will and Hypothetical Papal Plots

Schonborn as Cardinal Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius

July 17, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – Cardinal Schonborn recently spoke at an event in Ireland. In this talk reported by Austen Ivereigh in a Crux article and commented upon by Phil Lawler at CatholicCulture.Org (see here), Cardinal Schonborn made an interesting admission. Cardinal Schonborn said that after Amoris Laetitia was published that Pope Francis asked him … More Schonborn as Cardinal Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius