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Pope John Paul II

1978-2005

Pope John Paul II 1978-2005

Pope John Paul II treated Vatican II as a dogmatic council and, to an extreme, persecuted the Traditionalists of the Church. He put extreme pressure on Archbishop Lefebvre and twisted and turned the negotiations with the Archbishop to the point that Lefebvre signed an agreement to let the pope appoint a bishop to replace him sometime in the future. The Archbishop was old and knew he was dying. After a night’s sleep, he revoked his signature and vowed to consecrate a number of bishops.

Pope John Paul II publicly stated that the Society of Saint Pius X, by its action of consecrating bishops without the consent of Rome, had excommunicated itself — but the word was that the pope had excommunicated the Society of Saint Pius X. If the consecration of the bishops had been done to establish a new church, it would have been excommunicated — but in fact, it was done to continue the faith in a world that had abandoned the teachings of the Church, including the Mass and the training of its priests.

Pope John Paul II was “somewhat traditional” in that he went to Fatima and consecrated the world to Our Lady of Fatima. One of the main points in the case was that he did not mention Russia or communism.
You may be asking: “How can someone say ‘somewhat traditional’ when Pope John Paul II sponsored the world religion meeting at Assisi, where all religions were treated as equals?”

In 1981, a man from a communist country attempted to kill the pope — John Paul II — reinforcing the fear of assassination.
The pope stood against abortion, women priests, and contraception, in spite of all the pressure put on him.