Author Archives: Ron Conte

1. The Roman Pontiff has supreme authority over doctrine and discipline; he may exercise that authority alone or with the body of Bishops (dispersed in the world or gathered in a Council). The individual Bishops, as local ordinaries each in … Continue reading →

Recently, OnePeterFive published yet another article alleging a “false spirit of Vatican I” and decrying what they term “hyperpapalism” or “ultramontanism”. Here is the latest of these articles: What is the False Spirit of Vatican One? by T. S. Flanders … Continue reading →

UPDATE As widely reported, Hamas and later Hezbollah have attacked Israel, in the worst violence in the region since the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Israel as declared that they are at war. This new war began on 7 October 2023, … Continue reading →

This article is on the doctrine of the universal peaceful acceptance of a Pope. Archbishop Carlo M. Vigano has published a speech that he had intended to give at the Catholic Identity Conference in Pittsburgh on October 1st, 2023. But … Continue reading →

The original 2023 Dubia by 5 Cardinals was submitted to the Pope in July of 2023, and received a prompt and full response. The Cardinals were unhappy with that response, so they reformulated the Dubia as Yes-or-No questions. Pope Francis … Continue reading →

Here is the text of the reply of Pope Francis to the 2023 Dubia of 5 Cardinals. Please read it carefully and fully. The Vicar of Christ gives an excellent reply to each Dubium. I’ll review certain points the Pope … Continue reading →

Response of Pope Francis to Dubia submitted by several Cardinals Dear brothers, Although I believe it is not always prudent to respond to questions directly addressed to me, and it would be impossible to answer all of them, in this … Continue reading →

The commentary is preceded by a tilda ~ so as to distinguish it from the Dubia text. The full text of the dubia without commentary is here. D U B I A 1 Dubium about the claim that we should … Continue reading →

D U B I A 1 Dubium about the claim that we should reinterpret Divine Revelation according to the cultural and anthropological changes in vogue. After the statements of some Bishops, which have been neither corrected nor retracted, it is … Continue reading →

Pope Leo XII, Satis Cognitum: 15. “But the Episcopal order is rightly judged to be in communion with Peter, as Christ commanded, if it be subject to and obeys Peter; otherwise it necessarily becomes a lawless and disorderly crowd. It … Continue reading →

This post comments on an article at LifeSiteNews as follows: Bishop Strickland on same-sex ‘blessings’: God does not and cannot bless sin . The question arises whether the Church can or should bless LGBTQ persons, or same-sex couples, or same-sex … Continue reading →

This post is about present-day mild to moderate criticisms of the Roman Pontiff, Pope Francis. I’ve already written at length about the severe critics of the Pope, many of whom have fallen into schism and/or heresy openly. But even when … Continue reading →