[Notwithstanding]

The one true Catholic Church keeps growing, century after century, regardless of how many mistakes her fallible leaders make, no matter how much effort and energy Hitler, the Soviets, the godless dictators in France and Mexico and elsewhere, and the Henry VIII the butcher of England have expended trying to kill her off, Christ’s Bride, the Church, continues to thrive because despite her many flaws, she has preserved and shared and propagated Christ’s gospel and true Christian doctrine infallibly!

Amen.

Viva Cristo Rey!

AMDG

[muawiyah]

All the Pope needed to do to retain England as part of the Catholic world was allow Henry VIII to divorce his wife.

In the end the Pope's action encouraged both the English and the French and the Spanish, and finally, even the Italians and Germans to seek control over their own national churches. Schism in Spain was avoided when all the brotherhoods were allowed to provide missionaries to the New World.

It was over such minor issues that Rome lost so much for so long.