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July 2019

July 07, 2019

Infallibility is true, but (almost) useless. With some words about St. Maria Goretti.

Back in 2015 I wrote an article for Epic Pew on the topic of...

April 2017

April 07, 2017

A Heretic Would Not Cease to Be Pope: Thoughts on Bellarmine

I have argued before that a pope can not be a heretic. There is nothing...

April 06, 2017

About that Syllabus of Errors….Guess What Else Pius IX Condemned?

Enemies of so-called "innovations" in Vatican II like to cite the Syllabus of Errors in...

March 2017

March 30, 2017

Did Pope Honorius I Teach The Monothelite Heresy?

Pope Honorius I (625-638) is a favorite example among anti-Catholic Protestants who wish to dispute...

March 23, 2017

Dissenting From the Magisterium Causes Great Spiritual Harm

In Donum Veritatis, the CDF lists several forms dissent against the Magisterium might take. (This...

March 22, 2017

Don’t Believe This Fake Pius IX Quotation on a Pope Teaching Heresy

If a future pope teaches something contrary to the Catholic faith, don't follow him." Trads...

March 07, 2017

What Does It Mean To Give “Religious Assent”?

Lumen Gentium; the Catechism of the Catholic Church; the Profession of Faith; and Canon Law:...

March 04, 2017

Let’s Retire this Balderdash About Papal Infallibility

And I mean the balderdash that says you only have to listen to the pope...

February 2017

February 03, 2017

But What If A Pope Did Teach Heresy Ex Cathedra?

Now, as I see it, this is like asking, “But what if God had made...

June 2016

June 21, 2016

Pope Francis Corrects Pope Francis; Will Media Correct Media? [Updated]

Update: An earlier version of what is below stated, incorrectly, that Adam Shaw's article neglected...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

The Definition of “Common Teaching” and What That Tells Us About Limbo

Limbo apologist Kevin Kukla is at it again. In the comment section of one of...

April 27, 2016

Pope Agrees to Discuss Infallibility With Hans Kung. This is What it Means.

September 2015

September 29, 2015

Disappointed Judge Napolitano Calls Pope Francis a “False Prophet.” Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. XV.

So I go to Fox News and I find Judge Napolitano raving on about the...

June 2015

June 25, 2015

Laudato Si is a Hard Teaching. And We Must Accept It.

Encyclicals take time to read. They take still longer to digest and understand, and longer...

December 2014

December 18, 2014

First, the Really Bad Argument Against Infallibility

The real flaw in the loopy Mr. Kevin Failoni’s thinking is the idea that infallibility...

April 2013

April 24, 2013

Why Jason Stellman Has Protestantism Nailed

Jason Stellman is spot-on in his exposure of the Protestant double-standard on infallibility; i.e., that...

April 20, 2013

The Amazing Mr. X Riddles Us More on Papal Infallibility

I am worried about Mr. X. Normally, he is one of the abler critics of...

April 19, 2013

The Amazing Mr. X Plays Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That

Time and again, the Protestant apologist lacks a basic understanding of the point of infallibility....

April 08, 2013

Is John Bugay’s Rejection of Infallibility Infallible?

Given the basis of Mr. Bugay’s critique, one would think he’d be grateful for the...

February 2013

February 06, 2013

John Bugay’s False Understanding of Infallibility

In a recent post, John Bugay, the polemical rogue, begins with this strange question: “Over...