The plan of salvation history is coming to its end. Read the prophecies.

We are in the middle of the final 7-year period described by Daniel in chapter 9. The Antichrist, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, will reveal himself within months. Yes, he will appear to die (an orchestrated, fake assassination attempt). But he will miraculously live and claim to receive the stigmata. These things was prophesied about the Antichrist by St. Hildegard von Bingen almost a thousand years ago.

The Antichrist is a non-canonically elected Antipope, the last one in salvation history. St. Francis of Assisi and St. Malachi prophesied that. Bergoglio is he.

He will negotiated world peace and all the worldlings will adore him. Just watch. He will teach that sin does not matter and that man, therefore, does not need a "redeemer" a "savior." We, meaning humanity collectively, will save ourselves by working together, fraternally to build and protect our common home, the earth. That is why he is called "the Antichrist."

@Sean Johnson

It is very likely that these "consecrations" will have the approval of the Vatican, under one of two conditions:

1) that the New Rite of episcopal consecration is used

or

2) that the consecrators are New Rite "bishops."

I think number 2 is more likely, using the Huonder example as the model. Either way, the "consecrations" will be, at best, doubtful...which means, morally-speaking, to be treated as if they are invalid, except in cases of extreme necessity.

@Dr Bobus is correct. You will find the infallibility of male ordination discussed in this Vatican document: Professio Fidei

"A similar process can be observed in the more recent teaching regarding the doctrine that priestly ordination is reserved only to men. The Supreme Pontiff, while not wishing to proceed to a dogmatic definition, intended to reaffirm that this doctrine is to be held definitively,32 since, founded on the written word of God, constantly preserved and applied in the Tradition of the Church, it has been set forth infallibly by the ordinary and universal Magisterium.33"

So Kennedy Hall is correct to criticize the overly-literalist interpretations of the Three Days of Darkness prophecy. But he is wrong to suggest that the prophecy is something that can be safely ignored.

Learn to read End Time prophecies correctly, that is, spiritually and allegorically. The events will happen. What is important is to "keep the faith," to persevere in the faith until the very end to the Tribulation.

The candles are a metaphor of the light of faith. The command to cover the "windows" is a reference to the eyes being the windows of the soul. Don't even look out into the darkness because many will not be strong enough to resist temptation. The demons are the people who tempt Catholics to sin.

The Three Days of Darkness prophecy is a figurative description of the same event described in Apocalypse 11 (specifically Apoc. 11:11) and other places. There you will find the description of the period of the Two Witnesses, which says:

11 And after three days and a half, the spirit of life from God entered into them. And they stood upon their feet, and great fear fell upon them that saw them. 12 And they heard a great voice from heaven, saying to them: Come up hither. And they went up to heaven in a cloud: and their enemies saw them.

The same description is found in the Magisterial teaching in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (Section 677) which says:

677 The Church will enter the glory of the kingdom only through this final Passover, when she will follow her Lord in his death and Resurrection. The kingdom will be fulfilled, then, not by a historic triumph of the Church through a progressive ascendancy, but only by God's victory over the final unleashing of evil, which will cause his Bride to come down from heaven. God's triumph over the revolt of evil will take the form of the Last Judgement after the final cosmic upheaval of this passing world.

The key takeaway is this: the Church, in the End Times, will go through a process similar to Jesus's Passion, Death, and Resurrection. In other words, it will look like all is lost for the Catholic Church, just as it did for Jesus after his public ministry had ended. But in the end of her ministry, the Church will undergo a miraculous resurrection of her own. So don't lose heart. Keep the candle of faith burning in your heart during this time of trial. If you do this, you will have your reward.

@SonoftheChurch Your argument is based on a logical fallacy known as an argumentum ad verecundiam or an "appeal to authority." Read about that here.

Then read the evidence I posted in the comment to @LiveJohn above. Bergoglio's election was null and void according to UDG (the papal election law) because that law makes it clear that only AFTER "the death of the Pope" can the next papal election lawfully take place.

The evidence is objective based on the language of that law and the fact the BXVI was not dead at any time in 2013. There is no conjecture needed.

@LiveJohn read the argument at Home | Antipope Jorge Mario Bergoglio. And make sure that you understand that a Canon 332.2 "resignation" is merely a resignation of the "Roman Pontiff" from his position as the sole member of the "Roman See," which is established at the Cathedral of St. John Lateran. The "Roman See" and the "Apostolic See" are different legal entities.

