Joe McClane: And just over the weekend, we saw that Father Altman in America doubled down on his arguments.
Bishop Athanasius Schneider: Regarding the stance of Father Altman, even if the election of Cardinal Bergoglio had been invalid, there have been, during 2,000 years, invalid elections of popes, not just a few, but several. Nevertheless, when the majority of the College of Cardinals and the episcopate accepted the newly elected, even if invalidly elected, candidate, and began to name him in the Holy Mass, in the Eucharist, he was considered de facto the valid Pope for a considerable time. To my knowledge, no cardinal today considers the election of Cardinal Bergoglio invalid. All the Cardinals agree.