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Despite the fact that Pope Francis is officially considered supreme leader of the Roman Catholic Church on Earth there at least one person who fundamentally disagrees with this approval.
The name of this strange individual is David Bowden. Conservative a Catholic living in Topeka, Kansas, is convinced that Francis and his five predecessors are none other than “anti-dads” who bring only darkness and deception into the world.
Who, according to our hero, is a real pontiff? David assures that this responsibility lies on his shoulders.
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Bowden was born on September 22, 1959 in Oklahoma City. American from an early age he was fond of religion and studied Christianity. Also in at a young age he came to the conclusion that the Catholic Church ruled by impostors who are not interested in helping the afflicted and bringing divine truth to humanity.
On July 16, 1990, Bowden was elected Pope in Kansas. Bellevue city. As an impromptu conclave were only six people, including David himself and his parents. Since the man has become the self-proclaimed Pope Michael calling himself the present and only head of the Catholic Church.
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The last 28 years, a man has been engaged in what attracts followers and acts as a spiritual leader 1.25 billion Catholics around the world, including organizing own worship of the Way of the Cross and mass prayers. To to tell the world about his work, an American created a website under the name of the Vatican in Exile. In addition, he actively communicates with believers in social networks. Papa Michael also became a full-length hero documentary about yourself.
Second Vatican Council and the reforms adopted by the Catholic by the church in the 1960s, made Bowden and his family doubt leaders of one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. IN in particular, conservative Catholics could not forgive the then to the pontiff and his entourage that they recognized the possibility of falling into the paradise of anyone but the zealous followers of Catholicism.
And in the 1990s and 2000s, as you know, an unprecedented erupted the scandal surrounding the seduction of children by Catholic priests. It turned out that the Vatican was intensely silent about these horrors and even covered thousands of his clerics engaged in sexual harassment of boys and girls of age 3-14 years old. It was then that Bowden realized finally and irrevocably that the official Catholic Church is a nursery sin.
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As you might guess, such an unusual occupation of Pope Michael cause sharp criticism from many believers. A man expelled from all religious organizations where he was a member. is he constantly verbally attacked by devotees Vatican Catholics, and sometimes even receives direct threats by mail reprisals. However, David, as a true Christian, forgives any offenders, as they should be the only judge Lord
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Currently, the number of followers of His self-proclaimed Holiness exceeds 50 people. Alas, your own church, where Papa Michael could take the congregation; he doesn’t. In order to build her Kansas man has long been collecting donations, working on ordinary works and invests in securities family savings. Despite that most of all in life, Bowden wants to be recognized as head Vatican and the reformation of the Catholic Church, while its main goal is the construction of the church.
Papa Michael repeatedly wrote to the Vatican with suggestions to meet and discuss the differences, but the letters of the American every times remained unanswered.
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