Thank you. The ebook was excellent and I have the revised ed in hardcover in queue.

He is criticized for writing the truth . . . shameful!

The Vatican does not even hide that they are Euro-Centric. The 'Order of Malta' was a great Catholic organization 500 to a 1,000 years ago. Did you know they have a Prince and Grand Master? To Evangelicals and American Catholics it sounds like something out of an 'Indiana Jones' or a 'Mummy' movie.

The 'Sovereign Military Order of Malta' used to protect the faith and Catholic people with swords and blood. Now they pass out condemns?

Michael - The Vatican Curia is a Disgrace - Worse than our White House Swamp because it is Bigger and It Is Supposed to Be Holy!! - It represents The One Holy Catholic Apolistic Church - for God's Sake! I no longer give to ANY of the Church's Programs now! How does USCCB Hear Our Voice??

God bless Henry Sire!

Prayers for Cardinal Sarah, our next pope!

Would be a good Pope.

Great interview! I’m buying the book now...

Sire's book is good but Lost Shepard by Philip F. Lawler is better

Oh how the they scurry and protest when the light of truth and facts are shown. These same that protest this open discussion of facts on what motivates this Pope are the same that cheered the scurrilous and reprehensible slanders and relentless disobedience of Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI. There has been none of that venomous diatribe directed against Pope Francis.

Good, bold, brilliant and Godly man. Much needed book. Ordered it online yesterday.

My assumption has been that "Church Militant"' continues to prohibit gross and unseemly attacks on the Holy Father, but that the events of the last few years have made it a virtual necessity for Mr. Voris to soften his original stance and accept reasoned criticism of the Pope coming from high prelates and learned laymen if the site continues to claim that it is doing serious reporting on the contemporary Church.

"CM" itself addresses the matter in another discussion thread under this Sire interview article. (My opinion is that CM is kind of parsing its position on its treatment of Francis.) In general, I share this particular assessment of the matter. I think that CM realizes that in order for it to (rightly, and often pretty stridently) criticize members of the episcopate for things they are saying and doing, or not saying or doing, with nary a mention of their boss, especially when those sayings and doings or negligence are not infrequently defended by those same bishops by (understandably) invoking their boss, it is simply impossible to ignore the Pope. That avoidance would make CM's important work disintegrated, fundamentally and inescapably, and CM knows that.

"with nary a mention of their boss"

That's false. We've mentioned the Holy Father plenty of times, in articles and videos, and have addressed the confusion coming from Rome multiple times. Please start familiarizing yourself with our content. Try a search on our site, for starters. Thanks.

I respectfully disagree. Perhaps you were living under a grace, never to assume or seek malice/stupidity/bad intent in the hearts of others (in specific vis-à-vis Pope). This is a laudable virtue. What is called for is an attempt towards objectivity (if that is at all possible by us humans). I too highly value and support your work but I see a high degree of arrogance in your answer to Frank Hannon (>>>Please start familiarizing yourself with our content. Try a search on our site, for starters.<<<). Do you accept that he and also others are perhaps not "starters" but most likely your supporters?

Thanks for the suggestion; please know that I'm quite familiar with (and moreover, thankful for) your content. What I meant was IF CM criticized the episcopate with nary a mention of Francis. Looking back, I can see that I didn't articulate that specific intent particularly well; but that said, I believe on balance overall, it's reasonable clear that I acknowledged that CM has in fact criticized the Holy Father, of necessity.

Frank, good on you. See my entry above. God bless

Thank you, PF, but I wasn't particularly offended by CM, and when you read back on what I wrote that they took issue with, it is true that my (terribly run-on) sentence was somewhat unclear. I find CM to be occasionally a wee bit on the cantankerous side, but so am I, so I can relate! The bottom line is that they are doing very good work, which you seem to agree with. Stay well, friend.

Agree. Be well and please also remember the month of May is month of our Mother, Virgin Mary. May She always look after us as a loving Mum. God bless.

"NO MAN HAS A GOOD ENOUGH MEMORY TO BE A SUCCESSFULL LIAR"

you can avoid the truth for so long; when it's all out there and so frequent, it is inevitable that it must be reported, else, the flock will go elsewhere for serious reporting

From the article (here quoting Sire himself):

"It isn't a vile attack at all," Sire told Church Militant. "It's an analysis of Pope Francis on the basis of sources which are not as well known as they ought to be, but there's nothing in it which is ... a personal attack on the pope."

It's a well-written, well-researched book that objectively lays out the facts and lets the reader draw his own conclusion. The title may seem inflammatory, but the content is not. We agree that characterizing the book as a "vile attack" on the Holy Father is totally off-base. We ourselves are not publishing our own commentary on the pope, nor have we published a book review; we are reporting on another author's words, letting him speak for himself, and letting people know where they can go to read more.

I don't class this as "promotion" - but rather as reporting. It would be silly to pretend that that the (re)publication of The Dictator Pope isn't news - at least for orthodox Catholics.

Promotion would be something like "All Catholics should rush out and get a copy of the book TODAY! If you have to choose between eating this week and buying a copy of The Dictator Pope - Church Militant says 'Go Hungry!'" 😉

As for public criticism of Pope Francis...well, we've but to look at what happened to Sire...and Cardinal Burke, etc...

EDIT: Any good article about a book/film/play/television programme should indicate when the work was released - and if/where it is still available.

As an example, let's say that an Austrian-born former governor of California decided to stage The Merchant of Venice...the review of said play would always finish by stating where and when one could see it.

And that would get printed even if the review called the play "The worst thing to happen to Shakespeare since The Globe burned down." 😁

Not promotion, but information.

I don't class this as "promotion" - but rather as reporting. It would be silly to pretend that that the (re)publication of The Dictator Pope isn't news - at least for orthodox Catholics.

