Position against sedevacantism:  A priest of any rank who is under automatic excommunication continues to legally hold office until by one means or another he is publicly removed from office.  Until this occurs actions he takes at the legal level are valid.  The legal Chair of Peter that maintains succession is not broken until a pope leaves or is effectively removed from office.
        Positions involved with the moral integrity of a priest are always invalid.  Only one sacrament requires a priest to morally hold office in order for the action to be valid.

False Popes do not have worthy occupancy of office:

1. Is Benedict XVI a false pope as some claim?
   

   there are an estimated 30 million Americans who were raised Catholic but no longer identify with the Catholic Church, having joined other Christian sects or other religions, or claiming no religious identity at all.  Former Catholics

2. Is he an automatically excommunicated heretic?
3. Does he have moral status as pope or priest?
4. Does God accept offerings presented through a priest cut off from the Church?
5. Can an excommunicated priest act in the person of Jesus (in Persona Christi)?
6. Would Jesus present an unworthily offered sacrifice to His Father?
7. Do teachings (instructions) have meaning if not supported by action?
8. Does popularity mean that a pope or bishop is worthy?
9. Are declarations valid that declare one a saint if made by a false pope?
10. Do those who believe in humanism get into Heaven?

        A pope demonstrates that he does not have moral authority when he diminishes, ignores, reverses, or terminates a teaching established by God as known through Sacred Scripture.  [Genesis 1:1 through the Apocalypse 22:21] – Gn. 1:28; 9:6.  Both of these instructions are permanent commands of God that have been denigrated by the current and recent popes.  These men cannot be classified as moral popes.  They are without moral authority.  Because of them the faithful have been scattered.  They are not "fishers of men" according to the teachings of Jesus; they are servants of Satan.
        Saying that man knows better than God, concerning the death penalty for 1st degree murder, is heresy based on humanism.  Positions suborning God's Word concerning capital punishment is a denial of God and positions Him as being of less intelligence than man. 

        Being instrumental in bringing about the death of a soul is a greater crime than pedophilia, sodomy, using torture in the killing of an innocent person, other forms of murder, incest, kidnapping, multiple rapes of children or women while threatening them with their own death, torture, or the death of parents, brothers, sisters, or close friends.  When the person or persons found guilty of the commission of these crimes, in the first degree, then mercy is not to be granted them according to the command of God.
        Through proper confession and public acknowledgement of crimes, publicly known to have been committed, one may escape the fires of Hell, through God's mercy, but may not be released from the mandated death penalty prescribed for the offense.  Executions should be carried out in a timely manner with the understanding that even if the person should later prove innocent, that person, if otherwise in the grace of God, will be in Heaven.  False accusers, planters of evidence, etc., are subject to the death penalty themselves according to God's Holy Word.  Deu. 19:18-19  "and if after a thorough investigation the judges find that the witness is a false witness and has accused his kinsman falsely, you shall do to him as he planned to do to his kinsman."

Heb. 10:26-31  If we sin deliberately after receiving knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains sacrifice for sins but a fearful prospect of judgment and a flaming fire that is going to consume the adversaries.  Anyone who rejects the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the testimony of two or three witnesses.  Do you not think that a much worse punishment is due the one who has contempt for the Son of God, considers unclean the covenant-blood by which he was consecrated, and insults the spirit of grace?  We know the one who said:
        "Vengeance is mine; I will repay,"  and again:
        "The Lord will judge his people."
        "It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Mt. 24:11-12 Many false prophets will arise and deceive many; and because of the increase of evildoing, the love of many will grow cold.

2 Cor. 11:12-15  And what I do I will continue to do, in order to end this pretext of those who seek a pretext for being regarded as we are in the mission of which they boast.  For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, who masquerade as apostles of Christ.  And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.  So it is not strange that his ministers also masquerade as ministers of righteousness.  Their end will correspond to their deeds.

