I didn't know dear old Pope Michael I had a successor. I know he had passed away a couple years ago, but I mistakenly thought that would be the end of his peculiar movement.
As a former Kansas who lived next to the man, his whole story is fascinating. Even more fascinating is the Flipino drop out who started his own sede "traditionalist" church who then became a bishop in the "traditional Catholic-Anglicanism" of the Catholic Charismatic Church, who then became a follower of Pope Michael before becoming Pope Michael II. Oh, he's married and has a kid, too! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogelio_del_Rosario_Martinez
That's wild. My friends and I used to joke about "the Pope in Kansas City." Unfortunately, "the Pope in San Jose del Monte" doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
My favourite among the US "Popes" was the late Pius XIII, aka Lucien Pulvermacher. He used to issue encyclicals from the wilds of Montana. He had a particular obsession about the sinfulness of wasting money on useless animals. But he's been dead for years, so your hairy friends are safe.
At this point I wouldn't be surprised if the Pope Michael II got involved.
I didn't know dear old Pope Michael I had a successor. I know he had passed away a couple years ago, but I mistakenly thought that would be the end of his peculiar movement.
As a former Kansas who lived next to the man, his whole story is fascinating. Even more fascinating is the Flipino drop out who started his own sede "traditionalist" church who then became a bishop in the "traditional Catholic-Anglicanism" of the Catholic Charismatic Church, who then became a follower of Pope Michael before becoming Pope Michael II. Oh, he's married and has a kid, too! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogelio_del_Rosario_Martinez
That's wild. My friends and I used to joke about "the Pope in Kansas City." Unfortunately, "the Pope in San Jose del Monte" doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
My favourite among the US "Popes" was the late Pius XIII, aka Lucien Pulvermacher. He used to issue encyclicals from the wilds of Montana. He had a particular obsession about the sinfulness of wasting money on useless animals. But he's been dead for years, so your hairy friends are safe.
"Pius XIII" actually lived in Springdale, WA--about 80 miles north of Spokane. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord.