June 4, 2023 (Edward J. Barr) – A reversion to the faith is a startling wake-up call for most who are graced with such an experience.  You see the world from an entirely new perspective.  It may not be as dramatic as St. Paul experienced, but scales do fall from your eyes.  It happened to me in my … More Spiritual Warfare – How Demons Recruit: Part I – Setting the Stage

May 25, 2023 (Steven O’Reilly) – The Major League Baseball team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, recently invited the so-called “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence” to a “Pride” night this coming June 16 at Dodger stadium.  Having a “Pride” night, in itself, is revolting, but extending an invitation to the so-called “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence” is an … More Boycott ALL of Major League Baseball!

May 25, 2023 (Steven O’Reilly) – Catholic social media has been all ‘atwitter’ following Taylor Marshall’s announcement he is running for president. While there are those who have welcomed this news, count me among the contrarians with respect to Dr. Marshall’s candidacy. Some stream of conscious thoughts, and opinions are offered below on this topic. … More Taylor Marshall for President? No.

May 21, 2023 (Steven O’Reilly) – Seven years ago on May 20, 2016, Gänswein gave a speech on the occasion of the launch of Fr. Regoli’s book on the papacy of Pope Benedict XVI.  Benepapists seized upon some of the lines of the speech to claim Gänswein’s words prove that Benedict intended to remain pope … More Gänswein’s Speech: Seven years later

May 20, 2023 (Steven O’Reilly) – (Updated 10/14/2023) The Benepapists, also known as Bippers or Benevacantists, continue to propagate their errors via podcasts and books.  In answer to the challenge of the likes of Andrea Cionci, Ann Barnhardt, Dr. Mazza, Estefania Acosta, Patrick Coffin,  et al; Roma Locuta Est has provided a number of resources … More Video Series Debunking Benepapism / BiP / Benevacantism

May 12, 2023 (Steven O’Reilly) – Over the course of the current pontificate, Catholics have been subjected to a growing list of questionable actions by Pope Francis.  Some may, with reason, suggest that describing them merely as “questionable” is to put things too charitably. Items on the list that quickly come to mind include Amoris … More Yet another thing in need of a papal “clarification”?

April 13, 2023 (Steven O’Reilly) – If readers of RomaLocutaEst have not seen it already, please check out my recent article on Benepapism published on OnePeterFive.  Titled “Whither Benepapism“, the article looks at some of the key arguments made by the Benepapists and provides a refutation of them.  In addition, the article looks at an … More A Recent Article on Benepapism

March 13, 2023 (Steven O’Reilly) – Today, March 13, 2023, marks the 10th anniversary of the election of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as pope. These have been a confusing, disturbing, and unsettling ten years to say the least in the Catholic Church. There are so many thing to point to that it is quite easy to … More Five Questions about the 2013 Conclave for the Historical Record

March 4, 2023 (Steven O’Reilly) – One of the arguments that Benepapists use to claim that Benedict remained pope until his death is that he appears to have given apostolic blessings on a couple or more occasions. Indeed, Ann Barnhardt harps on this point (see HERE). In fact, it is true that in at least … More Benepapists and their false claims about Apostolic Blessings