Michael Fighting
"Michael…who standeth for…thy people," — Dan. 12:1-12
Papal Election Proofs Summarized
David Bawden was elected Pope on July 16, 1990. In order to prove the validity of this election, it is necessary to demonstrate several things.First of all it is necessary to demonstrate that the Papacy was indeed vacant on July 16, 1990, because the principle applied to the Papacy is 'first in time, first in right.' If the Papacy is not vacant, it is impossible to hold a valid Papal Election. Instead one produces an antipope, who can immediately be set aside. In 1990 there were several claimants to the Papacy. Each claim must be addressed. Before proceeding to the 'minor claimants' let us address the major claimant, Karol Wojtyla, who claimed to be Pope John Paul II'. Wojtyla was elected October 16, 1978 and was claiming the Papacy on July 16, 1990. It is claimed that Wojtyla was not papabile, that is did not possess the minimum qualifications to be Pope. The main allegation is that Wojtyla was a heretic. No one has questioned his Baptism or that he indeed was a man. Proof of Wojtyla's heresy is placed on a separate page. Once it is demonstrated that Karol Wojtyla was a heretic, the question arises whether he is the first or part of a line of antipopes. This research results in several conclusions. First of all there is some confusion about the conclave of 1958. On October 26, 1958 white smoke arose for five minutes from the stove in the Sistine Chapel. However, it has been found that this stove has been temperamental throughout its history. For instance in 1938 there was a false signal given. It is necessary to look a moment at the procedure followed in a conclave. Each day there are four ballots, two in the morning and two in the evening. If the first ballot of a session is not conclusive, the second ballot is immediately taken. If this is also inconclusive, then the ballots are burnt with wet straw in order to send up black smoke to indicate to the Universal Church that an election has not taken place. However, if a man receives the required two thirds plus one as required by Pope Pius XII's decree, 'Vacantis Sedis Apostolicae', then the ballots are IMMEDIATELY BURNT with dry straw in order to send up white smoke to indicate an election has taken place. Then the man is questioned whether he accepts or not. Normally the man accepts the election, but he is free to reject. Now remember, white smoke is already going up. There is no provision for what to do, if the man rejected the election. This may have led to the confusion on October 26, 1958. In fact, the confusion led UPI to report not only that a Pope had been elected, but that Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani had been elected. In the mid 1980's a proposition was put forward that Joseph Siri, formerly Cardinal Archbishop of Genoa prior to his tacit resignation for participation in heresy as part of the presiding commission of 'Vatican II', was elected in 1963 and again in both 1978 conclaves. There was confusion over the smoke in all of these conclaves. After Siri's death on May 2, 1989, the proposition was amended to place his election on October 26, 1958, when his allegedly 'Cardinal Camerlengo' called for a Papal Election in June of 1990. If it is true a Pope was elected AND ACCEPTED the election on October 26, 1958, then it would invalidate the election of Angelo Roncalli on October 28. All of the eye witnesses to this conclave have died, and the other evidence that has been presented is not sufficient to even introduce the claim in ecclesiastical court. Finally the three who are possibly alleged to have been elected are now deceased, having never claimed the Papacy, which sets their claim aside. It has been demonstrated that Angelo Roncalli (Antipope John XXIII-II), John the Baptist Montini(Antipope Paul VI), Albino Luciani (Antipope John Paul I), Karol Wojtyla (Antipope John Paul II) and Joseph Ratzinger (Antipope Benedict XVI) were all heretics prior to their apparent 'elections'. As has been already said, a heretic is not papabile. Therefore the Papacy was vacant on July 16, 1990.Let us address, though, for a moment the four claimants that were allegedly Pope. First of all there is Michael Collin, who was appointed by an alleged apparition in the 1950's prior to Pope Pius XII's death. As such he is an Antipope, especially since the Church condemned him. Then there are three Gregory XVII's. The first is Clemente of Palmar de Troya, Spain who claims to have been mystically appointed successor to John the Baptist Montini. Since it has been demonstrated that he was an Antipope, and since Popes are elected, Clemente is an Antipope on two counts. And then there is John Gregory of the Trinity of St. Jovite, Canada. He took over and caused Michael Collin to resign in his favor on the basis of an apparition. These same apparitions have told him to ordain women as priests, which should be sufficient to demonstrate the invalidity of his claim. And finally we come the last Gregory XVII, Joseph Siri, who never even claimed to be Pope. Even if his claim were somehow true, he died in 1989, leaving the Papacy vacant and the only person who ever claimed Siri acknowledged his papacy publicly announced that the Papacy was vacant in June of 1990. All of this was demonstrated in Will the Catholic Church Survive the Twentieth Century? In fact this is a brief summary of the work presented in this book to call for a Papal Election, which was sent to every sede vacantist in the world that could be located. This book was published on January 25, 1990 to call for a Papal Election. It was preceded by a series of Articles by Teresa Stanfill Benns and David Bawden, which was partially printed in 'Francinta Messenger' and privately circulated world-wide in 1988 and 1989. Following the publication of Will the Catholic Church Survive the Twentieth Century? 'Election Update' was issued and sent to a mailing list of 20 subscribers. This expanded on and confirmed the necessity of a Papal Election as well as emphasizing the true state of affairs in the Catholic Church. In June of 1990 summons were sent out to over 50 people who had shown any interest in the Papal Election as well as others who should have shown interest. Pope Pius XII on October 5, 1957 in an audience on the lay apostolate confirmed: Even if a layman were elected pope, he could accept the election only if he were ready and willing to be ordained. But the power to teach and govern, as well as the divine gift of infallibility, would be granted to him from the very moment he accepted election, even before his ordination. 
