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GG (tossing flame thrower into cupboard), don't you think that sedevacantism is essentially doubting God? Isn't it really doubting His word when he said that He would not leave us orphans?

I feel like an orphan, completely ignored and marginalized. I have to struggle with my own Church just to practice the Faith as its always been practiced. I have to shield my children from Catholic priests. I can't find Catholic schools that actually teach Catholicism.

If this is what happens when the seat is occupied, I sure don't want to be around when it's vacated.

BTW, I don't think Christ ever promised that we wouldn't be without a Pope. Every time a Pope dies the seat is vacant.

Popes die and Popes are elected to succeed them. That's natural. God's providence provides a successor to carry on the ministry.

Sedevcantism, on the other hand, implies that the succession has been broken. The usual cutoff date which is quoted is 1958, or thereabouts, when Pius XII died. I've always thought that it's really a temptation against faith.

Sure, the smoke of Satan permeates everything and scandal is everywhere. But we have to believe that God is still guiding the Barque of Peter as the waves crash over the bow.