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Frei Tiago de São José: TIA, How can you say that the Church teaches heresies and the Pope has a diabolical sense? If we see that, we can conclude that this is not the Church and Francis isn’t a true Pope! ______________________ TIA responds: Frei Tiago de São José, I. With regard to your objection on why Fr. Relyea mentioned that heresies are being taught: 1. According to the doctrine of the Church, whoever preaches universal salvation – all religions lead to eternal salvation – is a heretic. This heresy was condemned by Pope Pius IX (here), Pope Eugene IV (here) Pope Pius XI (here) and Pope Gregory XVI (here) among many others. 2. Now then, all the Conciliar Popes preached universal salvation, especially Pope Francis. So, it is accurate to say that they are heretics, unless you deny the previous doctrine of the Church. II. Regarding the part in which you concluded that if he is a heretic then he is not Pope, the conclusion is not necessarily true. 1. History registers several Popes that taught heresy and continued to be Popes. (See here and here) 2. Theologically speaking, the question is also open to discussion. See The Theological Hypothesis of a Heretic Pope by Arnaldo Xavier da Silveira in English (here) and in Portuguese (here). See also the opinion of St. Thomas, St. Robert Bellarmine and others (here). III. Regarding calling the Pope diabolical, if you reach the above conclusion (I. 1, 2.), it is open to any Catholic to make his own qualification, because actually the Devil is behind all heresies. We hope your objections are answered. Cordially, TIA Media