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August 2019

August 17, 2019

Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome XXIV: Cardinal Burke’s Rebel Yell.

Once upon a time Patrick Coffin was a decent Catholic apologist with Catholic Answers Live....

May 2019

May 19, 2019

God Willed Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. XXII

There are two senses in which one may speak of "God's will." One may...

August 2018

August 30, 2018

Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. XXI: Lavender Mafia Edition

At The Federalist, you can find this long and rambling article by Paul Rahe. Mr....

August 05, 2018

Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. XX: Death Penalty Edition

John Zmirak, who denies that there is such a thing as Catholic social teaching (this...

October 2017

October 04, 2017

Fake Site News & Crisis!!!!! Misrepresent Pope Francis on Civil Unions. Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. XIX.

Wrong information is being given out at Fake Site News. (The credulous call it Life...

August 2016

August 06, 2016

LGBT Groups Lament Pope’s “Dangerous Ignorance” on Gender Identity. Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. XVIII.

On August 2, Pope Francis said a few words about gender identity---words that are not...

December 2015

December 03, 2015

Pope Speaks on Plane; Church Crashes Into Tiber. Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. XVII.

The Catholic Church has crashed smack into the Tiber River, there are almost no survivors---only...

October 2015

October 01, 2015

Notes on a Dumb Show: Maureen Mullarkey’s Latest Rant. Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. XVI.

Maureen Mullarkey has given vent to another in a long, splenetic string of anti-Francis bloggage....

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...

September 20, 2015

The American Right Erupts in Collective Nutty Over Papal Visit. Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. XIV.

Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona is vexed that the pope might not mention subjects near...

September 14, 2015

The Year of Mercy Confounds New York Times Columnist. Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. XIII.

"You cannot conceive, nor can I,” Graham Greene writes in Brighton Rock, “of the appalling...

September 03, 2015

Greg Toppo of USA Today Says Pope’s Beliefs Just Like Those of Dissenting Catholics. Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. XII.

Greg Toppo, is USA Today's “national K-12 education writer. He’s interested in tech & how...

February 2015

February 23, 2015

I’m Shocked, Shocked to Find That There is Orthodoxy Going On In This Papacy: Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. XI

PFDS, on the left, has reached a critical mass where more and more are reporting...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

Anti-Papal Malarkey and Damnable Schism: Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. X

Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome, on the right, has reached full-scale, raw and tuneless, no-holds-barred, cloud-cuckoo-land,...

January 26, 2015

Glenn Beck Needs a Team to Teach Him About Catholicism: Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. IX

Glenn Beck, with the selfless charity of one who thinks well of himself, has offered...

January 20, 2015

More Liberal Denial and Despair Over Pope Francis: Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. VIII

Liberalism, as it exists today, is a fairy tale that occasionally bumps up against truth,...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

Anna March Unmasks Pope’s Brilliant Disguise: Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. VII

Before she published her major new essay on Pope Francis this past Sunday, I had...

May 2014

May 21, 2014

After LCWR Rebuke, Liberals All Out of Hope About Pope? Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. VI

On April 30, Cardinal Müller rebuked the Wyrd Sisters of the LCWR. In the weeks...

January 2014

January 26, 2014

Fox News “Editor” Adam Shaw Has Temper Tantrum Against the Pope: Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. V

Adam Pshaw is lecturing the pope on economics again. I am surprised Fox News would...

December 2013

December 03, 2013

A Counterblast to Rush Limbaugh on Evangelii Gaudium 54: Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. IV

So I was minding my own business, checking my Facebook the day before Thanksgiving. And...

November 2013

November 20, 2013

In Illinois, Legislators of Evil Co-Opt Pope to Promote Same-Sex Marriage: Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. III

Earlier this month, Illinois became the sixteenth state to legalize same-sex "marriage." In truth, it...

November 03, 2013

Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. II

On October 13, Bernard Fellay gave a homily in which he insisted that he's Catholic....

October 2013

October 04, 2013

Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome Vol. I

It is worse than irony. The very same lysergic, Francis-bashing acid, which one can buy — almost...