
Are the Sedevacantists Right ... after all?

Is
the Chair of Saint
Peter Empty?
Francis
is the culmination of quite
nearly every argument brought against the legitimacy of the
popes who have sat on the seat of Saint Peter since Pope Pius
XII —
at the latest. Francis’s utterances, positions
and propositions — to say nothing of his actions — have at the
very least given credence to, and vigorously supported claims
that he is not the pope ... after all.
Given the overwhelming support of the heresy
of Modernism that now infects virtually every aspect of the
Church — and which Francis appears to champion at every opportunity
— the question is quite suddenly no longer academic. Nor can
we appeal to the New Code of Canon Law improvised during
Vatican II to settle the question, since the Code itself is
infected.
Francis sits in the Chair of
Saint Peter, and exercises all the prerogatives of a pope —
but quite possibly is not the pope. His ascending to
the Throne of Saint Peter was scandalously preceded by canonically
illicit and incredibly open lobbying (the infamous ST.
Gallen Group, a.k.a the
“Vatican
Mafia”
as they enjoyed calling themselves) who were subsequently given
seats of the highest honor following his election. He has celebrated
the Protestant Reformation and ordered Vatican postal stamps
be issued with Martin Luther piously presented. He has equated
all religions as paths of sanctification — and ultimately salvation:
in a word, he appears, by word and deed, to be a Pantheist under
the guise of Ecumenism. His love for the ascription of
“humility”
to him is painfully obvious given his carefully orchestrated
and widely publicized
“humble
gestures”.
On the other hand, in the real world, to those who disagree
with him, he is a petulant, angry and often vulgar autocrat
who tolerates no dissension from his Weltanschaung and
who ruthlessly punishes critics of his signature platforms.
“An
atmosphere of fear permeates the Vatican”
2 it is often written and quoted. Of what? Of not
going along to get along; fear of not supporting
his most ambitious
“reforms”
lest punishment follow. It rather sounds more like the reign
of Caligula than a pope.
Deception and Distortion
Francis has distorted, defied, or denied Sacred Scripture —
which is to say what Jesus Christ Himself teaches us — even
as he is portrayed on nearly every Catholic web site kneeling
and praying ... even by some of those who openly challenge what
he is doing to the Church. Think of it: when a tragedy occurs,
Catholic websites claim as
“news”
that “Pope Francis laments” or “condemns” such and such.
That is supposed to be newsworthy? Atheists do the same
but do not get the copy. It is the incessant indoctrination
of the mantra
“Francis the humble”
that the worldly press encourages because they know he is dismantling
2000 years of Catholicism that opposed all or most of their
anti-Catholic views on abortion, homosexuality, transgenderism,
ecology, Mother Earth, and even politics ... all of which, received
more of Francis’s “humble” “mercy” either explicitly or
implicitly in that New Age Encyclical he called Amoris Laetitia.
Now we are told, by one of Francis’s staunchest supporters (and
benefactor of Francis) that “We must let go of “cherished
beliefs” (Cardinal Cupich)
“re-imagine
the Church”
(that was never imaginary to begin with)
and begin a
“revolution”
that will wean Catholics away from what he described, verbatim,
as “an adolescent spirituality into an adult spirituality.”
1 Presumably, given Francis’s
penchant for Lutheranism this must mean Protestant and
not historically Catholic spirituality— but which one of thousands
of Protestant sects, we wonder, does he see as the paradigm
for “grown-up
spirituality”? Lutheranism
appears to be on the fast track. Or perhaps it may be Islam?
Judaism? Taoism? Hinduism? All?
Francis’s smug arrogance toward those who presented questions
in the form of legitimate Dubia (which a year later remain
contemptuously unanswered) for clarification by Francis has
been nothing less than scandalous — because what he stated in
Amoris Laetitia and elsewhere leaves not only
simple Catholics confused, but cardinals, bishops, and philosophers
as well (all of whom he penalized for their support
of clarification of important Scriptural and Church
doctrine which he has compromised and cannot answer without
revising his agenda for the
“Church of Surprise
and Encounter”
that he, Cardinal Cupich, and his coterie of disaffected Catholics
at the Vatican are endeavoring to build — and that has little
or no resemblance to the Catholic Church of the 2000 years
preceding Vatican II.
The
Church we Recognize no Longer
The fact is, I do not recognize the Church I once knew.
Nor its Mass.
Nor its increasingly secular
teachings that appear to conform to the world and not
Christ — and at the expense of Christ and that now quaint and
childish notion of
“the salvation
of immortal souls”.
Francis is genuinely a
“legitimate”
pope, and his reign will be — unquestionably — the most destructive
in Church history.
But then again, face it: we deserve this pope. He is definitely
attuned to this generation! He is — and he appears to be acutely
aware of it — and what the world wants. Of course what
the world
wants
and what Christ wants are quite different ...
in fact, diametrically opposed. (Saint John 15.19)
Although, if we are asked,
“is
Francis really pope?”
We may be inclined to infamously retort:
“Who
are we to judge?”
But the fact of the matter is that he is legitimately
— however much regrettably — our pope. He is an affliction
upon us and deservedly so. His penchant for putative “environment
issues”, Mother Earth, politics and redistributive economies
— all of which are very popular secular issues that redound
to his popularity (and he knows it) — largely reflect our own.
Even many Catholics. All those transcendent and supernatural
things with which the Church occupied Herself prior to Vatican
II and especially the pontificate of Pope Francis, interest
most Catholics as much as they apparently interest Francis —
which is to say, little. Oh, yes we make the superficial gestures
and utter perfunctory formulas at Mass ... if we even go anymore
... and some declare themselves “Pro-Abotion Catholics”!
Eternal Life — just as with Eternal Death (the
“Second
Death”
in Holy Scripture) — are non-issues for us any longer: they
belong in that reliquary we call Pre-Spirit-of-Vatican-II
— you know, Offending God, Death, Heaven, Hell, Mortal Sin,
satan and demons, Exorcisms, Penance, the Real Presence (of
Jesus Christ in the Eucharist), modesty, purity, innocence,
chastity — in a word everything we have given
up to be acceptable to the world ... however much we offend
God and lose our immortal souls.
“All
that comes later, anyway”
— right?
It appears to be fairly easy
to be
“more
Catholic than the pope”
these days.
Why don't we try it? It may even
lead us to that other long-neglected concept called
“holiness”.
NOTA BENE: Bear
in mind — for it is of the greatest importance — that
the Holy Catholic Church does not cease to exist when there
is no pope on the Seat of Peter. The longest papal election
lasted nearly three years and occurred in the 13th century
when the cardinals convened to choose a successor to Clement
IV on Mar 11, 1271. The Church endured this interregnum. It
will surely outlast Francis and friends.
Geoffrey K.
Mondello
Editor
Boston Catholic Journal
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1
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cardinal-cupich-amoris-laetitia-is-a-call-for-an-adult-spirituality-where-w
2
https://catholiccitizens.org/news/69393/pope-orders-cardinal-muller-dismiss-three-cdf-priests/
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A note about the graphic:
No, it is not the backdrop of a horror film superimposed on
the cardinals present. It is the Paul VI Audience Hall. See
“Why
does the Paul VI Audience Hall look so demonic?”
https://www.quora.com/Why-does-the-Paul-VI-Audience-Hall-look-so-demonic

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Sacred Deposit of Faith entrusted to
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verbum Meum, nec non negasti Nomen Meum”
“I
know your works ... that you have but little power,
and yet you have kept My word, and have not denied
My Name.”
(Apocalypse 3.8)
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