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Fr. Z, a radical Catholic reactionary<\/a>, who appears to take the position (among many other strange and scandalous things) \u2014 or at the very least has seriously considered the notion \u2014 that Pope Benedict is still the pope<\/a>, challenged defenders of Pope Francis in a recent post (3-4-21)<\/a>, after extolling the latest trendy pope-bashing book:<\/p>\n

This is a compendium of things which \u2013 to be blunt \u2013 does\u00a0not<\/em>\u00a0make Francis, Cardinals, Bishop look good.\u00a0 Quite the opposite.\u00a0 \u00a0The book is provocative. . . .<\/p>\n

Whether you are a staunch supporter of Francis and his crew or you are a sharp critic, \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

You might be able to dismiss one or two smart people who have problems with, say, certain aspects of\u00a0Amoris laetitia<\/em>.\u00a0 You might be able to brush aside as an isolated incident when Francis says something weird to a journalist.<\/p>\n

When you start to collect all of these things, odd sayings and teachings, reactions to them,\u00a0into one volume<\/em>\u00a0so that you can see a picture emerging, you can\u2019t simply brush it aside.<\/p>\n

The cumulative force of the things collected in this book may just prompt questions.\u00a0 \u00a0Just scanning through the table of contents and the useful index makes you go, \u201cWhoa!\u00a0 There\u2019s a lot here.\u201d . . .<\/p>\n

[T]his is a compendium which produces a cumulative effect.<\/p>\n

What I would say to those who are 1000% in favor of everything that\u2019s been going on for the last few years, and who think this is a bad book, blah blah, is:<\/p>\n

If you think this compendium is bad,<\/strong>\u00a0then produce your own book, respond to it.\u00a0 Collect into one volume your supportive open letters and explanatory essays.\u00a0 Let people see the cumulative effect of your no-doubt-incontrovertible position, bound to persuade.<\/p>\n

Rather than respond with \u201cShut up you kooks!\u201d, put up or shut up yourselves. [bolding in original]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Three days later<\/a>, he reiterated his challenge:<\/p>\n

I posted about the new highly critical Compendium about the odd teachings of Francis . . .\u00a0In that post, I said that, if someone had a contrary view let him come up with his own compendium favorable toward Francis.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And the next day (3-8-21)<\/a>, again:<\/p>\n

I wrote to those who will dislike the very\u00a0existence<\/em>\u00a0of such a book . . . and who will summarily dismiss it\u2019s [sic] conclusions, that they themselves should put together their own compendium, a defense of all that Francis is, has said, and has done. . . .<\/p>\n

What I am looking for is a\u00a0compendium \u2026 like the other guys did; that compendium book . . .<\/p>\n

If [Mike] Lewis creates such a compendium (not just points to the whole site) great!\u00a0 I\u2019ll acknowledge and when I have time, perhaps I\u2019ll look at it with an open mind.\u00a0 If it already exists, great!\u00a0 Ditto.<\/p>\n

If he does it\/did it readers here and elsewhere could have something useful.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mike Lewis began a site called Where Peter Is<\/em><\/a>, which does indeed do what Fr. Z calls for: it systematically defends the pope. But the same effort was being undertaken years before that: by yours truly. Already by January 2014 (less than a year into Pope Francis\u2019 reign), I produced the book,\u00a0Pope Francis Explained: Survey of Myths, Legends, and Catholic Defenses in Harmony with Tradition.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

But that was only the beginning<\/em>. Since then I have more or less continually defended Pope Francis from innumerable smears and slanders and calumnies, having written (by this date of 3-9-21) no less than 185 of my own articles<\/strong> in my compendium,\u00a0Replies to Critiques of Pope Francis.<\/a>\u00a0This includes detailed (and usually multiple) replies to all the major critics of the pope (especially the ones who have written books).<\/p>\n

Moreover,\u00a0I have collected another 269 articles<\/strong> from others along the same lines, in my compendium,\u00a0Pope Francis Defended: Resources for Confused or Troubled Folks.<\/a> By my math, that is 454 articles defending Pope Francis. If we add the nine chapters of my book, it totals 463 separate pieces. Is that<\/em> enough of a \u201ccompendium\u201d to satisfy Fr. Z\u2019s challenge? He himself said such a compendium would be \u201cuseful\u201d and \u201cgreat\u201d.\u00a0 Yeah, I agree, which is why I make these two available for whomever will exhibit an open mind and read them.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s<\/em> the question: whether<\/em> <\/strong>the pope-bashers or \u201cpapal nitpickers\u201d or otherwise suspicious and\/or confused people will read<\/em><\/strong> such articles. You can bring the horse to the stream but you can\u2019t make it drink. There is little indication that the major pope-bashers do<\/em> read material critical of their views.<\/p>\n

