The Disastrous Pontificate

Weight: 1.49 kg l Dimension: 18 x 5 x 26 cm l Paperback: 876 pages

Nine years into Pope Francis’ reign on the throne of St. Peter, one of his closest collaborators anonymously circulated a memorandum among fellow cardinals that delivered a stark verdict: “Commentators of every school…agree that this pontificate is a disaster in many or most respects; a catastrophe.” The critique focused on the pontiff's undermining of the Church’s bedrock of magisterial clarity and consistency, supplanting the time-honored maxim Roma locuta, causa finita est—“Rome has spoken; the case is closed”—with a prevailing ethos of erroneous teaching and ambiguity: Roma loquitur, confusio augetur—“Rome speaks; confusion grows.” In a time when the Deposit of Faith demands unwavering guardianship, this book stands as a solemn act of fidelity to the apostolic charge on all the faithful: to preserve the integrity of faith and morals for the sake of the salvation of souls. Spanning the breadth of sacred doctrine, it rigorously juxtaposes the teachings of Pope Francis with Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the perennial Magisterium.

PRAISE FOR THIS BOOK

“The catastrophic turmoil the Catholic Church experienced from 2013 to 2025 is directly attributable to things Pope Francis said and did. This important book sets forth in careful detail Pope Francis’ specific statements and decisions that contradict Catholic doctrine and conflict with the perennial practice of the Church.”

—The Rev. Gerald E. Murray, J.C.D., Pastor, St. Joseph Church, New York, NY

“It is possible for popes to teach in a misleading or even erroneous way when not speaking ex cathedra. Although this is extremely rare in Church history, it has happened in a handful of cases…. As this book demonstrates, Pope Francis clearly outdid them in the number and gravity of his problematic statements and actions. One does not have to agree with everything in the book (and I don’t) in order to see the force of its cumulative case.”

—Edward Feser, Professor of Philosophy, Pasadena City College