by Anura Guruge
on April 4, 2024
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Much of the ‘Pope Francis‘ news for the last 72-hours have been taken up with these conclave disclosures and whether he violated conclave secrecy. All to do with some interviews he did and his new book.
First and foremost, he did NOT violate conclave secrecy. I can assure you of that.
Popes can divulge what happened in conclave. They are the only ones that can do so — legitimately. Plus, a pope, within the Vatican, is ABOVE ALL LAWS! So, you can’t break any Church laws IF you are pope.
But, it goes further. conclaves, as of 1996, have been governed by an Apostolic Constitution known as ‘Universi Dominici Gregis‘ (UDG) — & some amendments to it. USG is THE LAW when it comes to conclaves.
UDG Clause 71 permits, explicitly, for a pope to permit the EXACT voting that took place within the conclave. That is the law.
Other popes, including ‘Good Pope’ John XXIII, have talked about what happened at their conclaves.
So, on the secrecy count, Francis is OK.
As for the 2005, Francis has basically CONFIRMED, word for word, the ‘Saint Gallen Group‘ account of their machinations. Wow. So we no longer need to skeptical as to whether they were being truthful. THEY WERE. Wow. Bravo.
But, now Francis, as ever, goes ROGUE.
He says he would have REFUSED the papacy, in 2005, if he got the votes.
That would have been NAUGHTY. He would have been SPURNING the law! He wasn’t pope at that juncture. He was still just another cardinal. Not above the law. He needed to obey the laws.
UDG Clause 86 states: “I also ask the one who is elected not to refuse, for fear of its weight, the office to which he has been called, but to submit humbly to the design of the divine will.”
But, Francis says he would have refused. Very arrogant of him.
Plus, I do NOT believe him for a minute! His ego would NOT have permitted him to REFUSE. He would have jumped in with both feet.
Per the Saint Gallen Group account, Francis (then Bergoglio), asked his peers to STOP voting for him. Very different. He had not got close to being elected. So, that is that.
NOW COMES THE PART WHERE FRANCIS IS BEING DISINGENUOUS.
He is doing this because he, prior to becoming, pope MIGHT have violated the laws, TWICE — both in 2005 & 2013.
This would make his 2013 election illegitimate!
So, he is not going to risk that.
What is he lying about.
Per the Gallen Group, post 2005, Francis knew ALL ABOUT THEM! So, he knew they were trying to get him elected. For Francis to have been a part of this is ILLEGAL. He is actually an antipope!
So, Francis says he had NO IDEA what the group was doing in 2013. Poppycock.
He confirms, word for word, what happened in 2005, and then has the gall to say he didn’t know anything about what they were doing in 2013.
Francis, like his buddy Trump, is dealing in ALTERNATE FACTS.
Francis should be deemed an antipope — an illegitimate pope.
