Deacon Nick Donnelly is an author based in the diocese of Lancaster, England. He is the online news editor for EWTN Great Britain. You can follow him on Twitter at @protectthepope.
Author: Deacon Nick Donnelly
Pro-Pope Francis Cardinals Seek His Resignation to Avoid Schism, Reports Times of London
The London Times newspaper is reporting that a group of cardinals who supported Pope Francis now want him to resign and be replaced by Cardinal Pietro Parolin because they fear his reforms will cause a schism “more disastrous” than the …
Freemason Service at England’s Mother Church on Same Day as Consecration to Our Lady
Justin Welby, the Church of England’s Archbishop of Canterbury, is allowing a full Masonic service to be conducted in Canterbury cathedral on the same day that Cardinal Nichols reconsecrates England and Wales to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Westminster …
Catholic Editor Forced Out on Christmas Eve Over Criticism of Amoris Laetitia
Henk Rijkers, the editor of the Catholic weekly, Katholiek Nieuwsblad, was forced out of his job on Christmas eve for questioning Amoris Laetitia. Rijkers held the post of editor for four years and is a 59-year-old father of three adolescent children. Katholiek Nieuwsblad …
Italian Archbishop: In 10 Years We Will All Be Muslims
(Image: Battle of Lepanto) Monsignor Carlo Liberati, Archbishop Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, has warned that Europe will become Muslim in ten years due to the weakness of Christianity. Archbishop Liberati was responsible for the Pontifical …
Bishop Schneider: Freemasonry is an “Instrument of Satan” Seeking to Destroy the Church
Bishop Athanasius Schneider, a collaborator with Cardinal Burke and an auxiliary bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan, has given a lecture on “Mary, conqueror of all heresies”, in which he warned that Freemasonry is an “instrument of Satan”. Bishop Schneider made this observation in the context …
Pope Says “Malevolent” Resistance to His Reforms Takes “Refuge in Traditions”.
(CNS photo/Paul Haring) Pope Francis again returned to his critique of ‘spiritual diseases’ during his annual Presentation of Christmas Greetings to the Roman Curia. This year this included his analysis of what he considers ‘good’ resistance and ‘bad’ resistance to …
Is Pope Francis Really “Not Against” the Enneagram?
Austen Ivereigh, a journalist for the Catholic news website Crux, has written a post celebrating Pope Francis’s 80th birthday in which he claims that the Holy Father is “not against” the Enneagram, though he does have reservations about its misuse: “Pope …
Cards. Burke & Brandmüller Join Meeting of Bishops, Priests & Laity About Dubia
(Photo: interior of the Basilica of Saint Balbina, Rome) On Monday 5th December Cardinals Burke & Brandmüller joined a meeting about the dubia at the Lepanto Foundation, at the foot of the Basilica of Saint Balbina, Rome. The keynote speaker was Bishop Schneider who …
There’s Already a Bizarre Schism Among Some Clergy, Says Bishop Schneider
Bishop Athanasius Schneider, the internationally renowned apologist of the fullness of the Catholic faith, admits that we are already witnessing a bizarre schism among some clergy who profess union with the pope but who have broken their ties with Christ, …
Cardinal Burke Appeals For Catholics to “Storm Heaven” with the Rosary Today
Cardinal Raymond Burke, one of the four cardinals submitted the dubia to Pope Francis, has issued an appeal to Catholics throughout the world to join him in storm with with the Most Holy Rosary on the 1st December 2016. His Eminence Cardinal …