8.16. If there is no pope, who can fix the crisis? How will a new pope ever be elected again?

This is a painful and serious question—but not without precedent. The Church has experienced extended interregnums before (e.g., 2–3 years after Pope Clement IV). In extraordinary times, God provides extraordinary solutions.

There are possible speculative paths (e.g., through surviving bishops who retain jurisdiction, or a divine intervention), but the important thing is this: our duty is not to solve the crisis, but to remain faithful. The papacy will be restored in God’s time, not ours.

It’s not sedevacantists who are destroying the papacy—it is those who put men on the throne who contradict the Deposit of Faith, making a mockery of the office. We honor the Papacy so much that we refuse to falsely recognize impostors.