1. When was the last cardinal or bishop who protected pedophiles, sodomites, or was lenient with pro-abortionists removed from his position of authority within the Catholic Church?
   Condemnatory sins of omission:  A pope's repeated failure to remove bad cardinals and bishops.  No man of God should fear death for acts of righteousness.
2. Name the cardinals and bishops removed from office?
3. Name a cardinal or bishop who has been promoted to higher office when found too objectional to continue in his assignment?
4. Why are popes, cardinals, and bishops not removed from the Church when they become known as condemned Freemasons?
   Freemasons and ilk should never be in any position of authority including religious leaders, high government officials, judges, jurors, or trusted as evidence gatherers due to their oath to protect fellow Masons (in the higher Masonic orders this includes murderers, rapists, pedophiles, etc.  Masons are forbidden to knowingly have sex with a fellow Masons wife.  No problem if they do not know.  Promiscuity is rampant among Masons and therefore they do not pass laws against abortion, etc.  Those who are pro-abortion support sodomites and visa versa.).
5. Should there not be a public examination (four months minimum in all areas of prior activity) of a priests background before being appointed a bishop?
6. Why is it that the prior prime location for a tabernacle is now the location for the celebrant priest and his ministers?
7. When will people realize that the making of saints is no more than a ploy made to pacify or nullify protestors?
8. Should not people of faith recognize that unsupported worthy statements made by the Vatican serve no good purpose when not supported by proper action and discipline for failure to promote the teachings proclaimed?
9. Are not papal statements an evil subversion of faith and practice when not supported by meaningful action?
10. Is not saying what is right while allowing wrong to continue pleasing to Satan since it mullifies the faithful through confusion regarding truth?
11. Do real Catholics seriously consider it a privilege to see and possibly shake the hand of a false pope?
12. Is not pope worship against the first of the Ten Commandments?

        The One World Order that is being promoted by Benedict XVI, in harmony with his predecessor, is anti-true-God.  Proponents of the "One World Order" seek the following to promote their own good.

1. One World Religion  [ Leadership by One who accepts that all religious forms of belief lead to eternal life or have acceptable value to God – Luciferian concept ].  Control of religion is necessary for the success of the following masonically associated goals.

2. One World Government  [ United Nations controlled by Secret Societies ]  Note: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic and other governments are currently controlled by Freemasons and associates.  Familial (ancestral) relationships are commonly found in those associated with the Illuminatti – LUMINOUS ONES. ]

3. One World Economy  [ I.R.S.  International Reserve System controlled by wealthy elitists.  Christian groups of consequence, Jews, and Muslims have all been infiltrated by Freemasons or other secret societies that have wealth and perversion as their goals.  Freemasons take an oath to protect fellow Masons whenever possible.  Many Masons are government officials and include local and national police, judges, doctors (including coroners), lawyers, and heads of various major business and financial corporations. ]

        Any politician who has not, who does not, or who will not pledge to oppose Freemasonry (Illuminatti) and other secret societies must be considered as part of the conspiracy to take control of the world.  To vote for such a person is condemnatory sin!

Questions for the reader:

1. Do you want to be perceived as being popular?
2. Do you seek association with those who are popular?
3. Are your beliefs focused on this life (humanism)?
4. Do you feel more saintly because someone has been declared a saint?
5. Do you vote for those who say they will reward you in this life?
6. Do you place temporal values over spiritual values?
7. Would you give up comfort in this life to be with God in the next?
8. Do you not oppose evil because of fear of retribution?  (Apoc. 21:8 – cowards)
9. Are you afraid of hurting someone's feelings by telling them a truth that could save their soul?
10. Will you be a sheep (Heaven) or a goat (eternal fire) on judgement day?  (Mt. 25:31-46)

        Deceit is presenting truth in a manner that overrides good sense.  Lies can be made to appear as truth.  Satan presents right as though it is wrong, and wrong as though it is right. 

