Writes Leo Huggins:

Hi Lew,

Here is my layman’s take on the situation involving Bishop Strickland, one of only a handful of totally reliable Catholic bishops in the U.S.:

When, WHEN will people who matter realize that Bergoglio is no more the pope than a ham sandwich is? Perhaps when the rank-and-file Catholics with some actual discernment push them to do so?

Look, I know I sound like a broken record around here, but Bergoglio was never pope to begin with, inasmuch as Benedict never validly resigned. Not only was it a doctrinal error on his part to suppose that he could bifurcate the papacy, and keep the alleged “contemplative component,” but it also served to be a clear error of simple discernment of his career options, and *this*, sport fans, constitutes a “substantial error” canonically. Under canon 188, which treats to situations that can affect the validity of resignations from ecclesiastical offices, “A resignation made out of grave fear that is inflicted unjustly or out of malice, substantial error, or simony is invalid by the law itself.” The historical record of both Benedict’s and Archbishop Gänswein’s own repeated statements regarding Benedict’s intention to adhere to a part of his papal office make clear his error. Further, it is known that he and various other members of the Tübingen theological crowd of the 1950s and 60s were more than toying with theories that would justify realigning the papacy to encompass two or more “popes” simultaneously, on the grounds that the office was just too much for one man in the modern world. This is all part of the historical record, and clearly shows his erroneous intent in 2013.

Therefore, it doesn’t even matter that “Francis” is a manifest heretic on many different fronts, a facilitator of idolatry (both in the Pachamama fiasco and the Native American shaman scandal in Quebec last year) and a virtual apostate in aggregate – all of which is undeniably true, IMHO. No. None of that matters, except perhaps as corollary evidence that this “pope” does not enjoy the protections of God against these very things precisely because he isn’t the pope to begin with! It doesn’t matter, because everything that happened after the pseudo-resignation letter of February 11, 2013 – the abandonment of the fullness of the papacy by Benedict, the “conclave”that “elected” Bergoglio, his non-existent installation, and each and every “papal act” of Bergoglio to this present moment (including his ersatz installation of all those “cardinals”) – all of it is null-and-void. The only thing that matters is he was never before, and is not now, the pope. Welcome to day 255 of the interregnum!

This usurper Bergoglio needs to be deposed by an Imperfect Council and relegated to a far-away monastery to do penance for his crimes and sins for the duration of his remaining earthly existence. Sooner is better!

Again, when will those in the hierarchy who know the real score here *do something * about this mess? Even Bishop Strickland himself has studiously avoided the 800 pound gorilla here. “Trad Inc.” from top to bottom has incentive to keep mum about the obvious in order to keep their mainstream offices and paychecks away from “Francis’” ire.

Our Lady of La Salette called this situation way back in 1846! You all know what I mean. Only direct Divine Intervention can get us out of this mess now, I fear. The signs are everywhere, in the cascading, parallel collapses of both the secular and ecclesiastical realms, that our deliverance from the current chaos is close at hand by way of that very intervention. May the oft- and long-foretold Angelic Pastor and Great Catholic Monarch come!