Steven O’Reilly

Trump should investigate potential US government meddling in the 2013 papal conclave

American Catholics deserve to know whether and/or how the U.S. government may have influenced the conclave of 2013. Trump should appoint some sort of 'inspector general' to get to the bottom of whatever answers there may be.

Opinion

Steven O'Reilly

• Feb 17, 2025Feb 20, 2025

Benedict XVI’s own words show that he really did resign the papacy

'If a pope renounces the administration of his office, he necessarily renounces the office itself, because the office per se entails the right to act. Thus, Pope Benedict’s renunciation of his administration entails renunciation of the papal office.'

Opinion

Steven O'Reilly

• Jan 15, 2025Jan 15, 2025

Anti-popes were never as universally and peacefully accepted as Pope Francis: Steven O’Reilly

It is abundantly apparent that anti-pope Clement VII was never 'universally accepted' by the Church either positively or negatively. To the contrary, Christendom was divided because of Clement’s election.

Opinion

Steven O'Reilly

• Dec 24, 2024Dec 23, 2024

Here’s what Benedict XVI meant by ‘pope emeritus’: a second reply to Dr. Mazza

Benedict saw the title of 'pope emeritus' as a recognition that he had 'totally given up the office' of the papacy while still recognizing an 'ongoing' and 'special' relationship, a bond of charity, between himself and his ‘sons and daughters’.

Opinion

Steven O'Reilly

• Dec 4, 2024Dec 5, 2024

Benedict XVI did not fake his resignation: a response to Patrick Coffin

Even assuming Benedict XVI had concerns about the next conclave, surely there were far simpler and less drastic actions he might have taken to save the Church than handing it over to an anti-pope.

Opinion

Steven O'Reilly

• Nov 22, 2024

Why Pope Benedict’s resignation was valid: a response to Dr. Mazza

Benedict’s renunciation of the papacy was valid. He intended to resign fully his office. On February 28, 2013, he told a gathered crowd of pilgrims: 'I am no longer Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church. Until eight in the evening I still am but then no longer.'

Opinion

Steven O'Reilly

• Nov 21, 2024Nov 22, 2024

There are still many unsolved mysteries surrounding the 2013 election of Cdl. Bergoglio to the papacy

The narrative that Cardinal Bergoglio was a passive, or even an unwitting, beneficiary of the St. Gallen mafia’s initiatives on his behalf is impossible to accept.

Opinion

Steven O'Reilly

• Oct 26, 2021Oct 27, 2021

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Trump should investigate potential US government meddling in the 2013 papal conclave

Benedict XVI’s own words show that he really did resign the papacy

Anti-popes were never as universally and peacefully accepted as Pope Francis: Steven O’Reilly

Here’s what Benedict XVI meant by ‘pope emeritus’: a second reply to Dr. Mazza

Benedict XVI did not fake his resignation: a response to Patrick Coffin

Why Pope Benedict’s resignation was valid: a response to Dr. Mazza

There are still many unsolved mysteries surrounding the 2013 election of Cdl. Bergoglio to the papacy