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Having Worshipped Pachamama, Pope Francis Now Disparages Mary’s Co-Redeeming Role

by Luiz Sérgio Solimeo December 30, 2019December 23, 2019

In October, Pope Francis attended the worship of the “Pachamama” pagan goddess in the Vatican gardens where he blessed the idol. Days later, the idol was introduced into St. Peter’s Basilica. After five copies of the statuette were thrown into the Tiber, he asked forgiveness for the pretended offense. Now, at the Mass … Read more

A Confidant Says Pope Francis Denies Jesus’s Divinity: Where Is His Indignant Refutation?

by Luiz Sérgio Solimeo October 22, 2019October 22, 2019

As people’s attention is turned to the Amazon Synod underway in Rome, an unbelievable statement attributed to Pope Francis has made the news: the Supreme Pontiff is alleged not to believe in the divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ! The news came from his longtime friend and confidant, the atheist news editor … Read more

Sins of Impurity? No Worries, Says Pope Francis

by Luiz Sérgio Solimeo October 7, 2019October 7, 2019

Commenting on Pope Francis’s statements during his recent trip to Mozambique, the Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano, headlined: “Pope Francis: ‘Gluttony and lust are not grave sins. Clericalism, fixated on sex, is a true perversion in the Church.’” Supporting the Sexual Revolution Reading this headline, a Catholic could be tempted to conclude that … Read more

Pope Francis: “It’s an Honor That the Americans Attack Me”

by Luiz Sérgio Solimeo September 20, 2019September 19, 2019

“It’s an honor that the Americans attack me.” Whose anti-American diatribe is this? Is it Venezuelan socialist dictator Maduro’s or Bolivia’s equally socialist Evo Morales? Perhaps Nicaragua’s bloodthirsty tyrant Daniel Ortega? It hurts to say it, but it came from the lips of the common father of the faithful (including Americans)—Pope Francis. … Read more

Having Favored Homosexuality, America Magazine Now Softens Catholic Rejection of Communism

by Luiz Sérgio Solimeo August 16, 2019August 13, 2019

“Communists … are opposing an economic system based on avarice, exploitation and human suffering, afflicting the comfortable and comforting the afflicted.” This phrase could appear in a communist propaganda pamphlet or speech by Fidel Castro, Daniel Ortega or any left-wing demagogue. Yet, it appears in a significant essay in the August 5, … Read more

The Theological Hypothesis of a Heretical Pope

by Luiz Sérgio Solimeo July 18, 2019July 15, 2019

“The Pope Manifestly a Heretic Ceases by Himself to Be Pope” In a previous article we did a quick examination of heresy in general, and how it is incompatible with ecclesiastical jurisdiction. We concluded that the abandonment of the Catholic Faith corresponds to a tacit resignation of any ecclesiastical office, since those … Read more

The Heretic Excludes Himself From the Church, “Being Condemned by His Own Judgment”

by Luiz Sérgio Solimeo July 18, 2019July 3, 2019

In a previous article, we showed the gravity of the sin of heresy and how an ambiguous teaching leads to heresy or already contains it. According to Saint Thomas Aquinas, the sin of heresy participates in the gravest of sins, the hatred of God, which “is chiefly a sin against the Holy … Read more

Ambiguity, Heresy, and Hatred of God

by Luiz Sérgio Solimeo July 18, 2019May 31, 2019

Man was not given speech to conceal his thoughts, but to express the truth. However, to spread their errors, heretics conceal the depths of their thinking, cloaking them in obscurity to be understood only by the initiated. Ambiguity and Heresy In general, a heretic uses the shadows of ambiguity to deceive the … Read more

Bloody Easter: The Peace of Christ and Islamic Hatred

by Luiz Sérgio Solimeo May 11, 2019May 10, 2019

The Fire in Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral Holy Week 2019 began tragically, with the April 15 fire in Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral, a major symbol of Christendom. No conclusion can be drawn from the news, whether the fire was accidental or intentional. What is certain is that France has been suffering constant … Read more

ISIS and a Jesuit Priest Rejoice as Notre Dame Burns

by Luiz Sérgio Solimeo April 24, 2019April 23, 2019

“Notre-Dame de Paris … is the very soul of France, the soul of the firstborn daughter of the Church,” said Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, later Pope Pius XII. This explains the shock and universal commotion in the face of the tragic fire that destroyed part of the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris … Read more