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

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…

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!

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?

Blog Note: RomaLocutaEst welcomes Edward J. Barr, an old friend, as a guest contributor.   A Pius View of Amoris Laetitia August 19, 2019 (Edward J. Barr – Guest Contributor) – It has been quite challenging for me to decipher the true meaning of the Pope’s teaching on Amoris Laetitia.  I frankly am stumped with the … More A Pius View of Amoris Laetitia

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

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