German Catholics Shrug at the Pope’s Heresy
We only ever look to Christ the King – not out of disdain for the hierarchy, but as a matter of emergency.
The Hyperpapalist Interpretation of Pastor Aeternus: Why Modernists and Sedevacantists are Both Wrong
When modernists, hyperpapalist conservatives, and sedevacantists agree.
Archbishop Viganò and the Question of Pope Francis part II
Some Pontiffs were illegitimately elected or took possession of the Pontificate by fraud, yet they are valid.
Archbishop Viganò and the Question of Pope Francis
I have some concerns about certain aspects of his current position.
Bishop Athanasius Schneider on the Validity of Pope Francis
There is no authority to declare or consider an elected and generally accepted Pope as an invalid Pope. The constant practice of the Church makes it evident that even in the case of an invalid election this invalid election will be de facto healed through the general acceptance of the new elected by the overwhelming…
Fr. Altman Goes Sede
The paradox between “You are Peter” and “Get behind me, Satan,” has not been resolved in the Tradition.
Whither Benepapism?
Benedict clearly declared he “renounced the ministry of the Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter.” No qualification of an “active ministry” here.
The Benevacantists have a Pope… and So Do We
In a hilarious twist of God's Providence, a fringe group makes itself, reluctantly, mainstream.
BIP to Elect Anti-Pope on Monday
You may not have realized it, but a new “Pope” will be elected this coming Monday, the 30th of January. Why do I put it in quotes? For two good reasons. The first is that you cannot elect a new Pope if there is one still alive; the second is that this whole story, more…
A Psychological Approach to Understanding Sedevacantism
Sedevacantism: from Latin sedes, “seat, bench, throne,” and the verb vacare, “to be empty.” As a legal term denoting a temporary episcopal vacancy, sede vacante is unimpeachable. My objections begin with the addition of the notoriously modern suffix “-ism,” with all its implications of continuance and ideological coherence. Human societies, from the most primitive tribes…
The New Rite of Consecration is Valid
The New Rite of Episcopal Consecration Valid, albeit deficient and problematic In fall 2005, Rev. Fr. Pierre Marie of the SSPX, a traditional Dominican Priest in Avrille, France, published a detailed and excellent study (which is now online here) in Sel de la Terre documenting that the New Rite of Episcopal Consecration (in use in the Latin…