The Catholic Monitor

  It's sad to see Raymond Arroyo squandering all the Catholic cred he has built up over the years, by including Robert Royal as a member of his "Papal Posse."  Sounding reasonable (the Royal default position) in fact sounds ridiculous when Royal ends up extending the same old excuse--"he's new to the job"--to every last thing Robert Prevost says and does. The Legionnaires of Christ got into canonical and other trouble by trying to impose on their members an obligation not to offer any criticism of superiors--an obligation that was determined to be un-Catholic and cult-like.  But now, we hear from Father Murray, among many others, that the Pope qua pope is beyond the reach of "disrespectful" remarks. The Catholic Church is not a cult.  And if the Vicar of Christ is juvenile and misinformed enough to dish it out, he ought to be able to take it. Note; This piece is by a Catholic Monitor contributor.  Pray an Our Father now for reparation for the sins ...

Dr. Edmund Mazza’s Official Statement on the Vatican Criminal Investigation into the Putative Partial Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI: I t  is encouraging to learn that the Vatican has an active criminal investigation into the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI , a subject I have labored upon for over seven years. His Excellency, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano first called for an investigation into Pope Benedict’s resignation in 2022: But before discussing the next conclave,  it is necessary to shed light on the abdication of Benedict XVI  and on the question of the frauds of the 2013 Conclave, which sooner or later will have to  give rise to an official investigation . If there were to be proofs of irregularity, the conclave would be null, the election of Bergoglio null, just as all his appointments, acts of government and magisterium would be null. A reset that would providentially bring us back to the  status quo ante , with a College of Cardinals composed only...