1. Have you been deceived or lied to by Satan?
   Pope Benedict principal in cover up of pedophile priests.  2 minute MP3 audio file.
2. Have you lied to yourself or deceived yourself?
3. Where are your values, within or outside of yourself?
4. Have you been neutralized by someone who says what is right but does what is wrong?
5. Have you been distracted from truth regarding what is really taking place in the world that is under the control of the prince of this world who will be driven out?  [Jn. 12:31]
6. Does the following passage of Scripture have meaning for the early 21st century?
           "Let the wicked still act wickedly, and the filthy still be filthy.
           The righteous must still do right, and the holy still be holy."  [Apoc. 22:11]

        Webster's Dictionary defines an anti-pope as one who was elected or who claims to be pope in opposition to a pope canonically elected.  A false pope (priest) would be one who had entered the priesthood covertly (communist, freemason, government agent, sodomite, adulterer, etc., or who had later come under automatic excommunication for subverting the faith for some form of personal reason or gain.

        Failure to clearly state that voting for someone who is pro-abortion, pro-choice, pro-sodomy, pro-pedophilia, pro birth control, etc., is mortal sin which warrants condemnation of popes, cardinals, archbishops, bishops, and superiors of religious orders and societies.  All of the aforementioned, by virtue of position, commit not only mortal sin but should be publicly known as being condemned.

        Without public confession presented in a manner that constitutes restitution, required by the severity of the omissions involved, the perpetrators should be known as condemned to Hell for all eternity.  All who have association with such individuals have a moral obligation to admonish these sinners, or, at the least treat them as unfaithful and avoid contact with them.  All priests should understand, even without a mandate from the higher ranks of the priesthood, that they still have a moral obligation to make clear to their congregations that mortal sin is committed when they vote for condemned individuals.  Spiritual values must always supersede temporal concerns.

Sins of Commission:

1. Breaking one or more of the 10 Commandments.
2. Failure to observe the six Precepts of the Church.
3. Committing one of the Seven Capital (deadly) Sins.
4. Treating others as though they are of less importance to God than yourself.

Sins of Omission:

1. Failure to practice the Corporal or Spiritual Works of Mercy when need exists.
2. Failure to observe the Eight Beatitudes as able.
3. Failure to Love God with one's whole heart, mind, body, and soul.
4. Failure to Love your neighbor as much as yourself (not recognizing that
   everyone is your neighbor regardless of intellect, race, appearance or ability.)

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI exposed as a protector of known pedophiles.  Panorama, 2006 October 2, run time is 42 minutes.  This video shows the depth of involvement of Benedict XVI in the cover-up of pedophile priests.  Should this link become unusable for any reason, let me know and I will furnish another web link.  Allow file to freely and fully download.    British documentary alleges pope linked to "child abuse cover-up"
Since the BBC has not been sued it would seem certain that irrefutable fact has been presented.

For audio only of this file click here.

Pope Benedict XVI, Pictured with a Mohammedan, Pushing for the Abolition of the Roman Catholic Papacy in favor of the Masonic/Illuminatti "One World church".

Including the above this web page link reveals clear evidence to oppose what they refer to as "New church".  While the SSPX (Society of St. Pius X) falls short in some of their own arguments and positions, they also have real reasons to oppose the present corrupt hierarchy of the Catholic Church.  Perhaps someday they will realize their mistake of going off into their own detrimental tangent and accept a sound systematic for opposing the present Church hierarchy.  Jesus was very clear that the members of the true Church were to be one as He and the Father are one.

Why is this jungle boogie bishop allowed to remain in office?     Blog

        Seal of Confession is never binding upon the penitent.  It applies only to the confessor, anyone authorized to translate, etc., and upon anyone who might overhear the penitents confession.  The penitent may record the confession and the priests comments, penance, etc. openly or secretly.  Every penitent has the right to be hidden behind a screen in a manner where the priest is never able to see the penitent directly or indirectly.  This, except in unusual situations, should be the norm in regard to anyone under the age of twenty and for all women.  Even in unusual circumstances either the penitent, the priest, or both should be observable to others at a distance.  Any other presentation should be understood as a ploy to serve an immoral purpose.  Those waiting to have their confessions heard should be a sufficient distance away so that confessions will not be overheard.  To aid in this background filler sounds, not entertainment or otherwise disturbing, may be used.

