Starting a Schism: So Easy It’s Not Funny
To deny that Francis is the true pope requires either divine revelation or a very special competence to discern this. Those who make this claim have neither.
Sedevacantism: What It Is and Why It’s Wrong
Archbishop Viganò was excommunicated, in part, for “his refusal to recognize…the Supreme Pontiff,” a view broadly known as sedevacantism. What leads people to accept this view and what are the problems with it?
False Views of the Papacy: Hyperpapalism, Sedevacantism, and Synodality (Guest: Fr. Jason Charron)
In this age of confusion, we see many competing ideas on how Catholics should understand the papacy. The most extreme forms—hyperpapalism and sedevacantism— both include an overexaggerated sense of the papacy. Synodality, at least on paper, appears to be the opposite extreme. Is there a better way forward?
Neither Prot nor Sede
Jamie Forsythe always felt called to be a priest, according to a CBS News 5 February report. That calling persisted even after pleading guilty in 1989 to attempting to sexually abuse a 15-year-old Kansas boy, serving a prison sentence, and being laicized by the Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City. Forsythe was released from prison after … Read more