Shameless Popery: How We Can Know Francis is Pope

Is Francis really a pope, or could he possibly be a heretic and an anti-pope? This is a question that Joe Heschmeyer ,  a seminarian for the Archdiocese of Kansas City, answers on a Shameless Popery blog. Highly recommended reading for those with any doubts in their mind.

"In recent days, there's been a nasty dustup between several prominent Catholic bloggers. The argument was ostensibly about “tone,” and it quickly devolved into a lot of bruised egos, and personal attacks on other Catholics for making personal attacks. It was an ugly spectacle, and I've stayed well clear of it...

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Maria Divine Mercy Exposed

By Rev. John B. Wang, Ph.D., J.U.D

MDM stands for Maria Divine Mercy, a pseudonym assumed by an alleged Irish woman, who claims to receive messages from Heaven. However, this writer believes that MDM is just a front, behind which there are some ghost writers, who are enemies of the Catholic Church and of Pope Francis. Very probably the Lefebvre group or some arch-conservatives are behind this plot. These people are favorable to Pope Benedict XVI who had bent over backwards to tolerate them. But they have been attacking Pope Francis, a holy, humble person, legitimately elected to the chair of Peter, to lead the Church on our journey of salvation. 

Despite repeated condemnation by Church authorities around the world (Europe, Australia, and America), MDM

An inutile Christ abandoning His Church

Mocking Church Indefectibility

15 March 2013:  (Mary talking) “He, my beloved Son, hangs His Head in agony as He watches the horror as His Church crumbles before Him.”

19 March 2013: (fake Christ talking) "Masonic sects infiltrate the Church in Rome. Make no mistake – there can only be one pope in one lifetime...soon, all will see the subtle acts and the sly gestures of those false impostors who preside over My Throne in Rome, for they amount to sacrilege.

Anyone who seriously considers these utterances as coming from the Second Person of the Holy Trinity can immediately see an inutile powerless Christ agonizing “in horror” as the Church He built under the auspices of the Holy Spirit and over which “the gates of hell will not

MDM Schism as of March 31, 2013 Open Rebellion Against God

Any Catholic who foments schism by repudiating, maligning, disparaging, questioning or rejecting the authority and person of the reigning Pope, the Vicar of Christ on earth, as duly elected by the College of Cardinals under the guidance and direction of the Holy Spirit, is in serious flagrant violation of Canon Law.  Anyone who knowingly and maliciously encourages and promotes schism automatically excommunicates himself or herself latæ sententiæ from the Church.

Code of Canon Law Part II : Penalties for Particular OffencesCan. 1364 §1 An apostate from the faith, a heretic or a schismatic incurs a latae sententiae excommunication, without prejudice to the provision of Can. 194 §1, n. 2; a cleric, moreover, may be punished with the penalties mentioned in Can. 1336 §1, nn. 1, 2 and 3. 

From the Catholic Encyclopedia: Schism

Schism is regarded by the Church as a most serious fault, and is punished with the penalties inflicted on heresy, because heresy usually accompanies it. These are: excommunication incurred ipso facto and reserved to the sovereign pontiff (cf. “Apostolicæ Sedis”, I, 3); this is followed by the loss of all ordinary jurisdiction and incapacity to receive any ecclesiastical benefices or dignities whatsoever.

“Between heresy and schism, there is this difference, that heresy perverts dogma, while schism, by rebellion against the bishop, separates from the Church. Nevertheless there is no schism which does not trump up a heresy to justify its departure from the Church .practically and historically, heresy and schism nearly always go hand in hand; schism leads almost invariably to denial of the papal primacy." (In Ep. ad Tit., iii, 10),  St. Jerome

"By false doctrines concerning God heretics wound faith, by iniquitous dissensions schismatics deviate from fraternal charity, although they believe what we believe” (On Faith and the Creed 9). St. Augustine

Messages from Maria Divine mercy since the election of Pope Francis 

Schism is occasioned by heresy so that the transgression is complexed in motive and execution to merit nothing less than excommunication, by law and by judgement.  Anyone who encourages schism also commits heresy.  Maria Divine Mercy is guilty of both. 

3/13/13 "I have not appointed this person, who claims to come in My Name,"

3/14/13 "...the imposter, who sits on the throne in My Church on earth, does not come from Me...The time for the schism to be laid bare is close, and already, a terrible unease is being felt in Rome,"

3/15/13, "You must pray for all those who run the Catholic Church. Please include the man who sits in the Chair of Peter...Pray that he will accept the Truth of the death of my Son on the Cross," (How insulting and brash that this message claims Pope Francis does not accept the death of Jesus!), "So infested are they, those who roam the corridors of Rome, that the biggest sign will be seen in the chaos, which will ensue, as they adhere to the command of the imposter,"

3/19/13, "Masonic sects infiltrate the Church in Rome. Make no mistake – there can only be one pope in one lifetime...soon, all will see the subtle acts and the sly gestures of those false imposters who preside over My Throne in Rome, for they amount to sacrilege,"

3/21/13 "The time for the division is soon and you must prepare.

