On February 22, 1997, on the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, Apostle, miguel de Portugal issued the following Open Letter to Pope John Paul II, the Nominal Bishop of Rome and Successor of Peter - with copies, via regular postal service, to an extensive list of recipients (1). The letter was published by The M+G+R Foundation on September 2000.


Pax vobis, My Dear Brother in Christ!

Acknowledging our respective responsibilities before the Throne of God and our abysmal limitations as fallen men, it is our desire to candidly review with you, while sharing it with the world at large (1), this document which has been prepared in the fraternal spirit Christ called us to live by.

If anyone is offended by the manner in which the message in here delivered is worded, then, beforehand, and with the utmost humility, miguel de Portugal extends his most sincere apologies for not having been able to convey the message with sufficient charity.


BACKGROUND

The most notable representatives of the Roman Catholic Church frequently make exhortations for World Peace and for an equitable distribution of the material resources of the world among the children of God, while chastising the world leaders for apparently endorsing institutional Hedonism and the Culture of Death.

Both are admirable positions and are strongly endorsed by miguel de Portugal.

This document, however, will address the State of the World in relation to the Responsibility entrusted by God to the Roman Catholic Church.


INTRODUCTION

God sent His only Son to offer fallen mankind an opportunity for redemption. According to the Gospels, His Son was received well (2) by the mighty pagan Roman Empire, the outcast Samaritans, the hard core sinners and a very small handful of religious men. However, He was not well received by the Ruling Religious Hierarchy of the time (3) and they ultimately had Him crucified.

Said Hierarchy (3) claimed to represent God on Earth and to speak in His Name. They gave that impression by the rigidity with which they appeared to adhere to religious traditions and, thus, were recognized by the world as such.


SUMMARY

The world is told (4) that Jesus Christ entrusted Peter, the other Apostles and their successors with the responsibility to effectively sow the 'seed', the Word of God, until the furthest confines of the Earth. The fulfillment of this Heavenly Charge was to bring mankind to a higher degree of spiritual health (5).

The role of the Roman Catholic Church Administration was then, as is now, to administer, by word and example, the Heavenly Treasure: The supernatural Sacraments and the Divine Word, delivered to us by God in the Person of Jesus Christ, as well as the later enhancements, continually being delivered to us by God, in the Person of the Holy Spirit (6).

If the plan of God was to be implemented, every new generation of temporal rulers and subjects would be of better spiritual stock and disposition in spite of their human frailties.


CONCLUSION

Acknowledging the atrocious sociopolitical condition of the world today, we must ask: "What went wrong with the implementation of the Divine Plan?"


Who would dare answer "Yes" to any of the above questions?

We cannot blame God nor ultimately blame past and present world leaders for the Spiritual, Moral and Political conditions of the world today.

We must then ask: "Who has to accept the ultimate responsibility for the inferno this world has been turned into?"


The Roman Catholic Church was not the direct cause of the terrible events enumerated above, however, its Temporal Leaders must have to accept the ultimate responsibility and consequence for the violation of the trust invested upon them by God.

In the absence of Divine Graces man responds in accordance to his fallen nature. From that corrupt fountain head spring forth the likes of Hitler, Nietzsche, Zhirinovski, and others to lead the 'out-of-Grace' multitudes into perdition.

Jesus Christ did not entrust nor exhort Caesar to transform the world. He entrusted and exhorted the task to Peter, the other Apostles and their successors.

He also clearly gave all of us a serious and multi faceted warning when He said:



MESSAGE

Until the time when the controlling leaders of the Roman Catholic Church publicly acknowledge such responsibility, and manifest it in the manner of a heartfelt and public act of contrition of a worldwide scale, God Will not provide the necessary assistance to quickly remedy the problems plaguing the world today. [The NOTE added at the end of the letter addresses the partial fulfillment of this Heavenly demand.]

In the absence of such positive and sweeping action, the problems will grow exponentially and the fate of the physical components, animate and inanimate, of the Roman Catholic Church will be equivalent to that of the Temple of Jerusalem and associated hierarchy during the First Century A.D. and which was well illustrated by the Prophet Ezekiel (7).


EPILOGUE

Jonah (8) could not escape the charge given to him by God. Neither could miguel de Portugal even if he wanted to. He prays that you understand this and the seriousness of the message in here conveyed.

Let us keep each other in mutual prayer seeking that the Mercy of God, which we do not deserve but humbly accept, come to our rescue.

At Their service, thus at yours, I remain....

Originally signed by: miguel de Portugal
+by the Grace of God









Released to the general faithful for the first time on September 2000