        No lay person or priest should consider themselves held bound to clearly nonmoral civil or ecclesiastical authorities.  It is better to loose one's temporal position than to spend eternity in Hell.  Feelings, emotions, or personal opinions are insufficient to use to oppose legal authorities and may bring about disassociation with God.

Confidential file designed to protect pedophile priests by using guilt regarding the false use of the seal of confession.
        This document was authorized during the papacy of John XXIII (Roncalli).  Bishop Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was created a cardinal in 1953 by Pope Pius XII.  The following documents coupled with the known consequences of his papacy establish to a reasonable person that Roncalli was a Freemason and was therefore under automatic excommunication under the Code of Canon Law.

Apparitions and Warnings Suppressed

Authentic description by Fr. Frank Pavone of mid-term abortion
using D&E (dialation and extraction) method.

1 Peter 2:5 "and, like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ."

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2 Tim. 4:1-8  I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingly power: proclaim the word; be persistent whether it is convenient or inconvenient; convince, reprimand, encourage through all patience and teaching. For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine but, following their own desires and insatiable curiosity, will accumulate teachers and will stop listening to the truth and will be diverted to myths. But you, be self-possessed in all circumstances; put up with hardship; perform the work of an evangelist; fulfill your ministry.
        For I am already being poured out like a libation, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith. From now on the crown of righteousness awaits me, which the Lord, the just judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me, but to all who have longed for his appearance.

Rev. 6:11  Each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to be patient a little while longer until the number was filled of their fellow servants and brothers who were going to be killed as they had been.

The Wanderer — March 13, 2008        New Pew Survey . . .

One-Tenth Of Americans Are Former Catholics
By PAUL LIKOUDIS

        According to a new survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, released February 25, there are an estimated 30 million Americans who were raised Catholic but no longer identify with the Catholic Church, having joined other Christian sects or other religions, or claiming no religious identity at all.
        The new survey, considered one of the largest ever conducted, is based on interviews with more than 35,000 Americans age 18 or older. This new "U.S. Religious Landscape Survey" finds that religious affiliation in the U.S. is both "very diverse and extremely fluid."
        More than one-quarter of American adults (28%) have left the faith in which they were raised in favor of another religion - or no religion at all. If change in affiliation from one type of Protestantism to another is included, 44% of adults have either switched religious affiliation, moved from being unaffiliated with any religion to being affiliated with a particular faith, or dropped any connection to a specific religious tradition altogether.
        The survey finds that the number of people who say they are unaffiliated with any particular faith today (16.1 %) is more than double the number who say they were not affiliated with any particular religion as children. Among Americans ages 18-29, one in four say they are not currently affiliated with any particular religion.
        The Landscape Survey confirms that the United States is close to losing its "Protestant "majority, with only 51 % of Americans identifying themselves as Protestant.
        Among the survey's other findings: Mormons and Muslims have the largest families; Hindus are the most well educated Americans; Jews are the wealthiest; and Catholics most inclined to abandon their religious tradition.
        According to the survey, 31 % percent of Americans were raised in the Catholic faith, today fewer than one in four (24%) describe themselves as Catholic. These losses would have been much more profound for the U.S. Church were the losses not offset by immigration.
        The Landscape Survey finds that among the foreign-born adult population, Catholics outnumber Protestants by nearly a two to one margin (46% Catholic vs. 24% Protestant); among native-born Americans, on the other hand, Protestants outnumber Catholics by an even larger margin (55% Protestant vs. 21% Catholic).
        The survey also found that Jehovah's Witnesses, who constitute only 0.7% of the American population, have the largest growth of any religious sect, but also the hardest time retaining members who are raised in Jehovah's Witnesses families.
        Twelve percent of Americans describe their religion as "nothing in particular," and half of that group says religion is "not important' 'in their lives.
        According to the Pew Survey summary report: "Another example of the dynamism of the American religious scene is the experience of the Catholic Church. Other surveys - such as the General Social Surveys, conducted by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago since 1972 - find that the Catholic share of the U.S. adult population has held fairly steady in recent decades at around 25%.
        "What this apparent stability obscures, however, is the large number of people who have left the Catholic Church. Approximately one-third of the survey respondents who say they were raised Catholic no longer describe themselves as Catholic. This means that roughly 10% of all Americans are former Catholics....
        "Major changes in the makeup of American Catholicism also loom on the horizon. Latinos, who already account for roughly one in three adult Catholics overall, may account for an even larger share of U.S. Catholics in the future. For while Latinos represent roughly one in eight U.S. Catholics age 70 and older (12%), they account for nearly half of all Catholics ages 18-29 (45%)."

