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JMJ

Although Pope Francis is the current symptom, and there has been decades of crisis leading up to this moment.

So right now Pope Francis is where you feel the pain.

If you step back, ignore the symptoms and look for the cause you will find a solid chain of events.

Let's try the 5-why's technique :
  1. Why was it possible for Pope Francis to be elected?Because Pope John Paul 2 made him a cardinal.
  2. Why did Pope John Paul 2 make him a cardinal? Because the liberals have taken control of the key processes.
  3. How did the liberals take control?  Because the post conciliar Pope's didn't stop them.
  4. Why didn't the post conciliar Pope's stop them?  Because they believed in the 'spirit of the council'.
  5. Why did they believe in the 'spirit of the council'? Because they were poorly trained during and after the Second World War and fell under the influence of the modernists.

This was fun ... at little slanted but fun nonetheless!

P^3

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