I'd just like to remind everyone that we've had (I think, if memory serves) 42 antipopes, and they've been proclaimed so by the Church after the fact. Why is that so unheard of now? The Church has to do that, not us.
In light of this fact, since Peter has perpetual successors as Pastor Aeternus says, in Vatican I, how, exactly, can we have perpetual successors if there were antipopes at different times in the Church?
I answer, that every pope before those antipopes, were still reigning, as every pope that ever sat in the Throne of Peter IS STILL CURRENTLY REIGNING regardless of the fact if we have an antipope. Hence, the perpetual succession is intact fully.
Also, another reminder: NO potential antipope that we've had in the last 60 years, has made any ex cathedra announcements binding on the whole Church.
Until the Church makes a ruling on the subject, laypeople can't proclaim someone an antipope, only the Church can.
Also, I wonder if Saint Cyprian (not made a priest, first, but a BISHOP) had foreseen the fact that saints had followed antipopes before, unknowingly, when there were pretenders saying they were popes, and were not, yet, made it to heaven, regardless?
Another question I would have is, since the "true Petrine Hierarchy in exile" wishes to SAVE SOULS as the CHURCH'S MAIN OBJECTIVE on this earth, why they do not OFFICIALLY PRONOUNCE THAT there are "pretender priests" giving out the sacraments, and are HELLBOUND trying to be Catholics, saving MILLIONS OF SOULS in the process, and why they leave it to some layperson with no authority whatsoever to do the job for them? Boggles the mind.
And I ask the same question as Eamon:
I am totally down with the 'Siri was elected' idea -- even if it happened twice (which, BTW, seems to be the case). One of my present questions is: Where have his appointees gone? Why do they SEEM to be so reticent to broadcast the truth about what has happened? Why do they, who are NOT captive (as he seems to have been), seem to have accomplished next to nothing as far as getting the word out is concerned? All I have to say is... ROOF TOPS...
21+ years is a long time, especially in an age where communication is so easy...
Indeed, this has not been answered either.
If the "true Petrine Hierarchy" really intends to do what the Church does, "threats to safety" should be deaf to their ears, as GOD WILL PROTECT THEM IF THEY DO THE WORK OF THE CHURCH!