Is it possible for someone to be an antipope even though the majority of cardinals claim he is pope? The case of Antipope Anacletus II proves that it is possible for a majority of cardinals to claim a man is pope while he, in reality, is an antipope. In 1130, a majority of cardinals voted for Cardinal Peter Pierleone to be pope. He called himself Anacletus II. He was proclaimed pope and ruled Rome for eight years by vote and consent of a absolute majority of the cardinals despite the fact he was a antipope. In 1130, just prior to the election of antipope Anacletus, a small minority of cardinals elected the real pope: Pope Innocent II. How is this possible? St. Bernard said "the 'sanior pars' (the wiser portion)... declared in favor of Innocent II. By this he probably meant a majority of the cardinal-bishops." (St. Bernard of Clairvaux by Leon Christiani, Page 72) Again, how is this possible when the absolute majority of cardinals voted for A...
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Bergoglio was never pope because he was a foreign body within the Church whose divine providence definitively separated him from it. An example to understand this is Tyconius, whom Benedict XVI liked to remind him of:
"Augustine read this comment [by Tyconius] and took advantage of it, but he strongly stressed that the Church is in the hands of Christ, remains his Body, forming with Him a single subject, participating in the mediation of grace. Therefore, it underlines that the Church can never be separated from Jesus Christ."
Therefore, the Church is in this situation in the desert today. And this is where the Universo Dominici Gregis comes in, articles 76 and 77, with the non-abdication of the Munus petrinum by Ratzinger; Catholics are entrusted to the same providence, the continuity of which in the succession of St. Peter in the Church will remain.
Of course, choices will always have consequences, as every decision will have consequences for good or bad. But it is a call to embrace the cross spontaneously in order to actively participate in the same divine providence in the Church of Christ. Therefore, it is a purpose for good.