Rob E Dangerously 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2005 http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?A...L&IssueID=28003 Self-styled 'true Pope' dies in Spain MADRID: The leader of a secretive Spanish sect who said he was the true Pope and that the Vatican was controlled by the devil has died, a town hall official said yesterday. Gregorio XVII, 58, was the leader of a self-styled church whose followers believed he would be crucified before a kind of apocalypse would take place. Gregorio believed God crowned him after Pope Paul VI's death in 1978 and he rejected changes made to the Catholic church in the 1960s such as saying mass in local languages rather than Latin and dialogue with other branches of Christianity. The sect, based in the southern Spanish town of El Palmar de Troya but with members from as far away as the US, conferred sainthood on former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco. A townhall official said Gregorio had died, although she could not confirm when. A local police officer said the bells at the vast walled church complex had been ringing for about an hour yesterday morning. Well.. I guess his death was sorta disappointing, compared to expectations Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nighthawk 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2005 And here I was thinking the Anti-Pope was Marilyn Manson. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2005 I thought it would one of the American Evangelists like Jimmy Swaggart or Pat Robertson or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vern Gagne 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2005 Did the Anti-Pope wear high top sneakers, and use alot of foul language? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2005 Um. He wasnt crucified was he? *doesnt think the Appocolypse is here..yet* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tominator89 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2005 I thought it was Sinead O'Conner Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob E Dangerously 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2005 We have numerous living Anti-Popes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bawden http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucian_Pulvermacher And the list! (Jean) Gaston Tremblay (Antipope Gregory XVII) succeeded Clement XV in 1968 in Canada - not to be confused with the Canadian politician Gaston Tremblay. Francis Konrad Schuckardt (Antipope Hadrian VII) self-proclaimed in 1984 in Washington, United States of America Valeriano Vestini (Antipope Valeriano I) self-proclaimed in 1990 in Chieti, Italy David Bawden (Antipope Michael) self-proclaimed in 1990 in Kansas, United States of America Victor Von Pentz (Antipope Linus II) self-proclaimed in 1994 in the United Kingdom Maurice Achieri of Le Perreux (Antipope Peter II), self-proclaimed in 1995 in France Lucian Pulvermacher (Antipope Pius XIII) self-proclaimed in 1998 in Montana, United States of America Reinaldus Michael Benjamins (Antipope Gregory XIX) self-proclaimed in 2001 in New York, United States of America Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boner Kawanger 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2005 So how's Mirror Universe Pope doing? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
