Category Archives: Schism

False Claims on Eschatology and the Papacy

Posted on 2 December 2018 by Ron Conte

Catholic World Report has published a disturbing attack on the papacy and the Church: Saint Paul, the Apocalypse, and the mystery of evil by Conor Sweeney. Well, CWR is a conservative publication, so nowadays they are morally required to attack … Continue reading →

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The Continued Progression of the Schism

Posted on 23 November 2018 by Ron Conte

As I’ve said before, it’s interesting to be living during one of the great schisms of Church history. What’s surprising or interesting? This: 1. Most of the schismatic leaders, perhaps all of them, do not realize they are leading a … Continue reading →

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Dr. Ed Peters: His Heresy against the Ordinary Papal Magisterium

Posted on 18 August 2018 by Ron Conte

Dr. Ed Peters is a canon lawyer, who incorrectly holds a number of grave errors on matters of faith and morals. He holds the heretical view that the Church’s condemnation of contraception is limited to its use within marriage. And … Continue reading →

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E. Christian Brugger’s Grave Error on Papal Authority

Posted on 30 June 2018 by Ron Conte

In a public statement earlier this year, theologian E. Christian Brugger issued an Open Appeal, which called on all Catholic Bishops to oppose, undermine, and contradict Pope Francis. By this public act, Brugger committed formal schism, the refusal of submission … Continue reading →

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Papal Infallibility and Women Deacons

Posted on 5 June 2018 by Ron Conte

Suppose that Pope Francis decides he would like to permit the ordination of women as deacons. How would he go about it? He knows that his conservative Catholic critics will oppose this decision, which relates to both doctrine and discipline. … Continue reading →

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Faithfulness in Disagreeing with Any Roman Pontiff

Posted on 21 May 2018 by Ron Conte

The Catholic faithful are required under pain of mortal sin and excommunication, to avoid heresy and schism, to believe what the Magisterium teaches as doctrine, and to accept the authority of the Church over discipline. But we also have the … Continue reading →

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An Auxiliary Bishop exalts himself above the Roman Pontiff

Posted on 18 May 2018 by Ron Conte

Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider of the Archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana, Kazakhstan, has given yet another interview, in which he speaks as if he were judge over the Roman Pontiff and over the entire Magisterium: Interview: Bishop Schneider Addresses … Continue reading →

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Reply to E. Christian Brugger’s Open Appeal

Posted on 20 March 2018 by Ron Conte

E. Christian Brugger’s Open Appeal to “all Catholic bishops — East and West” is a schismatic rejection of papal authority; it is an act of extreme pride and the sin of formal schism. The Church, the Ark of Salvation, is … Continue reading →

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We are Living in the Midst of Heresy and Schism

Posted on 16 March 2018 by Ron Conte

What would it be like, as faithful Catholic Christians, to live during the time of the Arian heresy? It is said that very many persons fell into this error, including many Bishops. More than a few local Councils supported its … Continue reading →

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Phil Lawler versus Pope Francis

Posted on 17 January 2018 by Ron Conte

In a recent blog post, Phil Lawler proclaims the papacy of Pope Francis to be “disastrous,” suggests that the Vicar of Christ poses a “danger to the integrity of the Catholic faith,” and claims that Pope Francis has shown “disdain … Continue reading →

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Jeff Mirus: Prayer in times of papal infidelity

Posted on 28 September 2017 by Ron Conte

Here is the post by Mirus, called Prayer in times of papal infidelity. By this prayer, Jeff Mirus is publicly accusing Pope Francis of infidelity against the Catholic Faith, which accusation is an act of formal schism. For no one … Continue reading →

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Are the Signatories to the Filial Correction guilty of formal Schism?

Posted on 25 September 2017 by Ron Conte

Canon Law on schism and excommunication: Canon 751: “schism is the refusal of submission to the Supreme Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him”. Canon 1364, n. 1: “an apostate from the faith, a … Continue reading →

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