His Holiness John Paul II
Successor of Peter and Bishop of Rome
Apostolic Palace
Vatican City
ITALY

Subject: The conclusion of your Pontificate

Pax vobis, my dear brother in Christ!

Acknowledging our respective responsibilities before the Throne of God and our abysmal limitations as fallen men, it is my desire to candidly share with you our profound concern regarding the current state of your Pontificate.

We take such liberty justified by circumstances similar to those St. Paul was faced with ca. 1,950 years ago and which are recorded in his Letter to the Galatians (1).

The contribution of your Pontificate to the Catholic Faith and the World at large through the years 1994/95 has been unparalleled in history. Unfortunately, just as our Lord Jesus Christ warned your predecessor (2), you have been lead to where you do not want to go.

Allowing to be lead to where you do not want to go is seriously undermining the past achievements of your Pontificate.

The scandal caused by allowing the falsehood of the alleged third part of the Secret of Fátima (3) to be read in your presence, has caused worldwide consternation and the loss of your credibility amongst many of the Portuguese faithful.

The scandal caused by the indecision regarding the Cardinals, Archbishops and Bishops involved in the cover up of the sexual abuse of children (4) - a crime which Our Lord Jesus Christ clearly identified and for which He issued a most severe warning (5) - has cast a crippling doubt upon the quality of the current leadership of the Church.

The scandal caused by the Beatification and Canonization of José María Escrivá (6), has been the proverbial last straw which broke the camel's back.

Raising to the altars a man who, under the cover of a hollow piety, cleverly taught that man may serve God and Mammon simultaneously (7); a teaching which is in total contradiction with the most basic tenets of Christian Doctrine (8), has now cast doubts on the holiness of the many Saints venerated by the Catholic Church as well as in your ability to act for the pleasure of God and not of man. (9)(10)

Thus, dearest brother, in order to protect from further erosion what is left of the great legacy of your Pontificate we entreat you, in the Name of God, to withdraw from the Chair of Peter and remain, for what is left of your temporal life, in seclusion until such time when you will be called by events to act in fulfillment of the remaining prophecies relative to your person.

Let us keep each other in mutual prayer seeking that the Mercy of God, which we do not deserve but humbly accept, come to the rescue of the admirable fruits of your Pontificate.

At His service, thus at yours, I remain simply....

miguel de Portugal
+ by the Grace of God



NOTES             

(1) Galatians 2: 11-14


(2) John 21:18


(3) Third Part of the Secret of Fátima - In Conclusion - Part II

(4) Child Sexual Abuse is far worse than Abortion

(5) Matthew 18: 6-7


(6) His unromanticized original name.

(7) No one can simultaneously serve Mammon and also God - Exposing the Fallacy of the Opus Dei and others

(8) Matthew 6: 24


(9) 2003 - After our initial defense of John Paul II, we cannot endorse his post-1994 Papacy

(10) 1 Thessalonias 2:4