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I looked at a few of the pages, and as soon as I saw, "Joseph Ratzinger/ Benedict XVI" I knew I was bound to reject the writings of this particular individual. While I thank you for your obvious concern for me, I simply cannot accept the hypothosis that the Pope himself is a heretic. The Church is indeed going through a time of great apostasy, to be sure, a time of great darkness where we Catholics who wish to believe and pray as the Church has always prayed feel more than a bit marginalized and persecuted. I believe that Vatican II was catastrophically stupid, but not inherently heretical. I believe that the Missal of Paul VI is poorly worded and in more than a few ways inferior to the Missal of John XXIII, but it is not invalid. I would rather be roasted alive then break from the See of Peter. If I was willing to, I would be Russian Orthodox already. I simply cannot proclaim that Peter is a heretic.
