in 2016 to marry a woman (who was a Palmarian nun) and told El País that the Palmarian Catholic Church "was all a hoax from the beginning" to profit from believers and supporters of the alleged apparitions of Our Lady of Palmar. In response, the new Pope Peter III published an encyclical letter, in which he accused Hernández of discrediting his former church in that interview, and of stealing two million euros from the Palmarian Catholic Church, along with goods including a BMW X6; Peter III subsequently declared Hernández an apostate, excommunicated him and declared all of his acts to be null and void. Hernández denies the charges of stealing. He and his wife later both reconciled with the Roman Catholic Church. In 2020 Hernández was interviewed by El Confidencial: during the interview he accused the Palmarian Christian Church of possessing large quantities of cash and even weapons in some hidden places of the Cathedral-Basilica of Our Crowned Mother of Palmar; he also regretted not disbanding the church while he was in charge, but predicted that it would soon collapse on its own. Bibliography Magnus Lundberg, A Pope of their Own, Uppsala University, 2017. See also Apostles of Infinite Love Conclavism Sedevacantism References The original version of this article was adapted from Further reading Marcus Lundberg; A Pope of their Own: El Palmar de Troya and the Palmarian Church. Palmar de Troya-Holy Catholic Palmarian Church (report by Magnus Lundberg, Uppsala University) External links Official Website of the Palmarian Church Christian denominations established in the 20th century Christian organizations established in 1978 Churches in Spain Independent Catholic denominations Province of Seville Traditionalist Catholicism Conclavism