And so it came to pass that Church Militant publishes commentary from Antonio Socci, unabridged and unedited, wherein Socci reintroduces the proof set of the Bergoglian Antipapacy, and they offer it without adding any commentary of their own. HERE
It is unironically ironic that just as the English language subtitle of Socci’s book was changed, against his wishes, from “Why (Benedict) is Still Pope,” to “Is (Benedict) Still Pope?” HERE that the editors at Church Militant chose to subtitle their article, “Antonio Socci on the Pan-Amazon Synod and the Francis Pontificate,” because I can assure you that the term “Francis Pontificate” appears nowhere in Socci’s piece.
Socci knows there is no such thing as a “Francis Pontificate.”
As of this writing, the Church Militant article, published 9 July, has been shared on facebook 198,000 times, and retweeted 24,000 times.
Progress!
I share a snippet here:
Papa Ratzinger in these years has a dramatic task. On the one hand he must ward off all of the Bergoglian pulls which would carry the Church outside the bounds of Catholic doctrine (and his very presence is a deterrent which “admonishes” the Argentine). On the other hand, he must encourage those Catholics who are bewildered by the present disaster (including bishops and cardinals) and he must invite them to defend the faith of the Church while avoiding the production of irreparable ruptures.
The signals he gives are always discreet, but clear and comforting. Not only by means of powerful interventions like the document he issued last April, but also by recalling that he – that is, the pope – is there and Catholics should not feel that they are orphans. The latest (truly beautiful) book which Ratzinger has published, “Per Amore,” does not carry on its cover the title “Pope Emeritus” but the firm signature “Benedetto PP XVI.” These initials “PP” stand for “Pastor Pastorum” (or Pater Patrum), which is the title and prerogative of the reigning pontiff.
This is the umpteenth little sign of the dramatic situation of the Apostolic See, which cannot (yet) be clarified, but which confirms what Benedict XVI said in his final audience on February 27, 2013: “The “always” is also a “for ever” – there can no longer be a return to the private sphere. My decision to resign the active exercise of the ministry does not revoke this.”
But wait, there’s more!
The thought of Benedict XVI is best expressed above all by the words of his right-hand man, Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, who said at an historic conference at the Gregorian University:
Before and after his resignation, Benedict understood and understands his task as participation in such a “Petrine ministry.” He has left the papal throne and yet, with the step made on February 11, 2013, he has not at all abandoned this ministry. Instead, he has complemented the personal office with a collegial and synodal dimension, as a quasi-shared ministry. … This is why Benedict XVI has not given up either his name, or the white cassock. This is why the correct name by which to address him even today is “Your Holiness”; … He has not abandoned the office of Peter — something which would be entirely impossible for him to do following his irrevocable acceptance of the office in April 2005.
Gaenswein spoke of a “pontificate of exception.” There are those who believe that by a mysterious design of Divine Providence, the Church is being subjected to a very harsh trial, its own Good Friday, but that the presence of Benedict guarantees that She will not be shipwrecked. Certainly Benedict is central in the Church today. And one day everything will become clearer.
But wait, there’s still more! From their heavily moderated combox, a remarkable number of people, whom Church Militant would have called schismatics just ten minutes ago, have had their comments approved! Alas, my comment was not among them.
I leave you with the small sample below.
Come on CM/Michael Voris, Steve Skojec, Taylor Marshall, Remnant/Michael Matt……the truth is so satisfying. Swallow your pride and start praying and sacrificing for His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI!
Virgin of Revelation, pray for us!
The first to humble himself and acknowledge the error of Bergoglio as pope will earn much respect.
My money would be on Michael Voris.
You mean the first “Trad, Inc.” to come clean and man up? I wouldn’t bet against you.
Yes. 😀
I’d bet on Voris too, mostly because I know he consecrated his apostolate to Our Lady of Fatima while in Portugal some years ago, and I can’t imagine how Our Lady would let something like that go to waste.
Mine too!
Yup, it likely will be Voris.
Well done, Cam and Charmaine! Thank you for reposting their accepted comments, Mark. Brick by brick is promising.
If Trad Inc wont acknowledge the Pope, then what is Trad in their primary agenda? Also, who is paying them or constraining them to be Anti Trad while raising money posing as Trads? Are their confessors Catholics or part of the Lavender Mafia? Do they really want to go down in history as agents or servants of Team Bergoglio, by being controlled opposition agents? Hard questions merited by their own public silence.
Thank you, Mark. I’ve been trying to wrap my mind around this problem and hitherto had given it up as unsolvable.