© 1999 by Robert F. Hess, Editor, the Saint Francis Newsletter
Revised: October 9, 1999.
As of this date there has been fifteen people who have conducted a conclave or assumed the papacy.
They Are Scandalous.
David Bawden, who took the name of Michael I, was elected by his Mother and Father and four others on July 16, 1990. Does the will of six conclavists obligate the rest of us?
This writer could easily have more than six supporters were we to conduct a conclave. We could have 15 people: our four children, their spouses and our seven grandchildren, all of whom are here in Paradise CA. We could easily become Pope Bob I!
Fr. Lucian Pulvermacher, O. F. M., Cap., was elected by between 50 and 100 people, but he's not saying. Is he embarrassed? The Capuchin Franciscan took the name of "Pius XIII." Does the will of "50 to 100" conclavists obligate the rest of us? Only twenty-eight followers attended his "consecration" as a bishop on July 4, 1999. The day was a holiday here in the States and a Sunday, with most people off work. Why didn't more supporters attend? Could it be that their numbers are few?
As of October 9 '99, some 25,601 people have visited his papal page on the Internet and not one has been featured in their World Reaction page to congratulate him. Not one!
Comments on our negative writing on Pope Pulvermacher have been received from only about four people - those who worked towards his election. One is a "Pius XIII cardinal" now, a Gordon Bateman in Australia. He is a married layman. We suspect the other four are also cardinals, perhaps some were created "in petto" (created in the breast, secretly.) In all, Pope Pulvermacher created seven cardinals, two announced and five kept secret.
Why haven't we heard from any other supporters? Is it because their sect is very small? Do they obligate the rest of us to follow Pope Pulvermacher?
The "Mystical" Popes
On our web page we list seven men who claim that they were made pope by God or Our Lady. We call them the "Mystical" Papal Claimants.
No date has been found by this writer, but Schuckardt�s "papacy" was challenged by the CMRI in Spokane, Washington, in 1984. So for the sake of argument, let's say he was "crowned" in 1984.
Does God the Father, or Our Lord Jesus Christ, or the Blessed Mother mysticly crown a pope in 1950, 1968, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1990, and finally again in 1995, seven popes within 45 years? Was the previous mystic pope dismissed by God before He again made one of the claimants pope? Why didn't the previous "popes" step down after the next took over? When one considers these facts, they soon realize why we call the mystic popes a scandalous bunch.
Three In The Wings
Surprisingly, three others appear to be unaware of the above papal claimant history as they make plans to be your "pope."
Australian William Kamm, who is also known as "The Little Pebble," is posed to come forward as Pope Peter Romanus II when John-Paul II dies because Our Blessed Mother allegedly told him that he will be the next pope.
In Washington, D.C., Kenneth J. Mock, who may have worked for a papal conclave since the late 1980's, appears intent on a lay/clergy conclave when a sufficient number of people from most continents are represented. He has been active in Spokane, Washington, in holding conferences that explored the possibility of a conclave. That three factions broke from his Instauratio Auctoritatis Ecclesiae has not detoured his plans.
Those defections were: in 1990: David Bawden who took the name of Pope Michael I; 1994: Fr. Victor von Pentz, who became Pope Linus II; 1998: Fr. Lucian Pulvermacher, OFM CAP., who took the name of Pius XIII. A Woman Pope At St. Jovite?
A former student at the school of the Monastery of the Apostles at St. Jovite, Quebec, Canada, alleges that a woman pope is there, ready to take over when Gaston Tremblay dies. Imagine that, a woman pope! The allegation is made on a cult awareness site on the Internet. See our Conclave Watch web page for further information.
Pope Pius XII's 1945 Decree
Considering the scandalous record we just enumerated, is there any wonder why we hold firm to Pope Pius XII's Vacantis Apostolicae Sedis (1945)?
Had the conclavists obediently followed the wishes of our last true pope, we would not have the present proliferation of wannabe popes. His Holiness said that only the Cardinals can elect a pope, and the laity and others could not.
Yes, this does present a problem.
According to two articles in the 30 Days magazine, all the cardinals in the world are from John XXIII to the present John-Paul II. (30 Days, issue # 3, 1994, page 20; issue # 11,1994, page 27.)
Since the acts of power of those who deviated from the Catholic faith can not be considered valid (cf. Cum ex Apostolatus and Canon Law # 188, no. 4), the appointments by false popes John XXIII throught John-Paul II are invalid. In effect, we do not have cardinals today in the Catholic Church.
But this could change if at least one or two Catholic bishops unaffected by "Vatican Council Two" come forward from Eastern Europe, Asia or perhaps out of retirement.
Such a bishop or bishops could declare the Vatican apostate and make preparations for a conclave.
We could support such a development as long as the bishops totally rejected the "Second Vatican Council" (1962 - 1965), be attached to the Holy Mass as it was set in 1570 by Pope St. Pius V, and be of the traditional Catholic faith. They must not be of any of the various "bishops" from the questionable traditionalist sects. We could add more conditions, but let this suffice.
We would have to study such a development very closely before we would support and promote it.
But God could have something entirely different planned. So let us not be in a rush to have more "conclaves" that create more "popes."
Why We Created The Papal Claimants Web Site
Two reasons:
As we can see from the information in the web site, scandal after scandal has come from some of the claimants.
If the movement was from the Holy Ghost, it would be flawless and it would have worked.
As a result, the site would become an accurate depository of information concerning papal claimants. As such, it could help Holy Mother Church by preventing more papal claimants.
Our Advice
Let us wait on Almighty God to restore the papacy.
It could be done through a handful of true bishops coming out from retirement, as we said earlier.
Or perhaps the many prophecies of the saints and mystics are accurate, which happens to be our own personal opinion.
God, through a divine intervention, could restore the papacy.
But we must do our part if God is going to help us.
Let us study and pray. Study your Catholic faith and help others understand why and how the present Modernist Apostasy came about.
Pray and sacrifice as Our Lady of Fatima requested in 1917. You know the requests she made there: say the daily rosary, wear the brown scapular, and perform your daily duty.
Pray fervently that God will step in and restore His one, holy, Catholic and apostolic Church.
And pray, too, that we do not experience any more scandalous one-candidate conclaves and outright assumptions.
Ad Jesum per Mariam, Robert F. Hess, Editor, St. Francis Newsletter, 1554 Kay Court, Paradise CA 95969-4303