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Right, chief: The Roman Catholic Church, founded by Jesus Christ on Peter, hasn't had a pope since? Pope Pius XII? John XXIII? Paul VI? Maybe Benedict XVI but that doesn't jibe with the sedevacantist fantasy that Vatican II was the breaking point.

Maybe you are one of those who believes that Guissepe Cardinal Siri of Genoa was actually elected to succeed Pius XII? Would that it were so! But it isn't. He would have been a worthy successor to Pius XII.

Maybe you are actually a Vatican I sedevacantist who could not accept the idea of papal infallibility on matters of faith and morals as outlined by Vatican I. An Utrecht Confession sedevacantist posing as Catholic?

I and a tremendous number of Catholics were Catholics BEFORE, DURING and EVER SINCE Vatican II. The stubby little sedevacantist dog tail is NOT going to wag the Roman Catholic Church dog.

Or, maybe you aren't a sedevacantist after all but believe that Pope Michael who reigns from the porch of his cabin in North Dakota or Montana (I forget which) having been elected by a "conclave" of his own family, is the REAL pope?

I owe you absolutely NO EXPLANATIONS for what you hallucinate. I sincerely hope that you find or found some church that will satisfy your fantasies and leave actual Catholics alone. Despite taking the name of a distinguished pope of the era of the Council of Trent as your screen name, you have no Teaching Magsterium of you and the actual Roman Catholic Church (the one HQ'd in the Vatican) is not about to adopt your eccentricities as doctrine.

Try this one. Until the Council of Jerusalem in about 54 AD, it was believed that to be a Christian one must first be a Jew. The early Christians at Jerusalem worshiped at the Temple (not a Catholic Church). IIRC, they were expelled from Temple worship (with Jews 20-25 years AFTER the resurrection) at about the same time that Paul came to Jerusalem to press the case with Peter that Christ had also come for Gentiles and that adult Gentile men were understandably not eager to undergo circumcision to become Catholic.

Pentecost is regarded as the birth of the Church. For many years thereafter, Catholics worshiped WITH Jews at the Temple. Why am I not surprised that you are ignorant of this and many items of Church history that do not fit the sedevacantist looney tune theory of Catholicism.

How would, in your fantasy, the Roman Catholic Church get a real pope since every living cardinal was appointed by a pope that you do not recognize? Shall we allow election by the people of Rome???? Given the general licentiousness and hostility to religion prevailing in Rome 2016, That would produce a pope that would make Frankie look orthodox. St. Peter's Basilica would be turned into a gay nightclub with satanic black masses a regular feature.

Will we turn the election over to only those who are taste-offended schismatics and historical ignorami in good standing?

Don't kvetch about my not answering your silly questions when you make a point of refusing to answer questions generally. I will complain about Frankie to my heart's content and I don't have to become a schismatic to do it. No one does. All it requires is respect for the truth of this papacy. Don't kid yourself that the ranks of the sedevacantists will be significantly augmented by defections of actual Catholics from the actual Roman Catholic Church. What lengths the schismatics will go to to play make believe Catholic!