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August 2019

August 20, 2019

Documentation of Taylor Marshall’s attacks on Pope Francis (and prior popes).

A few months ago, when Taylor Marshall's book Infiltration had just come out, someone...

May 2019

May 16, 2019

Crisis!!! Plays Benedict vs. Francis on Amoris Laetitia

Richard A. Spinello, author of this article at Crisis!!!, goes as far as to...

August 2018

August 28, 2018

If Pope Francis Resigns, It Will Not Be Valid. The Church Will Have an Antipope.

Canon 332 tells us why. "If it happens," the canon says, "that the Roman Pontiff...

August 04, 2018

Kwasniewski, Fr. Murray, Death Site News Promote Falsehoods on Death Penalty

On Mr. Arroyo's anti-Francis propaganda show The World Over, Fr. Murray said he had no...

August 02, 2018

On Death Penalty, Roma Locuta Est

Pope Francis has said that the death penalty is "inadmissible." He has put this into...

April 2018

April 11, 2018

Pope Francis Contradicts B16 and JP2 on Abortion? Fake (Site) News!

I tell you again: Give no credence to Fake Site News. Never give them credence,...

November 2017

November 26, 2017

The Filial Correction Corrected. Part 7 of a Response to The Correctors.

I have refuted all the other charges of heresy the filial ones have made against...

October 2017

October 15, 2017

“Ultramontanism” and a Supposed Conflict Between Pope Francis & Pius XII on Capital Punishment

At LMS Chairman, Dr. Joseph Shaw declares a death sentence on Ultramontanism. As evidence, he...

October 08, 2017

The Filial Correction Corrected. Part 6 of a Response to The Correctors.

Give The Correctors credit for consistency. So far, in their self-styled “filial correction” of Pope...

October 02, 2017

The Filial Correction Corrected. Part 5 of a Response to The Correctors.

Given its sterling and unbroken record for inaccuracy, perhaps we should be referring to the...

October 01, 2017

The Filial Correction Corrected! Part 4 of a Response to The Correctors.

The fourth charge of heresy the filial correction lays at the feet of Pope Francis...

September 2017

September 27, 2017

The Filial Correction Corrected. Part 3 of a Response to The Correctors.

In listing supposed heresies of Pope Francis in Amoris Laetitia, the authors of the filial...

September 27, 2017

The Filial Correction Corrected. Part 2 of a Response to The Correctors.

The filial correction is a work, says the National Catholic Reporter, of “mainly obscure figures,”...

September 24, 2017

The Filial Correction Corrected. Part 1 of a Response to The Correctors.

Edward Pentin breathlessly says this is the first filial correction since 1333. I mean, wow....

September 13, 2017

Reports of the Threats to Humanae Vitae Are Greatly Exaggerated

Can we read what Pope Francis has actually said about Humanae Vitae? Is this too...

April 2017

April 24, 2017

The Incoherence of “Just Clarify Amoris! Answer the Dubia!”

True it is that I have said myself: Pope Francis should answer the dubia on...

April 05, 2017

Close Reading the Pope on Martin Luther

Let us do that thing that the blogging Catholic must sometimes do, which is to...

April 05, 2017

Pope Francis Is Wrong About Luther and Justification

Things the pope says in an interview with the press are not Magisterial. I suppose...

March 2017

March 28, 2017

Stop It Already With “But Paul Corrected Peter”

But Paul corrected Peter!" is a standard objection raised in one of two contexts. Either...

March 28, 2017

Cardinal Burke Can’t “Correct” the Pope, But the Pope Can Correct Burke

Lysergic Acid News is blaring trumpets again about the so-called "correction" of the pope by...

March 20, 2017

Luke 10:16: Whoever Rejects the Pope Rejects God

Edward Pentin tweets on March 16 that the threatened "correction" of Pope Francis over Amoris...

March 07, 2017

Oh, That Story About Pope Francis Advocating Population Control …

It was based on a misquotation. Oops. Here is what Vatican panelist Peter Raven actually...

March 05, 2017

Attention Fox News, et al.: The Pope Has Condemned Population Control

Fox News is reporting it. The UK Independent is reporting it. Life Site News is...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

Sorry, But I’ve Changed My Mind About Pope Francis

Imean, I do like Pope Francis. I've defended Pope Francis. I want to believe---I really...

November 16, 2016

How Many Times Must Amoris Laetitia Be Clarified?

Imean, really, dear reader, maybe I am a fool, but didn't we have a clarification...

June 2016

June 30, 2016

David Wanat Calls the Pope’s Critics to Task

At his blog If I Might Interject. Highlights: When people talk about the Catholic Church...

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...

May 2016

May 12, 2016

Let’s All Take a Breath about “Women Deacons”

The National So-Called Catholic Reporter falls down in a paroxysm of joy. In their spasms...

May 10, 2016

Does Amoris Laetitia Treat the Moral Law as a Mere “Ideal”?

Note: This is Part 4 of a five-part response to Dr. E. Christian Brugger's critique...

May 02, 2016

Amoris Laetitia: Welcome to the Field Hospital [Guest Post]

The following is a guest post by Deacon Jim Russell, a regular contributor to Crisis...