Credit: Archdiocese of Burgos, Spain
The schismatic decision of the Poor Clares “seems absolutely wrong to me” but we must see “if it is possible to heal it, cure it, reverse it,” said Spanish Archbishop Mario Iceta.
On May 13, when they announced their departure from the Catholic Church, the Poor Clares of Belorado indicated in a letter and a declaration that they recognize “H.H. Pius XII as the last valid Supreme Pontiff,” a decision that was explained through an attached 70-page text titled “Catholic Manifesto” claiming that “the see of St. Peter is vacant and usurped.”