The story about the letter from Pope Benedict to Msgr. Viganò (see here, here, here, and here for our coverage) has, as new deceptions have come to light piecemeal over the past week, grown from something seemingly insignificant into an enormous embarrassment for the Holy See. It has become emblematic of the mess within the Church,…
We told you early on about the incredibly important book offering a deeply-researched critical evaluation of the Francis pontificate, The Dictator Pope. It has proven to be a blockbuster, rocketing to the top of the Amazon charts in its category and finally landing a deal with a major publisher, which will result in not only a hard…
Editor’s note: yesterday, we received a flurry of messages and emails about a very unexpected situation at St. John Cantius in Chicago, an epicenter of the restoration of Catholic tradition not just for America, but the world. The pastor, Fr. Frank Phillips, had been removed by the archdiocese as both pastor and superior pending an…
Today, 17 March, Sandro Magister, the well-informed Vatican specialist, has some more revelations to report with regard to the recent publication of a letter written by Pope emeritus Benedict XVI in response to an invitation to review eleven volumes on the theology of Pope Francis. As it turns out, not only did the Vatican try…
In recent weeks, more information about the Barros case has come to us which is worth reporting. The Chilean Cardinal Javier Errázuriz Ossa – one of the members of the pope’s Council of Nine Cardinals – recently wrote a letter to various Latin American bishops’ conferences complaining about the fact that Bishop Juan Barros’ presence…
We received an email not long ago that said, “Those who recognize the seriousness of the battle are in the minority. That’s where your publication provides a great sanity check and assurance that we’re not alone in our assessment of what’s happening to our Church. So take heart and know that so many of your readers are strengthened…
Guests: Hilary White, Catholic journalist and blogger; Michael Hichborn, President of The Lepanto Institute; Gabriel Ariza, Founding Editor of InfoVaticana.com. Description: The letter from Pope Benedict praising Pope Francis was written in response to a request that he write something about a new 11-volume set of books on the theology of Pope Francis. Even before the photo…
Yesterday, I wrote about what happened with the visually altered letter from Pope Benedict — the one the Vatican attempted manipulated to use as a marketing prop to promote an 11-volume series on the “theology” of Pope Francis. If you haven’t seen the facts of the case, read this first. What I find particularly fascinating…
The Vatican published parts of a letter from Pope Benedict this week, and the Catholic world suddenly lost its mind. The reason? Because the letter said that “Pope Francis is a man of profound philosophical and theological formation” and that the 11-volume theological work on the theology of the pope “help to see the inner…
Mit langem Atem – Wege. Erfahrungen. Einsichten (With Long-Term Perseverance. Ways. Experiences. Insights) Cardinal Karl Lehmann (Author); Markus Schächter (Editor) 272 pages 19,99 € Cardinal Karl Lehmann – who was for twenty years the President of the German Bishops’ Conference and who thus greatly shaped the Catholic Church in Germany – just died, on 11 March, in his…
In the world today, there is a tendency to separate spiritual things from objective guidelines and rules. How many people call themselves “spiritual but not religious,” as if to say the precepts of religion have no connection with the spiritual life? Nevertheless, it has been the constant teaching of the Church that doctrine and spirituality…
