An Open Letter to Good Catholics Everywhere the Case for Sedevacantism
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An Open Letter to Good Catholics Everywhere The Case for Sedevacantism Sedevacantism is the position, held by a minority of traditionalist Catholics, that the alleged present occupant of the Holy See is not truly pope, due to the mainstream church's espousal of the heresy of modernism, and that, for lack of a valid pope, the Holy See has been vacant since the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958. I am merely a lifelong Catholic who fell away from the church in my late teens, and remained out of the church for 40 years. Eleven years ago, I found my faith again, and I have been trying to save as many other lapsed Catholics, as well as anyone else, who can see the light. I suppose anyone who stumbles upon this letter, might assume that I am a 'church hater'. No, no, I love the church. I am trying to save it. Catholic Church teaching thru the centuries has taught that there would be tremendous Apostasy, in the last days. Even the Church Catechism teaches that Apostasy would be the Church's enemy, in the last days. Apostasy is the abandonment or rejection of one's faith. It's happening now, and for the last 50 years, and at an alarming rate. Good Catholics, who go to Mass every Sunday, have no idea that this is happening. The highest leadership of the Catholic Church has been infiltrated by Freemasonry, a secret society that has been an enemy of the Church for centuries, because of their long-stated goal of destroying the Roman Catholic Church. 1 To quote Fr. Malachi Martin, Vatican Insider, and best selling author, on the Art Bell Radio Show, 1998, one year before Fr. Martin passed, talking about the previous 30 years of erosion of the true Catholic faith by the Popes, since 1958: FR. MM: "So, you go on down the line, and you find that a good deal of these One Billion plus members have been led quietly, unprotestingly, unknowingly, into another form of belief, which is not Catholic." AB: "Well then, one must ask, has the Vatican made an irreversible mistake? That's what you seem to be saying." FR. MM: "Yes. The Vatican has made an irreversible mistake, as regards the structure of the Church, and as regards the way doctrine is taught. ..." The Catholic Faith is ultimately what Jesus has taught us, over the last 2,000 years. The unknowing, hi-jacked faithful now believe all the wrong things, instructed from on high by a succession of bad Popes, since 1958. In 1962, abortion was illegal, movies were wholesome, porn was rare, and homosexuality was nearly unheard of! The following is a summary of Changes in the Beliefs of the Catholic Faithful, since about 1962: ------------------------------------------------------------- In 2005, Catholics of various ages were asked if you can still be a 'good Catholic', without going to church on Sunday, by age group: Age 65 and older: 69% agreed. Age 45 to 64: 76% agreed. Age 26 to 44: 87% agreed. 2 Age 18 to 25: 95% agreed. ------------------------------------------------------------- In 2005, Catholics were asked if they had a 'high commitment' to the Catholic Church, by age group: Age 65 and older: 43% agreed. Age 45 to 64: 17% agreed. Age 25 to 44: 8% agreed. Age 18 to 24: 0% agreed. SO WE HAVE LOST THE CURRENT YOUNGER GENERATION OF 'CATHOLICS'. ------------------------------------------------------------- In 1987, 39% of Catholics say you can be a 'good Catholic', and still have an Abortion. By 2005, the number rose to 58%. ------------------------------------------------------------- Since 1962, Co-habitation is Up over 1,000% ------------------------------------------------------------- In 1963, Out-of-Wedlock deliveries was 8%. In 2002, it was up to 34%. ------------------------------------------------------------- Can you still be a Good Catholic, get a Divorce, Remarry, and Receive Holy Communion? 65% say Yes. ------------------------------------------------------------- Catholic Women who have used Contraception at some point in their lives? 98% ------------------------------------------------------------- 3 College age Catholics who hold more Truth in Catholicism, rather than any other religioin? 19% ------------------------------------------------------------- Is Holy Communion merely a symbolic representation of the Last Supper, Age 18-25 Catholics? 