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[Catholic Caucus] Priest: Pope Francis causing ‘many schisms’ and ‘deeper wounds’ in the Church than any other PopeIn the past, the Popes stood for purity of Church doctrine, while the schismatics rejected this doctrine. Today, however, Pope Francis rejects traditional Catholic teachings and seems to condone schisms or even provoke them.Anyone who has been following Church news recently will increasingly come across the term “schism,” which is causing an unusually strong stir.In Spain, a convent of Poor Clares has broken away from the Church and considers all Popes after Pius XII (1939-1958) to be illegitimate. In their view, the Apostolic...

[Catholic Caucus] Who is really in schism with the Catholic Church today?This is the fifth part of our series on membership of the Church. It examines who the members of the Church are, and who they are not. Part I can be read here; Part II can be read here; Part III can be read here; and Part IV can be read here.IntroductionThe crisis engulfing the Church today divides Catholics from each other.Men and women who want to remain faithful to the teaching of Christ, and obedient to the hierarchy which He established, often find themselves perplexed at obligations that...

[Catholic Caucus] With the help of Tucho, Pope wants to rehabilitate anti-Pope excommunicated by a Council. They only worry about obeying Vatican II and care nothing for previous Councils.Francis—with the help of Tucho—to rehabilitate antipope Benedict XIIIWe just need to see them try to rehabilitate Satan himself. The favored one now is the antipope Benedict XIII. By the way, don't make it strange to you, Saint Hippolytus of Rome was the first antipope in history and yet he is a saint.The Vatican requests information to rehabilitate the historical figure of Pope LunaAnti-Pope BenedictThe prefect of the Doctrine of the Faith...

A Schismatic Pope?“It is not to be excluded that I will enter history as the one who split the Catholic Church... I am not afraid of schisms ...” -Jorge Mario BergoglioAs expected, and just in time for Christmas, Msgr. Roche, the Latin Mass-hating Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments (CDW) has issued, on the authority the Latin Mass-hating Pope, a “clarification” of “Traditiones custodes” (TC) in the form of answers to eleven questions (dubia). But that is Bergoglio’s modus operandi: erect an apparatus to hide the naked exercise of his tyrannical will. The questions are,...

[Catholic Caucus] Flashback: Francis is in SCHISM from ALL Valid Popes in History who Reject his Sacrilege of Communion for Adulterers Remember when Francis and his collaborators cry “SCHISM” it means they are AFRAID!What are they afraid of?They are AFRAID that it will finally get through the cowardly and apparently not too bright heads of the few faithful bishops that:Zero valid popes in the history of the Catholic Church have committed the sacrilege of instituting as the Vatican’s official teaching that unrepentant adulterous couples can profane the Holy of Holy Jesus Christ who is true God by having unrepentant sinners...

Vatican Now in Crisis Management Mode with German BishopsNEWS ANALYSIS: Sources say that two senior cardinals wanted to bring the president of the German bishops’ conference to Rome for correction regarding his recent controversial comments, but were overruled by Pope Francis.VATICAN CITY — In January, two Vatican cardinals wanted to summon the president of the German bishops’ conference to Rome and correct him about a media interview in which he expressed his dissent from Church teaching in a number of areas. Such a meeting, which some believe should have been used to give the Vatican’s formal opposition to the...