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2021

  1. De Mattei alleges texts signed by Viganò were written by others; Viganò denies it

    Corrispondenza Romana published, in Italian and English, Roberto de Mattei's article 'The Viganò Case: The Archbishop and His Double', alleging that many letters signed by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò had been written by one or more other people. Viganò responded that the allegation was completely false.

    SourcesLetter #38, 2021, Tuesday, June 22: Accusation (Inside the Vatican)Archbishop Viganò Responds to Professor de Mattei (The Remnant)

2017

  1. Correctio filialis on Amoris laetitia made public

    A 25-page letter to Pope Francis concerning Amoris laetitia, delivered on 11 August 2017 with 40 signatures from clergy and lay scholars including historian Roberto de Mattei, was made public after receiving no reply. The list later grew to 62 names; Bishop Bernard Fellay of the Society of St Pius X was then the only bishop among them.

    SourcesClerical and Lay Scholars Send the Pope a Correctio Filialis About Amoris… (FSSPX.News)Kritiker weisen Papst zurecht (Der Standard)

2011

  1. De Mattei's Radio Maria remarks on Japan's tsunami prompt calls for his CNR resignation

    Historian Roberto de Mattei, then vice-president of Italy's National Research Council (CNR), described the March 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami as a divine punishment in a Radio Maria broadcast. An online petition called for his resignation from the CNR, as reported by Global Voices; the Catholic daily Avvenire recorded an editor's public disagreement with him.

    SourcesJapan: The Tsunami, God and Man (Global Voices)De Mattei, le sue idee e Avvenire (Avvenire)

1995

  1. Death of Brazilian Catholic leader Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira in São Paulo

    Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, the Brazilian Catholic thinker and activist, died in São Paulo on 3 October 1995. In the following year the Italian historian Roberto de Mattei wrote a biography of him, later published in English as The Crusader of the 20th Century with a preface by Cardinal Alfons Maria Stickler.

    SourcesPreface of His Eminence Alfons Maria Cardinal Stickler – The Crusader of the… (pliniocorreadeoliveira.info)Introduction (The Crusader of the 20th Century: Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, by… (pliniocorreadeoliveira.info)