Mel Gibson to Archbishop Viganò: ‘You are a modern day Athanasius!’
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To decry the Pope as not being Catholic is probably the single most uncatholic thing one could do; it is textbook heresy.
This is just another flavor of Protestantism, as you're pretty much saying that the gates of Hell have prevailed against the Roman Catholic Church, thereby disqualifying it from being God's Church. Additionally, you're saying that you personally are in a position to make such a claim.
Also, you're describing secular political maneuvering to achieve your personal goals/desired outcome. The thing is: apostolic succession is not some feudal dynasty war. You can't just boot out one guy, put some new guy in, and then claim an unbroken succession from St. Peter. "Oops, that last election was a bust, we'll get it right this time!" is a vehemently uncatholic concept. What even is a "stolen Pope election"? What does that even mean? If we're being honest, it means you're a Protestant.
The ultimate reality that many Catholics simply don't want to accept, is that their (our) opinion on any given topic doesn't matter and that the hierarchy of the Church puts them (us) at the bottom. Submission to God means submission to teachers and spiritual leaders He provides for us.
Edit: While downdoots are irrelevant, I'd still like to clarify that I didn't downvote you.
I'm not sure where you're coming from in making this comment as a lot of these objections have been covered at length. You can read many old theology books and find torturous contradictions with present teachings and practice, which naturally seem to resolve to this necessary conclusion that the Vatican is not Catholic currently.
For example, Francis had said:
https://onepeterfive.com/recant-lutheran-heresy-francis/
As I understand it, Lutherans believe people are justified by "faith alone" without works, while Catholics believe faith and good works are necessary for salvation.
Hence, Francis contradicts the Council of Trent:
Additionally though, if I am accused of being "protestant", apparently Francis is "ecumenically" ok with this. I am justified, right? These are the kinds of problems we've run in to in examining the regime of Vatican 2 and its leaders.