From Totus Catholica
Nuns Reject the Pope, Get ARRESTED: The Belorado Tragedy Why would contemplative nuns living in silence publish a 70-page manifesto rejecting the Pope and end up excommunicated, evicted, and arrested within 18 months? In May 2024, 10 Poor Clare sisters from Belorado, Spain, shocked the Catholic world by announcing they were leaving the "Conciliar Church" to place themselves under an excommunicated false bishop and declaring every pope since Pius XII a heretic. 📌 The crisis began with a manifesto and ended with fraud charges involving monastery gold. Along the way, the nuns faced automatic excommunication for schism, expulsion from consecrated life, and court-ordered eviction. This tragic case raises profound questions about Vatican II, sedevacantism, the limits of conscience, and what happens when religious conviction crosses into formal schism. It also highlights the quiet heroism of the five elderly sisters who refused to sign the manifesto and remained in communion with Rome. ✨ What You'll Discover – The May 2024 "Catholic Manifesto" rejecting Vatican II and all popes since 1958 – What sedevacantism is and why it leads to formal schism – The difference between heresy, apostasy, and schism according to Canon Law – Why the Church uses excommunication as a "medicinal" penalty to call sinners to repentance – The legal battle: eviction lawsuits, civil associations, and the sale of monastery gold – The arrest of the former abbess and the involvement of a false bishop – Lessons on unity, conscience, and fidelity to the successor of Peter ⏳ Chapters 0:00 – From Silence to Schism: The Belorado Crisis 0:56 – The Manifesto: Rejecting Vatican II and the Pope 2:40 – What is Schism? Canon Law and Church Teaching 4:53 – The Decree of Excommunication and Expulsion 5:51 – False Bishops, Eviction Lawsuits, and Standoffs 7:14 – Arrests, Gold Sales, and Fraud Charges 7:52 – Three Critical Lessons for Catholics Today 🌐 Stay Connected 📿 Daily Holy Hour – https://totuscatholica.org/rosary 🌍 Website – https://totuscatholica.org ✉️ Contact me – https://totuscatholica.org/contact 📖 Key Teaching & References – The Belorado Schism (May 2024 – Nov 2025) – Sister Isabel de la Trinidad (former Abbess) and the "Catholic Manifesto" – Sedevacantism: the belief that the papal throne is vacant due to heresy – Canon 751: Definition of schism (refusal of submission to the Supreme Pontiff) – CCC 817–822: Wounds to unity (heresy, apostasy, schism) – CCC 2089: Definitions of incredulity, heresy, apostasy, and schism – John 17;21: "That they may all be one" – Automatic excommunication (latae sententiae) and its consequences – Archbishop Mario Iceta of Burgos: Pontifical Commissioner – Civil court rulings on eviction and monastery property rights 💬 Reflection Question The five elderly sisters remained faithful to the Church despite pressure from their own community. In times of confusion or division, where do you look for the sure sign of unity with Christ's Church?
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