Does Dr. Chojnowski hold the sedevacantist position?  Does he recognise Pope Francis as Pope?

Does Dr. Chojnowski hold the sedevacantist position?  Does he recognise Pope Francis as Pope?

Yes. No. 

Does Dr. Chojnowski hold the sedevacantist position?  Does he recognise Pope Francis as Pope?

Why do you want to know?

I want to know, as I do about anyone who, with seeming authority, write on most Catholic matters influencing others to follow them often along opposing paths thus dividing the faithful.  I can then test their theories against the faith I was taught as a child from my Catechism, then discard whatever threatens my faith and prayer-life.    

So, how would the things he writes about (ie. Sister Lucy Truth) specifically affect you if you found out he was a sedevacantist (given he does not speak on sedevacantism even if he was)?  

It's a strange age we live in. Any random person may have a blog, and the more subscribers it has, the more "authority" the blogger suddenly possesses. It's like the number of subscribers is proportional the degree of theological authority. If he doesn't have those followers, he remains a random person who posts his opinions on his blog.

This is secular celebrity culture deforming our theology, and in an awful way.

Dr. Chojnowski is free to express his disagreements with the traditional Catholic "mainstream media" (Michael Matt, Ferrara, etc.) with arguments, and we readers are free to evaluate his arguments on their merits. He has the rare position and ability to frequently write on complex topics and bring an extensive set of knowledge and first-hand experience to bear on his analysis. Obviously that doesn't mean he's infallible. Reading and thinking about his commentary has nothing to do with whether Dr. Chojnowski is a supposed theological "authority" or not. Just take a step back and realize you're reading nothing other than an editorial, which is very similar to, I don't know, a forum like this one where everyone can offer their own opinions backed with arguments. The "authority" any of us possesses is irrelevant to the integrity of the content of what we say.

To Chojnowski's credit though, he has a PhD in Thomistic philosophy from Fordham.

It's a strange age we live in. Any random person may have a blog, and the more subscribers it has, the more "authority" the blogger suddenly possesses. It's like the number of subscribers is proportional the degree of theological authority. If he doesn't have those followers, he remains a random person who posts his opinions on his blog.

This is secular celebrity culture deforming our theology, and in an awful way.

Dr. Chojnowski is free to express his disagreements with the traditional Catholic "mainstream media" (Michael Matt, Ferrara, etc.) with arguments, and we readers are free to evaluate his arguments on their merits. He has the rare position and ability to frequently write on complex topics and bring an extensive set of knowledge and first-hand experience to bear on his analysis. Obviously that doesn't mean he's infallible. Reading and thinking about his commentary has nothing to do with whether Dr. Chojnowski is a supposed theological "authority" or not. Just take a step back and realize you're reading nothing other than an editorial, which is very similar to, I don't know, a forum like this one where everyone can offer their own opinions backed with arguments. The "authority" any of us possesses is irrelevant to the integrity of the content of what we say.

To Chojnowski's credit though, he has a PhD in Thomistic philosophy from Fordham.

I guess we should not read alternative trad voices or consider their opinions seriously and stick to the National Catholic Register and EWTN. Now there's some validated Catholicism!