The Siri Thesis is the belief that Cardinal Giuseppe Siri, the long-serving and conservative Archbishop of Genoa, was actually elected Pope in the 1958 papal conclave, but that his election was then suppressed.
By 2006, the Siri Thesis was believed to be held by hundreds, perhaps thousands of people, mostly in Traditionalist Catholic circles.
Cardinal Siri himself was not involved with this belief; Siri entirely submitted to the authority of the official popes and remained in full communion with the Church, refusing to support any sedevacantist organization.
Read more about Siri Thesis: Reasons For Belief, Sedevacantism, Sedeimpeditism, Criticism, Conspiracy Theory, See Also
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