July 5, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) –  The report today is that Cardinal Joachim Meisner, one of the four “dubia cardinals,” has passed away (see here).  God rest his soul. Now the “four” are three. Recent events of the last few days would seemingly suggest the “correlation of forces” are shifting toward the permissive interpretation of … More …And then there were three…

July 2, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – Cardinal Muller is now out – no longer the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Taking his place as Prefect will be Archbishop Luis Ladaria Ferrer, until now the Secretary of the Congregation (see reporting by Edward Pentin at NCRegister).  Folks are understandably trying to … More Time for Catholic Bishops Around the World to Request that Pope Francis answer the Dubia by October 13, 2017

June 28, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – Stephen Walford recently published an “open letter” to the four “Dubia Cardinals” on the Vatican Insider site, wherein he “humbly” requests that the four cardinals withdraw their Five Dubia. Mr. Walford says to the dubia cardinals in his final paragraph of his open letter: “I will end by humbly asking … More Mr. Walford Pelts the Great Wall of China with Popcorn, Again

June 23, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – Austin Ivereigh recently asserted the other day that no one had responded to articles written by Stephen Walford (in Vatican Insider) on the subject of the magisterium of Pope Francis in regard to Amoris Laetitia.  I think the implication was these articles were too powerful for an answer.  Yawn. For … More Responding to Mr. Walford: Been there, done that (several times, Mr. Ivereigh)

June 21, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – In a blog earlier this week, I commented on the publishing of Cardinal Caffara’s letter of April 25, 2017 to Pope Francis, wherein he requested an audience with the pope to discuss the five dubia previously sent to the Pope. The Cardinal went public with the letter earlier this … More Regarding a stealthy Pope and a ‘Pope-less’ Consistory

June 19, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – As reported on Canon212.com, Sandro Magister published on his Settimo Cielo site a letter written to Pope Francis by Cardinal Caffara (of dubia fame). In this letter, Cardinal Caffara respectively addresses the pope and requests – on behalf of all four “dubia cardinals” – an audience with him to … More June Consistory: The O.K. Corral?

June 19, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – It has been reported Pope Francis did not kneel before the Blessed Sacrament on the Feast of Corpus Christi. Others in the blogosphere have noted this. GloriaTV has a photo of this here.  We commented on the Pope’s failure to kneel during the Fatima centenary here.  It is all … More Time for an answer: what is up with the not-kneeling thing?

June 1, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – Under President Trump, the United States will now exit the Paris accord on climate change.  This is excellent news for the country and the American worker.  Yet, word comes via Crux that Argentine Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of … More Papal Motto: Climate Change “Bad” – Doctrinal Change Good?

May 17, 2016 (Steven O’Reilly) – It has been recently reported by two separate Catholic blogs that Pope Francis has established or is about to establish a commission to review Humanae Vitae.  The blog Eponymous Flower citing the reporting of Marco Tossati on leaks from the Vatican, writes that Pope Francis intends to set up a … More Next up: Amoris Vitae?

May 13, 2017 (Steven O’Reilly) – Pope Francis visited Fatima this weekend to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first apparition of Mary on May 13, 2017, and to canonize Francisco and Jacinta.  Granted I did not watch the full coverage of Pope Francis, and fast forwarded through the videos on YouTube but…what struck me … More The “bishop dressed in white” actually kneels, Francis