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Papal Preliminaries Menu

As we have indicated, the Church today is without a pope. In this page of the True Catholic web site, we present articles on various topics concerning the papal situation, as well as reasons why and how a papal election could be conducted.  With God's help we can elect a true pope for God's one and only Church.

The Papal Situation  The question has been posed ... "Do we have a pope?"  The answer in a nutshell is that the last true pope was Pope Pius XII who died on Oct. 9, 1958. The 4 men following him, each claiming to sit on the Chair of St. Peter were impostors. This article entitled  by a traditional Catholic layman shows why. 

In Defense of a Future Papal Election   So then, since we have no pope, what can be done about it? This article entitled by a Catholic layman is written at a scholarly level for Catholics who need or want to know how and why the proceedings for a papal election could be transacted in the present state of the Church. The article gives specific references to Church laws and documents on Papal succession. 

Methodology for a Future Papal Election   Shows who are the members of the Catholic Church in our times and just how the members of this perfect society, God's one, true Church should proceed in order to again fill the papal office with  a legitimate, validly elected Vicar of Christ. 

The Councils of  Pisa & Constance --  Lessons & Precedents for our Times  In an election conducted under the Natural Law, it is left to the discretion of the members of a society to determine for themselves what method will be followed to assure a valid outcome.  This is actually what happened in the 15th century to end the Great Western Schism. 

The Conclave (formerly known as Instauratio) is an international committee of Catholic clergy and laity, with the goal of restoring the supreme jurisdiction to the Catholic Church.  This document answers all objections of those who say that such a papal election cannot be validly held.