Hence, Steve Skojec of One Peter Five<\/em> infamy blows off anything I write in this area, with utter disdain and mockery. The folks at The Remnant<\/em>\u00a0(e.g., Chris Ferrara and Michael Matt) do the same. Taylor Marshall<\/a> immediately blocked me on his Twitter page, with my first critique of his pathetic book, and continued with personal insults, such as \u201chaters gonna hate\u201d: referring to me in one of his ubiquitous videos. Phil Lawler<\/a> also was quite rude and insulting when I tried to engage in respectful dialogue with him, after daring<\/em> (what effrontery!) to critique his book. So was (I\u2019m sad to say) Karl Keating<\/a>. I could go on, but believe me, all these examples are altogether typical.<\/p>\n

The only exceptions I have seen to this \u201crule\u201d are Peter Kwasniewski, who actually sent me a friend request on MeWe<\/em> (which I accepted and sent him one in return on Facebook), and Timothy Flanders, an associate of Taylor Marshall and regular columnist at One Peter Five<\/em>, with whom I have engaged in a succession of excellent and fruitful dialogues<\/a>. They actually talk to people with views that are different from the ones they themselves hold and recognize very extensive Catholic common ground (just as I never deny that reactionaries are Catholics). Kudos to them for doing so. I sincerely respect that.<\/p>\n

Is Fr. Z any different from the pope-bashers who systematically ignore any critique of their attacks? Probably not<\/em>, judging by his response to Mike Lewis\u2019 recent critique<\/a> of his views. He stated:<\/p>\n

Mr. Lewis, I\u00a0never look at your site<\/em>.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t know it, or you, even existed until quite recently. . . .<\/p>\n

Look.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t spent time at that blog and I absolutely won\u2019t have time to do so in the near future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Where Peter Is<\/em> has been in existence for three years. Fr. Z didn\u2019t even know it existed. No doubt he has never heard of me<\/em>, either, even though I have 50 published books (about half \u201cofficially\u201d: not just self-published), and a blog that has over 3,200 articles and has been in existence for 24 years this month. He likely won\u2019t respond to me, either, once he learns that I do exist, and have defended Pope Francis from the beginning (now almost eight years). I would love to be wrong<\/em> about that. We\u2019ll see<\/em>! I\u2019m always willing to dialogue with anyone, as long as they remain civil and stay on topic.<\/p>\n

In any event, his challenge certainly has<\/em> been met.<\/p>\n

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Photo credit:<\/span> <\/strong>Jorel Pi<\/a>\u00a0(6-16-08)<\/span> [Flickr<\/a> \/ CC BY 2.0<\/a> license]<\/p>\n

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Formerly a campus missionary, as a Protestant, Dave was received into the Catholic Church in February 1991, by the late, well-known catechist and theologian, Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave\u2019s articles have appeared in many influential Catholic periodicals, including \"This Rock\" (now called \"Catholic Answers Magazine\"), \"Envoy Magazine\" (Patrick Madrid), \"The Catholic Answer,\" \"The Coming Home Journal,\" \"Gilbert Magazine\" (American Chesterton Society), and \"The Latin Mass.\" He also writes a featured column for every issue of \"The Michigan Catholic\": published by the archdiocese of Detroit, and was editor for most of the apologetics tracts published by the St. Paul Street Evangelization apostolate. Dave\u2019s apologetics and writing apostolate was the subject of a feature article in the May 2002 issue of \"Envoy Magazine.\" He served as the staff moderator at the Internet discussion forum for The Coming Home Network, from 2007-2010. Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \"Catholic Answers Live\" (twice), \"Faith and Family Live\" (Steve Wood), \"Kresta in the Afternoon,\" \"Son Rise Morning Show,\" \"Catholic Connection\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \"The Catholics Next Door.\" His large and popular website, \"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \"Envoy Magazine.\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \"index\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \"Surprised by Truth\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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