Una cum sede apostolica, Traditional Catholic. Hopeful future secular third order Dominican. Requiescat in Pace, Bishop Des Lauriers. St. Joseph pray for us. 🍄
Commissum Divinitus, Pope Gregory XVI: "[T]he Church has, by its divine institution, the power of the magisterium to teach and define matters of faith and morals and to interpret the Holy Scriptures without danger of [pernicious] error."
Leo XIV does not have a true title to the Papacy, but by external appearances he does appear to be the Roman Pontiff. As such he has at least a colored title to the Papacy until his claim to the Roman See is juridically annulled. Because he lacks true title, he is not the Pope.
Frankly, the Church must address their status, and it will be interesting to see how the Church addresses them. But because the Apostolic See is formally vacant, it is unnecessary to speculate too much.
Some claim Traditionalist bishops are not part of the hierarchy of jurisdiction; they are merely sacramental bishops. Some claim they do possess ordinary. Others claim they possess delegated jurisdiction by tacit will of the Pope lest souls perish.
This is a great article from S.D. Wright that I am pleased we were able to publish at @IntegritasMag.
For anyone looking to refute the position of Catholics who maintain the vacancy in the Apostolic See since Vatican II, i.e. “sedevacantists,” they are bound by strict justice to accurately characterize the position of their opponents. Of course, this holds true for both sides whether “sedevacantist” or “sedeplenist.”
Bishop Schneider’s argumentation is flawed but this is not unique to him. I see it frequently, even by otherwise intelligent Catholics. It mainly consists of:
1. Begging the question
2. Appealing to irrelevant historical analogies (St. Peter giving bad example, private opinions of John XXII, etc.)
3. Claiming that we believe that every and all papal teaching on matters of faith and morals is infallible
One hopes that Bishop Schneider will consider this respectful reply seriously.
And of course the other saints listed.
I have also done daily visits to the Blessed Sacrament and this has greatly helped my spiritual life by doing more spiritual communions.
I have been praying to Sts. Jude, Philomena, Rita and Joseph for the intention to get a new job. The day after the feast of Sts. Simon and Jude, I received a job offer.
Look to St. Jude the patron of hopeless causes in times of crisis.