Free Republic

Hyperpapalists are instituting tactics inspired by the French Revolution.One of the most distinct and basic — though sometimes contentious — tenets of Catholic doctrine is that of papal supremacy. Catholics are morally and theologically bound to accept the authority and supremacy of the pope, the bishop of Rome, as the visible head of the Holy Catholic Church. Failure to do so — schism — designates the schismatic as someone who willingly places himself outside the Catholic Church. Unfortunately, leftists within the Church’s ranks have isolated this basic tenet from all other basic tenets of Catholicism and weaponized it. The latest...