Is Francis Pope? My Reply to Fr. Brian Harrison
In 1378, there was a concrete case of “an ordinary lay Catholic in the pews” who had to decide whether Clement VII was Pope.
In 1378, there was a concrete case of “an ordinary lay Catholic in the pews” who had to decide whether Clement VII was Pope.
This premise, then, is only probable, not necessary.
It is probably easier for a simple priest who lacks such formation to discern its truth.
"We now see the prophetic words of Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen unfolding before our eyes."
Dr Lamont raises a more fundamental objection.
When modernists, hyperpapalist conservatives, and sedevacantists agree.
Fulton J. Sheen said that it would be up to the people to save the church.
Even if the Francis pontificate is the worst in history, we can still find a number of good things that Pope Francis has done.
It is true that the doctrinal corruption is the worst corruption of all, in the same way that the First Commandment is First, and idolatry is the worst sin.
In both of the first two pornocracies, a period of unprecedented corruption preceded a yet more glorious and unprecedented triumph and renewal.
When we encounter crises in the Church, we need to look to the end of time and the reign of Antichrist.