8.10. What authority do you follow now? Without a pope or formal hierarchy, who governs you?

This is a time of ecclesial emergency, much like during persecution or exile. In such times, the Church’s laws accommodate survival. Canon Law itself allows for supplied jurisdiction in extraordinary cases (Canon 209, 1917 Code). We are guided by traditional bishops and priests who preserve valid Orders and administer the sacraments according to the Church’s timeless rites.

They do not claim personal authority as a pope or hierarchy—they are caretakers in the absence of rightful superiors. They teach nothing new, bind no new decrees, and impose no changes. They act out of duty to souls, not ambition. We remain faithful Catholics, temporarily without a pope, just as in previous interregnums—awaiting the day God restores the visible head of His Church.