Shaun Willcock’s regular analysis of news about Roman Catholicism.
The Pope of Rome in America 2008, PDF format
The Roman pope, Benedict XVI, visited the United States of America in April. It was an immensely successful visit, by all accounts. But the question that needs answering is: why now? Why was a trip to the USA so important at this particular time? Continue reading
The Jesuits Elect a New General, PDF format
In January 2008, the Jesuit Order elected its new Superior General. He is a 71-year-old Spaniard, Adolfo Nicolás, and he succeeds Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, who presented his resignation to the pope of Rome after leading the Jesuits for almost 25 years. Continue reading
The One True Church, PDF format
Despite Four Decades of Ecumenism, Protestant Institutions are Not Churches, Says Rome
To the dismay of ecumenically-minded Protestants, the Roman pope, Benedict XVI, made it clear, in a document released in 2007, that the Roman Catholic institution is the “one, true Church”, and that Protestant institutions, not being in full communion with Rome, are not true churches. Continue reading
In a move that shocked Protestants across Northern Ireland and around the world, Free Presbyterian minister and leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Ian Paisley, agreed to his party forming a power-sharing government with Sinn Fein, the Roman Catholic/Marxist party behind the diabolical, murderous Irish Republican Army (IRA). And the coalition government came into being on May 8, 2007, with the devolution of power from London to the Northern Ireland Assembly. Ian Paisley became First Minister in the new government, with Martin McGuiness of Sinn Fein/IRA becoming Deputy First Minister. Continue reading
In early October 2006, the Roman pope cast aside centuries of Roman Catholic belief by formally abolishing the concept of “limbo”.
What exactly is “limbo”, in Roman Catholic teaching?
Americas Alien Invasion and Rome, PDF format
The United States of America is being undermined. Like powerful moles burrowing underground and weakening the foundations of a house, or ants eating away inside the structures, an enemy is eating away at the very foundations and structures of American society. This enemy is opposed to everything that America has stood for since its foundation. This enemy is the Roman Catholic institution. Continue reading
Chronicles of Narnia, PDF format
A world-famous series of fantasy novels by C. S. Lewis, entitled The Chronicles of Narnia, are praised as “Christian allegory” in many ecclesiastical circles. Lewis himself is described in many of these circles as “the greatest Christian writer of the twentieth century.” And now the first book in the series, entitled The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, has been made into a blockbuster movie by Disney, apparently the first of a series of movies to be based on the Narnia novels. And “churches” have worked themselves up into a froth of excitement, convinced that this movie represents the greatest evangelistic opportunity since The Passion of the Christ. But as with that unscriptural Roman Catholic splatter-movie, so with this one: it just shows how biblically-illiterate and doctrinally confused vast numbers of churches are. Continue reading
Fatima Mary and RC Salvation, PDF format
I received, through the post, a free copy of a book entitled Fatima: Past or Future? The Unheeded Message, by Antonio A. Borelli. This came from the “South Africa Needs Fatima” project, a Roman Catholic project dedicated to spreading the message of the supposed apparitions of Mary at Fatima, and thereby actively promoting Mariolatry. Continue reading
More Protestant Praise for the Pope of Rome, PDF format
In my article, The Death of Pope John Paul II, the Pope of Rome, I wrote: “You will now begin to hear the praises heaped upon his head by so-called ‘Christian’, ‘Evangelical’ leaders the world over: men like Billy Graham, for example… and many, many others will all sing his praises, speaking of him as a great Christian man, many even saying he was the greatest Christian man in all the world! They will tell the world that he is now in heaven.” Continue reading
The new pope, Joseph Ratzinger, who has taken the name of Benedict XVI, is doctrinally, cast in the mould of John Paul II. That is to say, he is a doctrinal conservative when it comes to Roman Catholic doctrine and dogma. He has been described as a “hardline conservative”, “the ultimate Vatican insider, John Paul II’s right-hand man, and the man who for the last 24 years was the defender and promoter of an increasingly unbending orthodoxy. One of his nicknames was God’s Rottweiler” (Source: Daily Mail and Guardian). Continue reading