Resignation Archive
Was the 2013 renunciation of Benedict XVI a valid act of resignation? Almost immediately after issuing the Declaratio of 10 February 2013, there were serious scholars, clerics and religious – men holier and more learned than I – calling its validity into question. …
Questions concerning the validity of Benedict XVI’s so-called resignation continue to swirl; in fact, it appears that the controversy is snowballing. The reason: More and more people are coming to the undeniable conclusion that Jorge Mario Bergoglio simply is not Catholic; that is, …
Inés San Martín of Crux recently reported a claim alleging that Pope Benedict XVI “wanted Bergoglio as his Secretary of State.” An Argentine priest who knew Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires prior to his election as Pope Francis claims that in …
Media outlets worldwide, both secular and Catholic, have been discussing Francis’ Santa Marta homily of 15 May wherein he suggested that he is contemplating retirement. According to Vatican News: Pope Francis focused his reflections on the day’s reading from the Acts of the …
Yesterday’s post elicited an enthusiastic response, most especially from supporters of the “dogmatic certainty” argument. Before I address some of their comments, I want to share with you an amusing anecdote that comes to us courtesy of our beloved friend John Vennari, buon’anima! …
Consider, if you will, the following hypothetical scenario: A Catholic man and woman are validly joined in holy matrimony. At some point, the man abandons his wife. No annulment is obtained. The man, still validly wed, proposes marriage to another woman; managing to …
Shortly after Archbishop Gänswein explained the intentions of Benedict XVI with respect to “expanding” the Petrine ministry so as to endow it with a “collegial and synodal dimension,” I expressed my opinion: Bearing in mind what the Catholic Church has always believed, taught …
