Monthly Archive: September 2015
An article by Italian journalist Maurizio Blondet is making the rounds alleging that Pope Benedict XVI was blackmailed into abdication by forces allied with SWIFT (the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication), which had a hand in the shutdown of ATM and bank …
Just last week I wrote: It seems that very often when the media reports “Pope Francis blessing” this person or that, the video footage shows him doing nothing of the sort; rather, what I usually see is a gathering of the faithful being …
I just returned home from the Catholic Identity Conference; the second I’ve had the privilege of joining as one of the speakers (and the least of them at that, believe me). In addition to attending the beautiful liturgies, listening to the outstanding talks, …
Edward Pentin is reporting that Cardinal Godfried Danneels admitted, in a recently released authorized biography, that he was part of what he called a “Mafia’ Club” opposed to Pope Benedict XVI: called it a “mafia” club that bore the name of St. Gallen. The …
As my friend Fr. José Miguel Marqués Campo said of Pope Francis and his visit to the United States, he’s certainly outdoing himself! I must admit that I’ve been a little detached from the coverage as I’ve been busy preparing for this weekend’s …
In a recent article in The Atlantic, Fr. John O’Malley, S.J. reacted to news that Pope Francis will offer a portion of today’s Mass in Washington, D.C., in Latin, saying: It’s very unusual. It’s not unheard of, but it doesn’t make much sense, …
In light of the continued calumnies of Michael Voris and Fr. Paul Nicholson (otherwise known as Mr. Carroll’s Merry Band of Pusillanimous Puppets), I offer here the following video from several months back. It tells you all you need to know about their …
As the Synod of Bishops quickly approaches, speculation about the outcome is reaching a fever pitch, and this make sense to me given that so much is at stake. What makes no sense to me whatsoever, however, is the suggestion that we as …
Over the course of the last three days, Michael Voris has put his unholy obsession with the SSPX on display via some 30 minutes of video (with the promise of more to come) featuring over four thousand words – a portion of which …
An op-ed by Ross Douthat published in the September 5th edition of the N.Y. Times, The Pope’s Marriage Endgame, is getting a good bit of attention. In it, Douthat suggests that Pope Francis “wanted a big internal argument over marriage and communion, …
