Review: Fr. Walter Ciszek: With God in America
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to sit and chat with a saint? Then I commend to you the new book, With God in America, featuring the writings of Servant of God Walter Ciszek, S.J....
Pope Francis Cancels Meetings With Curia in Wake of Four Cardinals Letter
In a story reported by Deacon Nick Donnelly on the UK website of EWTN (the site is now down; there’s no saying if this is a traffic issue or some sort of denial of service attack) it has been revealed that Pope Francis will skip the usual days of meetings with the curia in anticipation…
The Dictatorship of Mercy
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own…
Cardinal Marx Under Fire For Removing Pectoral Cross at Temple Mount
In October of 2016, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the head of the German Bishops’ Conference, along with Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, the head of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), together made an official visit to Israel. In spite of the fact that this visit was meant to be an ecumenical event, it turned out, in part,…
Actual Headline: “Pope Francis Explains How to Put Up With Annoying People”
The surreality of covering Church news these days is occasionally hilarious. Rome Reports is running a short piece today under the headline, “Pope Francis Explains How to Put Up With Annoying People“. I am not making this up: This week he spoke of one work of mercy that was of much interest: patiently enduring annoying people. POPE FRANCIS…
Cardinal Burke Prepared for “Formal Act of Correction” of Pope Francis
Yesterday, I published an excerpt of Cardinal Burke’s interview with Catholic Action. At the time of publication, I had not yet seen his separate interview with Edward Pentin, in which he took an even firmer stance. The importance of what is being said here can’t be understated. Again, I will highlight several important passages: Are you…
A Rapidly Emerging Schism
All the attempts that have been made to address the severe problems posed by the synods on marriage and the family and the post-synodal apostolic exhortation have been completely ignored by Rome. But with the advent of the “Four Cardinals Letter” and Cardinal Burke’s subsequent — and extremely significant — explanatory interview, it seems that…
Cardinal Burke’s Groundbreaking Interview Signals Official Papal Resistance
Cardinal Raymond Burke, one of the signatories of the so-called “Four Cardinals Letter,” gave an interview to Catholic Action in which he explained the reasons behind the letter and why it was time to take the step of releasing it to the public. I believe this interview is a major step in the direction of an official…
Silence Gives Consent: Four Cardinals Challenge Francis
The maxim is “Qui tacet consentire videtur”: the maxim of the law is “Silence gives consent”. If therefore you wish to construe what my silence betokened, you must construe that I consented, not that I denied. -St. Thomas More, A Man for All Seasons It is not without a sense of irony that I have…
Pope: “It is the Communists Who Think Like Christians”
During this week where Americans have been distracted by the unexpected upset of a presidential election that could very well change the course of our collective future, Pope Francis has been busy making political statements of his own. In yet another interview with Eugenio Scalfari (see our standard rebuttal to “you can’t trust Scalfari!” here), this…
Pope Francis Visits With Married Ex-Priests
The German branch of Vatican Radio just reported that Pope Francis has made an unusual visit today. According to today’s Radio Vatikan article, Pope Francis went privately this Friday afternoon to Ponte di Nona on the outskirts of Rome in order to meet with seven families together in a private apartment. All fathers of these families…