"Other highlights in the report include:

        "Men are significantly more likely than women to claim no religious affiliation. Nearly one in five men say they have no formal religious affiliation, compared with roughly 13% of women.
        "Among people who are married, nearly four in ten (37%) are married to a spouse with a different religious affiliation. (This figure includes Protestants who are married to another Protestant from a different denominational family, such as a Baptist who is married to a Methodist.) Hindus and Mormons are the most likely to be married (78% and 71%, respectively) and to be married to someone of the same religion (90% and 83%, respectively).
        "Mormons and Muslims are the groups with the largest families; more than one in five Mormon adults and 15% of Muslim adults in the U.S. have three or more children living at home.
        "The Midwest most closely resembles the religious makeup of the overall population. The South, by a wide margin, has the heaviest concentration of members of evangelical Protestant churches. The Northeast has the greatest concentration of Catholics, and the West has the largest proportion of unaffiliated people, including the largest proportion of atheists and agnostics.
        "Of all the major racial and ethnic groups in the United States, black Americans are the most likely to report a formal religious affiliation. Even among those blacks who are unaffiliated, three in four belong to the ‘religious unaffiliated' category (that is, they say that religion is either somewhat or very important in their lives), compared with slightly more than one-third of the unaffiliated population overall.
        "Nearly half of Hindus in the U.S., one-third of Jews, and a quarter of Buddhists have obtained postgraduate education, compared with only about one in ten of the adult population overall. Hindus and Jews are also much more likely than other groups to report high income levels."

Benedict XVI Visits Mosque
A Gesture of Esteem at Istanbul Landmark

ISTANBUL, Turkey, NOV. 30, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI visited the Blue Mosque, the largest and most beautiful in Istanbul, as a public gesture of his esteem for Muslim faithful. ...

The Holy Father removed his shoes before entering the mosque, accompanied by the Grand Mufti and by the landmark's imam, Emanullah Hatiboglu. ...

"It is a message of fraternity, in memory of this visit which I shall surely never forget," said Benedict XVI.

He is the second Pope to enter a mosque's enclosure. John Paul II visited the Umayyad Mosque in Syria in May 2001.

Protected by an imposing security force, Benedict XVI had visited the Museum of St. Sophia, the ancient basilica of Constantinople, which had been converted into a mosque in 1453 after the conquest of the city.   ZE06113009

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Papal Pause Not Exactly a Prayer

ISTANBUL, Turkey, NOV. 30, 2006 (Zenit.org).- ...

"It was a moment of personal meditation, of relationship with God, which can also be called of personal, profound prayer," Father Lombardi told journalists, "but it was not a prayer with external manifestations characteristic of the Christian faith."   ZE06113010

China welcomes Vatican's approval of bishop picked by Beijing
Friday, January 19, 2007 at 06:46 EST

HONG KONG — China's government-backed Catholic Patriotic Association on Thursday welcomed reports that the Vatican has approved a priest that the association has endorsed to become bishop of the Guangzhou diocese in southern China's Guangdong Province.
        The South China Morning Post reported that Pope Benedict has approved Father Gan Junqiu of Guangzhou's Sacred Heart Cathedral to be ordained as the diocese's bishop.

December 28, 2006 – Cardinal Renato Martino, Pope Benedict XVI's top prelate for justice, said that executing Saddam Hussein would punish "a crime with another crime."  He acknowledged Saddam's crimes but said capital punishment goes against Church teachings (An untruth if one believes in the unchangeable word of God.  There have been an increasing number of crimes calling for the death penalty following God's letting Cain of for murdering his brother Able.  See Gn. 9:6 plus sodomy, adultery, incest, etc.  The crimes that call for capital punishment may increase, but not decrease according to the pattern already set by God.).  Martino further stated, "life must be safeguarded from its beginning to its 'natural' end."  Martino is a false teacher, only innocent life is to be protected from its beginning to its natural end.