Promotion would be something like "All Catholics should rush out and get a copy of the book TODAY! If you have to choose between eating this week and buying a copy of The Dictator Pope - Church Militant says 'Go Hungry!'" 😉

As for public criticism of Pope Francis...well, we've but to look at what happened to Sire...and Cardinal Burke, etc...

EDIT: Any good article about a book/film/play/television programme should indicate when the work was released - and if/where it is still available.

As an example, let's say that an Austrian-born former governor of California decided to stage The Merchant of Venice...the review of said play would always finish by stating where and when one could see it.

And that gets printed even if the review called the play "The worst thing to happen to Shakespeare since The Globe burned down." 😁

Not promotion, but information.

are you serious? Who is promoting what? That the nook can be for all who want it is an information. Same like when your Mum tells you the food is in the fridge. Is your Mum herewith doing any promotion of/to the fridge?

Church Militant has mentioned the book written by apostate, scandalous Jesuit Father James Martin. Does that, by your definition, qualify as a "promotion"?

right, CM has to be fair in giving criticism to all parties, else, it would come off as bias; why should the Pope be an exception and he has done more scandalous deeds than is warranted for a pope. sorry Francis, we've tried to cover for you, but you keep on breaking the 'shield' that it can no longer be mended

They plug or rather mention everybody's work during interviews. Check out the interview recently with Walter Heyer. That is to name just one.

Camille, reporting is relevant and that is how I'm taking CM on this subject. Since Michael Voris is a professional journalist that is how I take CM from that standpoint. Other than the Apostolate which is side by side or in conjunction with their reporting. Also if you get the chance google Robert Royal who comments for EWTN with Raymond Arroyo. To me he did an outstanding job when it comes to commentary for this book. I haven't read the book only the commentary. I would love to read the book sometime if I can get my hands on a copy. I am glad the CM would report the book and would tell us where to get it. I would love to have a deeper understanding of who Pope Francis is.

Who said they were promoting? Perhaps they are just giving a fellow Catholic a hand with their own "ministry". That's another way to look at it. If they are promoting it, and I say if, perhaps its because the book content is along the lines of what this Apostolate teaches. I don't care if they do Camille which I say in a good manner. I haven't read the book but I want to. It has nothing to do with Church Militant even making a promotion of Henry Sires book. I would like to read it because Henry Sire wrote it. I've read Robert Royal's commentary. From what I gather Henry is a very smart man and that is what I love about Church Militant. So if they are name dropping where to get interesting material like this I'm all for it.

I know you said something about promoting. I made the comment like that on purposes. Did Voris publicly criticize the Pope and if so what was it about. I've never heard criticism of the Pope from Michael Voris. Want to give us which video it was. If its about Amoris Laetitia then it should be questioned and his recent work to "Rejoice and Be Glad"----"Gaudete et exsutate". I recommend you go over to YouTube and get on EWTN's website scroll down to EWTN World over and look for this video, World Over 2018-04-12-Pope Francis 'Rejoice and Be Glad' with Raymond Arroyo. I would say this is what CM is talking about? As a Catholic and a discerning Catholic I would want someone like CM and EWTN to tell me about these books so I can find out for myself what is going on. If I see the video where he does critique maybe I can talk more about this.

CM should be reporting on those who question Amoris Laetitia and Gaudete et exsutate. Now I know what you question. Pretty much its about the above. EWTN has also weighed in on the Pope.

Have your logical part of the brain checked out Madame.

Camille wrote: "If Voris believes that public criticism of the pope is wrong ..."

You've misstated the case. We have never made judgments on what others choose to do as far as legitimate criticism of the pope. We ourselves have decided — for ourselves (not for others) — to refrain from public lambasting of the Vicar of Christ. But what others choose to do is their own business, and they are free to do so — and we are free to report on it.

Yes, and your point? Never mind I read your comment below Camille thanks.

Correct. Thumbs up for CM!

Watch everything he's written, including the Vortex titled "Razor's Edge." He has never said public criticism of the pope is categorically wrong in every case, and we have acknowledged many times that people may offer legitimate criticism of the Holy Father. People are free to do as they wish. How WE choose to proceed is another matter. That does not mean, however, that we will refrain from reporting on world events as they happen. God bless.

"It isn't a vile attack at all," Sire told Church Militant. "It's an analysis of Pope Francis on the basis of sources which are not as well known as they ought to be, but there's nothing in it which is ... a personal attack on the pope." I would say this says much about it all. Could it be that Henry Sire agrees with many of us regarding Amoris Laetitia (the ambiguous parts of AL) and the Liberal issued emanating from the Vatican today?

+ Let's just remember to keep praying for Pope Francis. As I'm sure you do. +

Oh most definitely. I feel great sorrow for Holy Father especially in the shoes of the Fisherman.

I didn't feel sorry for Pope John Paul II. I don't feel sorry for Pope Francis either.
I do know which one loved Our Lady the most and promoted the Rosary. The Pope is prayed for in every Rosary and in every Mass. That is so big.
Saint Pope John Paul II was humble. He is in Heaven. This one? well who am I to judge. Whether intentional or not He did open a gateway for homosexuals to keep on practicing their acts. I don't care anymore because if it was intentional he didn't win with my son.

That's why I feel sorrow for Pope Francis. He will have to answer to God as I've said before. The Prelates will answer first before we do on the Judgment Day with greater degree. God Bless.

Ok Holly thanks. It was a difficult time back then with that statement but where there is evil grace surely abounds as my now chaste son reminds ME about DM Sunday. I’m sorry but I have no sorrow yet as it caused too much. Unnecessary sorrow & heartache. It turned everything upside down.