Fourth point:
Why present the bare facts? Because they are irrefutable and cannot be called into question, being an expression of reality.
Thus, of the three necessary conditions, stated earlier, for an elected Pope to appear on the balcony, the third was missing for the man elected on October 26, 1958, since he did not appear. This means—and no one can deny it—that the cardinals did not pledge allegiance to him, for a reason we do not know. But the fact remains—and this is another indisputable fact—that the conclave continued, which means there was no violence, for otherwise the majority of the cardinals would not have accepted this continuation. So everything must have been done through insinuation, because:
- on the one hand, the new Pontiff was forced to abdicate,
- but on the other hand, this abdication appeared to be voluntary in the eyes of the cardinals, even if it was a bitter pill to swallow for some.
This coercion is evident; the new Pontiff was by no means forced to yield to it; but the fact that he did yield in no way removes the coercion: it is quite simply a fall, and his fall led all the more easily to the fall of the cardinals because it was carried out with cunning and speed.
The ambush had been well laid, and the new Pontiff fell into it; and because of his fault, all the cardinals followed his example, which made possible the election of the first intruder, to whom, on October 28, they all pledged allegiance, thereby making themselves guilty of apostasy and losing their office ipso facto, even while appearing to retain it in the eyes of the world.
The deception was diabolical, and Providence allowed it to succeed.
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