The correct way to do what they did without the error, is to say that in virtue of Canon 41, you are exercising your canonical discretion to judge the resignation of Benedict an actus nullus, and that therefore you are canonically bound to withdraw your recognition of validity from the Conclave of 2013. The acts of the man show he has not received the petrine munus, and the fact is that Benedict … More

The correct way to do what they did without the error, is to say that in virtue of Canon 41, you are exercising your canonical discretion to judge the resignation of Benedict an actus nullus, and that therefore you are canonically bound to withdraw your recognition of validity from the Conclave of 2013. The acts of the man show he has not received the petrine munus, and the fact is that Benedict never intended to renounce the petrine munus. Therefore, you are canonically bound not to recognize Bergoglio as the pope, and the evidence shows that Bergoglio is a heretic and apostate and idolater. Therefore you publicly condemn him. -- this way they cannot excommunicate YOU, because by doing so they give canonical evidence that they are in schism from the true Pope, Benedict.