UDG, however, deals with what happens after the vacancy in the "Apostolic See," not a vacancy in the "Roman See." As Canon 361 explains, the "Apostolic See" is made up of not only the Roman Pontiff but also the other officials of the Roman Curia. The "Apostolic See" only becomes lawfully vacant after "the death of the Pope," as explained in UDG 14 and Pastor Bonus Article 6, when those other Curial officials automatically cease from their office.

So, a Canon 332.2 papal "resignation" does not trigger a new papal election, according to UDG, because the "Apostolic See" is not yet vacant because it still being legally governed by the Curia until the Pope dies.

Once people understand this, they will understand that, as UDG 76 says, Bergoglio's election was null and void. He is a usurper and must be resisted. He is the "man of sin," "the son of perdition,' "the False Prophet," and "the Antichrist.'

St. Malachy prophesied about Benedict XVI as last Pope:

THE PROPHECIES OF ST. MALACHY

St. Francis of Assisi Prophesied about "Pope Francis":

“A Man, not Canonically Elected, will be raised to the Pontificate… In those days Jesus Christ will send them not a true Pastor, but a Destroyer” --St. Francis of Assisi

(Works of the Seraphic Father St. Francis Of Assisi [London: R. Washbourne, 1882], pp. 248-250; )

A non-canonically elected "Pope" is an "antipope." Any papal election must follow the law governing papal elections precisely or the election is "null and void." Read the proof, using the law of papal elections, that Bergoglio was not canonically-elected papal claimant at Home | Antipope Jorge Mario Bergoglio.

From Piux XI, Divini Redemptoris, 57:

"In the beginning Communism showed itself for what it was in all its perversity; but very soon it realized that it was thus alienating the people. It has therefore changed its tactics, and strives to entice the multitudes by trickery of various forms, hiding its real designs behind ideas that in themselves are good and attractive. Thus, aware of the universal desire for peace, the leaders of Communism pretend to be the most zealous promoters and propagandists in the movement for world amity. Yet at the same time they stir up a class-warfare which causes rivers of blood to flow, and, realizing that their system offers no internal guarantee of peace, they have recourse to unlimited armaments. Under various names which do not suggest Communism, they establish organizations and periodicals with the sole purpose of carrying their ideas into quarters otherwise inaccessible. They try perfidiously to worm their way even into professedly Catholic and religious organizations. Again, without receding an inch from their subversive principles, they invite Catholics to collaborate with them in the realm of so-called humanitarianism and charity; and at times even make proposals that are in perfect harmony with the Christian spirit and the doctrine of the Church."

Bergoglio is the ultimate "worm" spoken of by Pius XI. He will be called the great "peacemaker." But "peace" at what price? At the price of "apostasy from the Truth."

@Irishpol According to St. Malachy's Prophecy of the Popes, Benedict XVI (the "Glory of the Olive") was the last legitimate Pope this side of "the end of the Age."

Bergoglio is the one who "shall obtain the kingdom by fraud" (Daniel 11:21). He is the "eighth king" (Apocalypse 17:11) who "goeth into destruction." Daniel calls him "the little horn," the "leader that shall come, shall destroy the city and the sanctuary" (Daniel 9:26).

The Catechism of the Catholic Church describes the events as follows:

The Church's ultimate trial

675 Before Christ's second coming the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of many believers.[573] The persecution that accompanies her pilgrimage on earth[574] will unveil the "mystery of iniquity" in the form of a religious deception offering men an apparent solution to their problems at the price of apostasy from the truth. The supreme religious deception is that of the Antichrist, a pseudo-messianism by which man glorifies himself in place of God and of his Messiah come in the flesh.[575]

676 The Antichrist's deception already begins to take shape in the world every time the claim is made to realize within history that messianic hope which can only be realized beyond history through the eschatological judgement. the Church has rejected even modified forms of this falsification of the kingdom to come under the name of millenarianism,[576] especially the "intrinsically perverse" political form of a secular messianism.[577]

