​The Question of the Legitimacy of
Conciliar Authorities

The observation of the disastrous state of the Church leads us to question the legitimacy of the authorities who carried out such a revolution. Indeed, if we maintain that these harmful changes resulting from the Second Vatican Council were approved by legitimate authorities, do we not have to conclude that the Catholic Church has defected from the Faith and that the gates of hell have prevailed? As Catholics, we believe in the infallibility and indefectibility of the Church. Since we know that the Holy Catholic Church has received the assurance from Our Lord that the gates of hell will not prevail against her, must we not necessarily conclude that the prelates of the new conciliar Church do not have the authority that they claim to have? These questions need to be studied carefully by the Church.

In the face of this unprecedented disaster afflicting the Church, the question of the vacancy of the See cannot be dismissed out of hand. This question must be considered with courage and caution, despite the fears it may inspire. While many consider the vacancy to be a theologically certain conclusion, others deny it. All will agree that the authority of the Church is necessary to decide this question legally. Several of the claimants to the papacy since the Second Vatican Council have been publicly suspected of heresy before or after their election. Does this fact have canonical consequences that need to be brought to light?

Seriously considering the question of the vacancy of the Apostolic See is therefore simply an application of Catholic principles to the current situation of the Church. All claim to be Catholic; Catholics believe in the papacy, papal infallibility, and the primacy of the Roman Pontiff. But the individual voice of each person cannot be the voice of the entire Church.