[BlatherNaut]

Nevertheless, this second admission, coupled with admissions made in the book alluded to in Pentin’s post above (The Great Reformer), seems to point to at least a reasonable possibility that there was illegal collusion between various cardinals at the conclave of 2013. Of course, Pope John Paul II had made such collusion an excommunicable offense and evidence of such would cast a huge shadow of doubt on the validity of the conclave itself.

[BlatherNaut]

“...An article of the of the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, which regulates papal elections, has established that cardinals before the election “shall further abstain from any form of pact, agreement, promise or other commitment of any kind which could oblige them to give or deny their vote to a person or persons.”
The conclave rules in the apostolic constitution, issued by St. John Paul II in 1996, stressed that automatic excommunication is incurred by cardinals who commit to an electoral agreement for a papal conclave...”

http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/author-cardinals-differ-over-claim-of-conclave-campaigning/

[Army Air Corps]

Egad!

[Jim W N]

Goodfellas.

[kidd]

Wow.

[The Sons of Liberty]

STUNNING ADMISSION: Hyper-Progressive Cardinal Danneels Admits Being in Mafia Dedicated to Unseat

It has always been clear (at least to me, and I'm not even Catholic) that Benedict XVI was forced out.

Conspiracy theorists can have a field day about the forces at play, but the old predictions that the antiCHRIST would be a Pope don't seem nearly as far-fetched as they once did.

[xp38]

From Yes Prime Minister (The Bishop’s Gambit)

James Hacker: Humphrey, what’s a Modernist in the Church of England?
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Ah, well, the word “Modernist” is code for non-believer.
James Hacker: You mean an atheist?
Sir Humphrey Appleby: No, Prime Minister. An atheist clergyman couldn’t continue to draw his stipend. So, when they stop believing in God, they call themselves “Modernists”.
James Hacker: How could the Church of England suggest an atheist as Bishop of Bury St Edmunds?
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Well, very easily. The Church of England is primarily a social organization, not a religious one.
James Hacker: Is it?
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Oh yes. It’s part of the rich social fabric of this country. So bishops need to be the sorts of chaps who speak properly and know which knife and fork to use. The sort of people one can look up to.

[redleghunter]

……..At the launch of the book in Brussels this week, the cardinal said he was part of a secret club of cardinals opposed to Pope Benedict XVI.

You guys certainly have a 'cloak and daggers' type drama with your headshed.

[EEGator]

Is this The blog for Dallas area Catholics?

If so, I’m convinced!

[DuncanWaring]

Ann Barnhardt generally concurs:

http://www.barnhardt.biz/2015/09/24/breaking-blockbuster-prima-facie-evidence-that-francis-is-in-fact-antipope/

[marshmallow]

Would this "mafia" be.....um......ya know.......lavender??

[usconservative]

He called it a “mafia” club that bore the name of St. Gallen. The group wanted a drastic reform of the Church, to make it “much more modern” and for Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio to head it. The group, which also comprised Cardinal Walter Kasper and the late Jesuit Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, has been documented in Austen Ivereigh’s biography of Pope Francis, The Great Reformer.

Why am I *not* surprised?

If true, and I have serious reservations when I read things like this, but if true the "modernists" sure got what they wanted via Francis didn't they?

It certainly explains Francis' political alignment with Barack Obama while here in the US and it damn' sure explains why Francis hasn't spoken one word about Christian persecution (read that: beheadding) in the Middle East while here either.