"Syria isn't Saudi Arabia, but it's one of the big untold stories out there," he said. For those who want to convert from Islam to Christianity, "you're disowned by your family, if the local mosque issues a death threat, no one is going to do anything about it, you'll just end up dead. Nothing is done, no police action, that's just understood. ...

The group International Christian Concern said Syria has some of the same characteristics – regarding its treatment of Christians – as North Korea, Vietnam, Egypt and China.
        And a special report from The Voice of the Martyrs listed Syria among three dozen or more nations where Christians face "arrest, imprisonment, physical torture and death." ...

an Egyptian obelisk of red granite, 25.5 meters tall, supported on bronze lions and surmounted by the Chigi arms in bronze, in all 41 meters to the cross on its top. The obelisk, of the 13th century BC, was moved to Rome in AD 37 by the Emperor Caligula to stand in the central spina of the Circus Gai et Neronis, which lay to the left of the present basilica. It was moved to its current site in 1586 by the engineer-architect Domenico Fontana under the direction of Pope Sixtus V, April 24, May 1, 1585 -- Aug. 27, 1590.        Obelisk located in front of Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican.

The obelisk symbolized the sun God Ra, or Re as some know him, and during the brief religious reformation of Akhenaten was said to be a petrified ray of the Aten, the sundisk. It was also thought that the God existed within the structure.

The tallest Egyptian Obelisk graces the square in front of the Lateran Basilica in Rome.

Here you see a view of the piazza or plaza at the Vatican, also known as St. Peter's square. The papal palace is on the right edge of the photo. The large eight-rayed sun wheel design, symbolic of Ishtar, is immediately noticeable. Look closely in the center of the wheel. What you see there is an obelisk, a genuine Egyptian obelisk shipped from Heliopolis to Rome by the Roman emperor Caligula. The obelisk is, of course, a phallic symbol,* but it also was used in sun worship. Click on the image to view a larger version of the same image.
        * It is claimed that the word 'obelisk' literally means 'Baal's shaft' or 'Baal's organ of reproduction'. Source: Masonic and Occult Symbols Illustrated, by Dr. Cathy Burns, pg. 341.

THE FOUNDATION OF MASONIC SYMBOLISM: PHALLIC WORSHIP

        Since the true meaning of Masonic symbols (and thus, the true meaning of Masonry itself) is to be known only by the Prince Adepts of Masonry, we must hear what they say concerning them. They (Albert Pike, Albert Mackey, J. D. Buck, Daniel Sickles and others) teach that Masonry is a revival of the Ancient Mysteries (the mystery religions of Babylon, Egypt, Persia, Rome and Greece).
        These Ancient religions had two meanings, or interpretations. One was the apparent (exoteric) meaning, known to the uninitiated, ignorant masses; the other (esoteric) meaning was the true meaning, entirely different, known only to a small, elite group, initiated into their secrets and secret rituals of worship. These mystery religions were forms of nature-worship, more specifically and most commonly the worship of the Sun as source and giver of life to the Earth. Since Ancient times, this worship of the Sun (and of the Moon, stars and of nature in general) has been sexual in its outworkings and rituals. Since the Sun’s rays, penetrating the Earth and bringing about new life, have been central to such worship, the phallus, the male ‘generative principle,’ has been worshiped and the rituals climaxed with sexual union in the mystery religions of Isis and Osiris, Tammuz, Baal, etc. (1) In summary, then, since the Ancient Mysteries (especially those of Egypt) are in fact the Old Religion of which Freemasonry is a revival, the symbols of Masonry should be expected to be phallic in true meaning. This, in very fact, is the case. A thorough treatment of this unpleasant reality is beyond the scope of this brief summary; however, some examples, with references to the Masonic authorities, will suffice to illustrate this astonishing fact.        http://www.watch.pair.com/symbol.html