Dear Graceseeker ---
Whatever you believe about the popes, please do not let this drive you away from the Catholic Faith and thus the Catholic Church. It is important in these times that we all find places where we can receive the Sacraments from a truly believing priest -- and that we stay in a state of Grace. It is also important for us to uphold the true doctrines and dogmas of the Catholic Faith -
Let me recommend some good resources in this regard:
1)
My Way of Life, published by the Confraternity of the Precious Blood, 1952 edition, by Walter Farrell and Martin J. Healy
2)
This is the Faith, published by TAN Books and Publishers, written by Canon Francis Ripley, originally published in 1951, and re-published by TAN in 2002, ISBN: 978-0-89555-642-4
We cannot get to heaven without Sanctifying Grace in our souls - and without keeping the Moral Law, as specified by both the 10 Commandments and the true Catholic way of interpreting these. Also, staying close to Our Lady and praying the Rosary daily in these precarious and spiritually dangerous times is a necessity!!
There is so much to be learned about Fatima! I recommend the resources of THE Fatima Center,
http://www.fatima.org. Here you will find the work of Fr. Gruner and his associates. This work offers the best view of what really happened at Fatima -- and why it is so important for us and the whole world. Talks by Fr. Gruner, Mr. Chris Ferrara, Fr. Paul Kramer are easily found on youtube. All of these have done great work on getting to the bottom of the true Fatima message - and what Our Lady really wants us to know about our times. All 3 of these speakers are worth listening to!!
I hope this helps -- we must never lose heart or stop believing the Catholic Faith or stop receiving the Sacraments. We need the Sacraments if we want to receive and maintain Sanctifying Grace in our souls. The devil wants to discourage people at this time with all the turmoil in the Church and to drive us away from the Sacraments!! Do not let him win!!!!!
Ask Our Lady to help you find a good and faithful priest from whom you can receive the Sacraments --She will help you/us!!! At Fatima, She said, in our times, that She is our only HOPE!!!!
Blessings to you!
Fatima girl