What exactly does this false seer expect to gain for her fake Christ in disparaging the current Pope?   The audience of these messages is clearly traditional Catholics to start questioning Church authority. Does this MDM expect the faithful to rise up in arms and storm the Vatican to overthrow the "imposter?"  Nothing is more laughable than this, if not for the dangers the poor immortal souls expose themselves to in embracing such heretic disobedience. 

All these messages for this heretic Maria Divine Mercy foment schism in the one True Church.  While the Catholic Church has survived schismatic movements from the past and will indubitably remain indestructible, Satan continues to fan the schismatic flames that can only lead to the eternal damnation of those who fall for such sensationalist agenda. Abetting the fire is the mainstream and specialized  media that has been highly critical of the Pope's action, even putting words into his mouth to twist the truth that unwary Catholics accept without ever using their gift of discernment. But more on that later. It is enough that at this point, we can immediately recognize the words of Satan behind the messages that a scamming Maria Divine Mercy foist as having divine origins.  

Slovakian Bishop Condemns MDM messages as Heretical

This warning of the Slovakian Archdiocese of the town of Spisska should have been posted earlier, but here is the pastoral letter issued by the Bishop of Spisska Stephen Sečka as early as November 2012, after being alerted by priests, religious and lay about the growing spread of its messages over the internet, though not particularly referring to the Maria Divine Mercy, other than to say an "Irish visionary."  The original letter in the local Czech language appears in the Slovakian Archbishops Conference website here and has been reported in Miraculous Rosary blog site

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

I learned that in some parishes is widely spread messages about the so-called Great Day of God's warnings, resulting from the alleged private revelations of an Irish visionary. These messages are distributed via the internet. I have found that it is heretical, which is not in accordance with the teachings of the Catholic Church and is showing signs of sectarianism. This whole doctrine is indeed poprepletaná prayers for God's mercy and calls for confession, as well as what the Catholic Church teaches, but quotations from Scripture are commented and explained arbitrarily and contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church. Similar tendencies were already in the early Church, therefore St.. Apostle Peter wrote: "Above all, you should know that no prophecy of Scripture does not allow private interpretation" (2 Peter 1: 20).

After seeing this website I also found that believers are encouraged to acquire the "Seal of the living God" to be sanctified by a priest. We remind you that no priest faithful to Christ and his Church must cooperate in this matter, because they would be guilty of transgressions against the faith and his office. To anyone who will disseminate these heretical messages , remember the very severe words  of the Holy Scripture, written by St. Apostle Paul to the Galatians:

“I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel, which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ.  But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse!  As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse! (Gal 1, 6-9).

All believers, who perhaps out of ignorance began to believe the messages mentioned, please I urge you to leave these heretical teachings and not spread them.

On this matter, I was obliged, in order to highlight the purity of Catholic faith, obedience and unity with the Holy Father, and for the sake of salvation of your souls.

Devoted to the Lord, Stephen Sečka, Bishop of Spisska

Defending the Church against Maria Divine Mercy

While the Catholic Church has successfully weathered the schismatic movements dotting its 2000-year history, with every confidence that Christ will never abandon the Church He built until the end of time, prophecies about the endtime pope has become a sensational topic today. Assertions that Pope Francis is the false prophet who will destroy the Church and assist the AntiChrist foretold in Revelations has won adherents around the world that if left to fester, creates another schismatic challenge to the Church, while plunging lukewarm and cafeteria Catholics into immortal damnation if they remained in the clutches of this anonymous self-proclaimed prophet hiding under the name of Maria Divine Mercy (MDM), in sheer mockery of the Divine Mercy devotions of St. Faustina.

Her heresies know no bounds, dismissing any judgement by the Church on her revelations as immaterial, even stating that her messages are sacred and on equal footing with the Holy Bible. She further asserts that anyone who does not embrace her messages are condemned by her fake christ. While I consider such assertions laughable, its comical dimensions give way to a tragic realization that her followers defend her with the same zeal that members of cult leaders have.

And the cult is growing with deceptive "crusade prayer groups" and seminars already being held in several parishes throughout the US, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa. Now under the guise of prayer, how can a parish priest refuse? Her messages since 2010 have been compiled and published as the "Book of Truth" in two volumes at $16 each for print and $10 for ebook (Kindle) at Amazon and translated in several languages.

Unless Church authorities do something to arrest this tumorous growth now infesting the Mystical Body of Christ in the Church Militant, the prophecies about the Catholic Church being torn asunder as foretold by MDM could just fulfill itself. And the souls of millions are now at stake. This is not just a false visionary aided by a small set of ragtag disciples we are dealing with, but a well-managed and well-funded organization that has spread its tentacles around the world. It has been around since 2010. It's now 2013. Are we supposed to wait another 3 years?