70% say Yes. ------------------------------------------------------------- A Survey of Elementary School Catholic Religious Teachers, (Lay & religious), was conducted in 2000, and they were asked if they agreed with Catholic Catechism, and Church Dogma. Abortion- 74% disagree. Infallibility of the Pope- 73% disagree. Euthanasia- 69% disagree. Only Male Priests- 67% disagree. Contraception- 90% disagree. Dissolvability of Marriage- 46% disagree. Real presence in Holy Communion- 32% disagree. Divinity of Jesus as the Son of God- 9% disagree. ------------------------------------------------------------- To paraphrase the Bible, the Gate to Hell is wide, and the Path to Heaven is Narrow. We may have lost a large measure of a generation or two, of well-meaning Catholic Souls, by the following measures: ------------------------------------------------------------- Seminarians are Down 90% ------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Ordinations are Down 71% ------------------------------------------------------------- In 1965, there were 1,575 new Priests Ordained. In 2002, there were 450. ------------------------------------------------------------- Between 1965 and 2000, there were nearly 13 Priests per 10,000 Catholic Parishioners. By 2002, there were only 7 Priests per 10,000 Catholic Parishioners, a drop of 46%. ------------------------------------------------------------- Between 1965 and 2001, the number of Parishes with No Resident Priest, dropped by 500%. ------------------------------------------------------------- Since 1965, Nuns have fallen from 180,000 to 75,000 Of those Nuns, Teaching Nuns have fallen from 104,000 to 8,200, which is a drop of 94%. ------------------------------------------------------------- A 1996 St. Louis University Survey showed that 9% of all Nuns were sexually exploited by a Priest, Nun, or other Religious person. ------------------------------------------------------------- Since 1965, One-Half of all Catholic High Schools have closed. ------------------------------------------------------------- In 1968, there were 338 Marriage Annulments. In 2002, there were nearly 50,000. ------------------------------------------------------------- Since 1962, the Prison Incarceration rate for U.S. Male Prisoners has risen Four-Fold, 5 going from about 225 to 900, for every 100,000 population. The U.S. has 2.2 million prisoners, and China has only 1.5 Million. Even Russia's rate, second among large countries, is 2/3 of the U.S. rate. #################################################### The Great Apostasy and a counterfeit Church were predicted in the New Testament and in Catholic Prophecy. See the section at the end of this Open Letter on that subject. #################################################### A LINE WAS DRAWN IN THE SAND, IN 1958 The controversial Papal Conclave to elect a new Pope, following the death of Pope Pius 12th, in October, 1958, probably marks the beginning of the Masonic/Protestant takeover of the Catholic Church. On October 26, 1958, white smoke emerged from the Vatican's chimney for 5 minutes, but no new Pope came out onto the balcony that night, as the Roman Catholic Church's new pope. The following three italic paragraphs are from novusordowatch.org ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo It’s where all the official trouble began, it’s the one event that started it all: the conclave of October 1958, which met to elect a successor to Pope Pius XII [12th], and, after a great many ballots and some curious shenanigans, presented Cardinal Angelo Roncalli as “Pope” John XXIII [23rd] on Oct. 28. What many people don’t know is that 6 two days prior to Roncalli’s appearance as “Pope”, namely, on Oct. 26, white smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel already. The Swiss guards were notified to prepare to welcome the soon-to- appear Pope, and Vatican Radio announced excitedly, “There can be absolutely no doubt. A Pope has been elected!” But no Pope ever stepped out on the balcony of St. Peter’s. The white smoke turned to gray, [after being white for five minutes], and confusion ensued. ...[There is] some circumstantial evidence, or clues, to the effect that Cardinal Giuseppe Siri, Archbishop of Genoa, was elected Pope and took the name Gregory XVII [17th]. We...[do] not [want] to make anyone believe that Cardinal Giusseppe Siri was actually Pope Pius 12th’s successor, but to make people aware of the mysterious goings-on at this conclave, to get people to investigate it, and to pinpoint the moment in Church history that appears to contain the cause of the Eclipse of the Catholic Church and the introduction of the Novus Ordo Religion and its false “Popes”. [Sunday night, at about 5:55 pm, local time,] October 26, 1958, is when all the trouble began; it is ground zero of the New Church. ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Many believe that Carninal Giusseppe Siri was elected Pope on the evening of October 26, 1958, but that his extensive family was immediately threatened, and Cardinal Siri quickly stepped down. Renouned Papal Advisor and Jesuit Priest, Fr. Malachi Martin, has 7 stated that: "The truth is that Siri got sufficient votes twice to become Pope in two Conclaves, but he refused it. At least two, if not three-- but he refused it. And he made quite