[Claud]

Seriously. Imagine how shocking it is from the inside!

But I’m confident orthodoxy will eventually triumph....if we believed Christ’s Church could be destroyed by a bad Pope, we couldn’t really call ourselves Catholic anymore.

Demographically, as well, this seems to be the last gasp of liberalism in the Church. Its adherents are entrenched, yes, and very powerful, but also old and dying. There are no hordes of young, liberal Catholics to succeed them

All the young scrappy fighting spirit now is in the traditionalist camp. Francis, like Obama, is provoking a huge backlash.

[StormPrepper]

.if we believed Christ’s Church could be destroyed by a bad Pope, we couldn’t really call ourselves Catholic anymore.

Unless of course, it was never Christ's real Church.

Then it's prophesy fulfilled.
Acts 5:
38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:

When the people chose Linus I to lead their "Church" after the death of Peter, God went and spoke face to face with His real authority on the earth, John. God never spoke to Linus, nor has He ever spoken to any Pope.

Linus I couldn't have been the real leader of the Church, because John, an apostle, chosen and authorized by God Himself was still alive on the earth. Again, God backed that up by going and speaking to John face to face. Linus had no authority from God, never did.

This is why there have never been any prophets in the Catholic Church. Even though Rev 11 clearly states there will be prophets in the last days. They aren't Catholic.