September 6, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – Sad news out of Italy. LifeSite News and others are reporting that Cardinal Caffarra, one of the Dubia cardinals, has died. May God rest his soul. He is the second of two Dubia cardinals to have passed away in the last two months. After the first died, I penned … More And then there were two!
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 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?
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
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 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
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
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