This summer, Monsignor Nicola Bux claimed that Pope Benedict XVI wrote him about public accusations that he had bifurcated the papacy before he died.  Among other things, the late Pontiff allegedly wrote the Italian priest in 2014: "To suggest that I resigned only from the exercise of the ministry and not from the munus is contrary to clear dogmatic and canonical doctrine. If some journalists speak of a 'creeping schism', they do not deserve any attention." Even if Pope Benedict XVI had written that (something I doubt) the late Pontiff is still the one to blame for that rumor that there was a "contemplative Pope" and an "active Pope" over [...]

Many traditional priests tell lay people to mind their own sins, not the Church crisis. Similarly, many anonymous traditional accounts online who stood against the last Vatican regime now promote the current one. The overlap between the two groups of trads is this: Don't pay attention to the new Church crisis. Yet both groups still (thankfully!) espouse the analogy that as Christ the Bridegroom had to go to Calvary, so also must the Catholic Church (as Christ's bride) go through her final Passion. However, that puts us in a very awkward situation, because the same people who tell us the crisis ended following the 2025 Conclave can point to no [...]

Question: Who became the head of the Church of England after the death of King Henry VIII? Answer on AI: "After Henry VIII (top-left) died in 1547, his son Edward VI (top-right) succeeded him as the head of the Church of England. During Edward VI's reign, England became more Protestant, and policies were enacted to enforce Protestant doctrine." Answer in reality: Both after and before the death of King Henry VIII, the head of the “Church of England” remained the Roman Catholic Primate of England, provided he never defected to heretical Anglicanism. You see, when a heretic like Henry VIII hijacks the Catholic Church in his region, it does not [...]