De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.

Hat tip to Matthew Hazell for the image  @M_P_Hazell on Twitter Phil Lawler sums up the utter mess of the current Pontificate succinctly in this post . He says: OK, I think I understand now. The Vatican “carried out a detailed consultation of the bishops in 2020” regarding the use of the traditional Latin Mass. Although we’ve never seen the results of that consultation, Pope Francis determined that “the wishes expressed by the episcopate” called for a crackdown on traditionalism. But the bishops who wanted that crackdown can’t be trusted to do it themselves. In a “synodal” Church, the Vatican listens carefully to all the faithful, and serves the needs of the diocesan bishops—in this case, by telling them what to do. In  Traditionis Custodes  (#4), when the Pope wrote that the diocesan bishop has “exclusive competence to authorize the use of the 1962 Roman Missal in his diocese, according to the guidelines of the Apostolic See,” what he meant was that a diocesan bishop...

In the context of this article by the excellent Phil Lawler, Dr. Peter Kwasniewski offers the following comment: Not long ago, I was involved in a fairly intense discussion of whether Pope Francis is an evil man. One side said "yes, absolutely, you can see that from his years-long patterns of equivocation, ambiguity, and deception, his personnel selections and promotions, his attitude of contempt for tradition, his arrogance, insults, etc." The other side said "no, we don't know enough about his internal state, his knowledge, his capacities, to be able to make such a claim. All we can say is that he's confused, mistaken, and misled." I tried for a while to hold the second position, but then I gave up, as it's so counterfactual. Just read this piece (if you dare) by Phil Lawler about the pope's recent Roman Rota speech, and see what conclusions you draw about the kind of pope who could say such things. As another friend said to me: "I truly beli...

My copy of Lost Shepherd , complete with tea mug rings! Phil Lawler, who's excellent book Lost Shepherd is a must read (it provides an essential catalogue of the growing list of disgraceful decisions and events in this papacy) has written an excellent article referencing the current talk of schism  here . I’ve started blocking people who use the word “schism” incorrectly. My blood pressure is high enough without all y’all’s nonsense. — Ed. Condon (@canonlawyered) September 17, 2019 Of course, the talk was started by Pope Francis himself who, on his last flight , said he did not fear schism. In response, Lawler wrought this , stating that: Well, I am. And I’m afraid of any Roman Pontiff who isn’t afraid of splitting the universal Church. Which means that, yes, I’m afraid of Pope Francis. In this new article, Lawler offers this interesting analysis of the threat of schisms: "'The most 'progressive' Catholics recognize they cannot engineer the radi...