We’re Looking at a Lame Duck Papacy
. . .Pope Francis’ response to Archbishop Vigano’s testimony has, so far, been a sad silence which echoes his silence over the questions about marriage formally presented by some of his cardinals. . .
. . .if this lack of leadership continues we may see the development of a lame duck papacy. . .
by Father Dwight Longenecker
Cupich Continues to Make It Worse for Himself – Mitchell Armentrout, Chicago Sun-Times
The Strange Case of Austen Ivereigh – Mark Lambert, De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.
News of Viganò has Hit the Curia Like an Atomic Bomb – Fr. Richard Heilman, RCM
Archbishop Viganò Responds to Videos of Papal Meeting, Speech – Ed Pentin, NCRegister
Michael Sean Winters Suffers a Journalistic Aneurysm – Fr. Z’s Blog
Card. Tobin Reportedly Declined to Investigate McCarrick Rumors – The C. World Report
Cowardice Motivated by Fear of Looking Insufficiently Progressive – Amy Welborn
The Vatican is a Kind of Criminal Shambles – David Warren, Essays in Idleness
How the Pederasty Cover-up Will Make Combatants Within The Church – Paul Rahe
Wherein Homosexualist Fr. James Martin Tries to Deceive You – Fr. Z’s Blog
These Wicked Men Have Made My Daughters Victims, Too – Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine
Bishop Guglielmone of Charleston Wants a Full Investigation – Fr. Z’s Blog
“If” Pope Francis Resigns, Renewing the Magisterium – Fr. John Hunwicke, Fr Hunwic. . .
The Hard Questions Remain, but Who Will Ask Them? – Matthew E. Bunson, NC Register
Timeline of McCarrick’s Rise to Power & Subsequent Fall – Elise Harris, Crux
Postmodernism Even Lays Waste to The Church – Scott McKay, The American Spectator
Transparency & Accountability, but Above All Truth – Russell Shaw, The C. World Report
Argentine Bishops Declare Support for Pope Francis – CNS via Catholic Herald
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