Some of the classified documents being de-classified and released by the Trump administration show how the CIA had assets in place in the Vatican to manipulate the elections of Pope John XXIII and Paul VI (working in their favor to help them get elected for their own geo-political reasons). What would this mean for the supposed infallibility of the Popes? If CIA can get popes of their choosing elected it throws a real big question mark up on the idea of papal infallibility. I'm not mistaking infallibility for impeccability so that's not the question/argument I'm getting at. I just don't know what this will mean for us as Byzantine Catholics. Do we return to Orthodoxy? Do we remain in communion with Rome but reject papal infallibility (which we should already be doing)? What are your thoughts?
This is a crack pot theory promoted by people that don't like Vatican 2, Pope Francis, and it means nothing for the Byzantine Catholics because every Pope since 1958. Sedevacantism is an insane theory that has no logical backing to it. The church would cease to exist...this idea that the CIA has any control over the Catholic church's leadership is also silly.