677 The Church will enter the glory of the kingdom only through this final Passover, when she will follow her Lord in his death and Resurrection.[578] The kingdom will be fulfilled, then, not by a historic triumph of the Church through a progressive ascendancy, but only by God's victory over the final unleashing of evil, which will cause his Bride to come down from heaven.[579] God's triumph over the revolt of evil will take the form of the Last Judgement after the final cosmic upheaval of this passing world.[580]

573 Cf. Lk 18:8; Mt 24:12.
574 Cf. Lk 21:12; Jn 15:19-20.
575 Cf. 2 Th 2:4-12; I Th 5:2-3; 2 Jn 7; I Jn 2:1 8, 22.
576 Cf. DS 3839.
577 Pius XI, Divini Redemptoris, condemning the "false mysticism" of this "counterfeit of the redemption of the lowly"; cf. GS 20-21.
578 Cf. Rev 19:1-9.
579 Cf Rev 13:8; 20:7-10; 21:2-4.
580 Cf. Rev 20:12 2 Pt 3:12-13.

Patrick Coffin is correct in saying that Bergoglio is not a lawfully-elected Pope.

But the reason is that his election did not follow the papal election law in 2013. Before any new election could be called, the previous Pope (Benedict XVI) had to be pronounced dead, have a funeral and be buried. None of those things happened BEFORE Bergoglio was "elected." The law requires that those things happen first. No exceptions. Just read the law Universi Dominici Gregis.

If you don't want to read the law and prefer a short summary, go to Home | Antipope Jorge Mario Bergoglio.

Bottom line: Bergoglio is not and has never been Pope. He is the False Prophet. He who "looks like a lamb but talks like a dragon" (Apocalypse 13:11), the counterfeit head of the Counterfeit Church.

After correctly describing Bergoglio's program of "synodality" and calling it "a heresy," Pagliarani says that the SSPX should not be interested "in what could happen in the Church, or even what might happen to us… We need to live above all that."

This is doublespeak. Do not be fooled. You are being manipulated.

Bergoglio is not your friend. He is not your Pope. He is an un-canonically elected Antipope. He is the False Prophet (Apocalypse) and the Man of Sin (2 Thessalonians 2). He is the destroyer of the Catholic Church. You can read all about him in the real Third Secret.

Any priest who refers to Bergoglio as "the Holy Father" must be one of two things: 1) deceived or 2) a deceiver himself. Either way, that priest should not be trusted to lead you and your family to Heaven.

Jesus said to "watch and pray." St. Paul said when you see certain things happening, you need to recognize them as signs of the End Times. Those signs are happening in the Church right now. If you cannot see that, go to confession and then pray that God will open your eyes.

Bergoglio is simply using Peronist tactics. A Peronist never presents himself as a simple moderate, a compromiser. He always champions positions cherished by one side and hated by the other side. But he will alternate between theses extremes constantly.

He will never counsel compromise between the two sides. He throws out the "red meat" to both opposing extremes to keep everyone scratching their heads. He does this to distract and confuse, so that he can proceed with his actual plan behind the scenes.

For example, one day he will say that the Catholic sexual teaching is "still in diapers." The next day, he will say that "the unitive and procreative ends of marriage" must never be separated.

There is no intellectual coherence to this or any of his positions. Don't waste your time trying to make any sense out of it. Everything he says publicly is for manipulative purposes. He is the deceiver. And is ultimate goal is to destroy the Catholic Church.

@Kenjiro M. Yoshimori So you are Roman Catholic, but rather than go to a Traditional Roman Catholic chapel, you would go to the heretical Greek Orthodox church? The truly Catholic alternative is to find a Traditional Roman Catholic chapel in your vicinity, where the valid Catholic priest teaches orthodox Catholic doctrine and provides the traditional Catholic Sacraments. If you live near any large US city, that should not be difficult to find. The Greek Orthodox don't believe in the Catholic doctrines of Original Sin or Purgatory or the Immaculate Conception or the Assumption.

@John Fritz Logan Bergoglio is playing word games. He will soon redefine "sin" to be nothing to worry about. He will say "after all, we all sin, don't we." He will say we need to stop focusing on "sin" and "accompany" and "affirm" our brothers and sisters so that we can "build up the Kingdom." He is a liar. He is the prophesied Antichrist, Man of Sin, False Prophet, and Little Horn. He is going to die when Jesus casts him "alive into the pool of fire, burning with brimstone (Apocalypse 19:20)."