José Antonio Ureta 
It is still too early to know what program the new pope will implement. One thing seems clear: the present situation of the Church calls for a return to clarity and order. Let us hope that this needed reform will not be only on the level of external appearances since, as Victor … Read more
In February 2008, Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy, provided insights into a profound spiritual struggle facing the Church. After celebrating Mass at the tomb of Padre Pio, he revealed in an interview with Tele Radio Padre Pio that he had written to Sister Lucy, the last surviving seer of Fatima, seeking her … Read more
Much of what Dr. John Lamont includes in his response to my previous replies repeats what has already been seen. Thus, I will limit myself to some brief remarks. For Dr. Lamont, the fact that bishops have a power of ordinary jurisdiction is incompatible with the fact that this power was granted … Read more
In a previous essay, I showed external errors in Dr. John Lamont’s argument against my article “Why a Good Bishop Should Not Ignore but Obey His Unjust Deposition by a Pope,” on Bishop Joseph Strickland’s removal from the diocese of Tyler, Texas. Specifically, it was about a mistranslation of a text from … Read more
On December 18, 2023, the same day that the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith released Fiducia supplicans, Dr. John Lamont published a study “On the Papal Deposition of Bishops” in Rorate-Coeli. It was an attempt to refute my article titled “Why a Good Bishop Should Not Ignore but Obey His … Read more
Responding to press reports that the pope will ask for his resignation, Bishop Joseph Strickland wrote on his blog: “I have said publicly that I cannot resign as Bishop of Tyler because that would be me abandoning the flock that I was given charge of by Pope Benedict XVI. I have also … Read more
In recent weeks, Pope Francis has repeated that critics of the new developments he is introducing into the Church are victims of “ideology.” In his view, this is because they refuse to embody Catholic doctrine into the vicissitudes of the daily lives of the baptized and their fellow countrymen. In his controversial … Read more
Cardinals Arthur Roche and Raniero Cantalamessa indirectly acknowledged (perhaps unintentionally) what critics of Paul VI’s Novus Ordo Missae have said for over fifty years: The new rite corresponds to a new theology that “represents, both as a whole and in its details, a striking departure from the Catholic theology of the Mass … Read more
As the title of Henri Sire’s book The Dictator Pope has it, we can say that Pope Francis behaves like a true despot. At the end of August (2022), he finally organized a consistory of cardinals but, in practice, muzzled them by dividing them into language groups. He only allowed a rapporteur … Read more
Credit must be given to Prof. Massimo Faggioli on at least one count: he shows candid frankness by saying what his liberal Catholic comrades refuse to admit while hiding their heads in the sand. The Villanova University scholar wrote two articles in La Croix International shortly after the publication of Querida Amazonia … Read more