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→ history 1378 to 1417
https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Schism
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→ Godfried Danneels :
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Biography book by Jürgen Mettepenningen and Karim Schelkens
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reveal that the Cardinal was a regular member of a secret pressure group of Churchmen that met in the Swiss town of Sankt-Gallen, but the Cardinal himself has publicly and good-humoredly admitted the fact.
*Danneels even said that what was officially but discreetly labeled “the Sankt-Gallen group” was referred to by its members as “the Mafia”. Its self-imposed aim was to counter the growing influence of Cardinal Ratzinger under the pontificate of Saint John Paul II, serving as a sort of outlet where handpicked cardinals and bishops could express their impatience at the traditional mindset of the Pope and his closest counsellor.
*link: https:// www.lifesitenews.com/news/cardinal-danneels-admits-being-part-of-clerical-mafia-that-plotted-francis
https://www. lifesitenews.com/opinion/swiss-bishops-confirm-existence-of-cardinal-danneels-mafia-against-benedict
https:// onepeterfive.com/return-sankt-gallen-mafia-loyal-opposition/
link to other Cardinals : Among the prelates named as part of this conspiracy were Cardinal Godfried Daneels; Cardinal Walter Kasper; Cardinal Karl Lehmann; and the late Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini.