I agree. He is a dictator.
Dictators get their way via the iron fist and the jackboot.
What’s worse, most of the Cardinals obviously support him.
Otherwise Benedict would still be Pope.
So, what do you to when he ultimately forces the issue?
That’s my argument with all of you NeverSchism people.
Are you going to stay with him in a church that embraces abortion, gay marriage, and other anti-Godly practices?
I don’t criticize you. If things get that openly heretical, then I’ll just have to see where it leads me.
When we were living in Ridgefield, Connecticut, some years ago, the HQ of the Society of St. Pius X was in a house and newly built church just a couple of hundred yards away from us. I used to meet the Fathers skating on the ice with kids who were children of their parishioners, or out walking when I walked the dogs. They were very nice, and obviously loyal to the traditional Catholic Church.
The Spirit of Vatican II was horrible then. I did go to one or a few of the SPX masses, and they were wonderful. Our local parish went to the dogs, and I started taking my kids to a church further away, where the pastor and his assistants were still real Catholics.
As I have said, I’m fortunate to have a good pastor at the moment, and I’ve always had genuine confession and communion and the other sacraments available, except for that one parish that I abandoned.
If Pope Francis succeeds in destroying the Church the way he wishes, a lot further, then I’ll have to think again. But meantime, I’ll just hold on, wait, and see—and refuse to be led down his garden path.