Palmarian Church, What is it?

What is the Palmaria Church?

First off you may have never heard of this church. It is a church that officially proclaims itself to be the true Catholic Church. It claims that it's Pope is the true Pope.

The church is officially called the Christian Palmarian Church of the Carmelites of the Holy Face, also called Palmarian Christian Church/Palmarian Catholic Church, or Palmarian Church.

The church keeps Pope Paul VI (revered as a martyr), and hiis predeccors, to be true popes. But calaim that the Pope of Rome in Excomunicated and claims that the Holy See, since 1978, has been transfered their See of El Palmar de Troya.

The church was founded by Clemente Domínguez y Gómez more commonly none as Pope (or Antipope) Gregory XVII.

First of a little information on teh ofunding and it's founder: "Clemente Domínguez y Gómez was born in Seville, Spain. He became closely associated with the Palmar de Troya movement, which had its origins in an alleged apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title of Our Lady of Palmar, on March 30, 1968, in El Palmar de Troya, a village near Utrera in the Province of Seville. He claimed to have experienced visions of the Virgin Mary beginning on September 30, 1969. He claimed that the Virgin condemned heresy and progressivism, namely the reform of the Roman Catholic Church as a result of Vatican II. His followers claimed he possessed the stigmata on his hands. The Roman Catholic Church has cast doubt on the legitimacy of the alleged visions and apparitions."(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemente_Dom%C3%ADnguez_y_G%C3%B3mez)

The church excommunicated Pope John Paul II and claimed that the Catholic Church was not the true church. Pope John Paul II also excommunicated the Palmarian Church.

The church has been lead by 4 Antipopes. It is currently lead by Pope Peter III.

If you would like to read more about the Palmarian church you can read these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmarian_Christian_Church

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemente_Dom%C3%ADnguez_y_G%C3%B3mez

I heard about this church I while ago. But I recently started looking into it more because I saw a video on youtube from one of their "bishops" saying how this is the only true place where you can get the sacraments. Compared to most protestants, they at least keep the sacraments. But this is still heretical, a place of heresies.

Fr. Matthew Schreiner Jr