David Mills at First Things posted links today to films about Pope Michael, a Kansas farm boy who lives with his Mama, name of Tickie, and  thinks he is the head of the Roman Catholic Church. After being booted out of an SSPX Traditionalist Catholic seminary, he and five followers, including his parents, decided to hold a conclave in 1990, in a thrift store, and boom, Pope Michael. (Half the electors have since left and formed a splinter sect.) After doing a 10-minute short, the filmmakers later made a 74-minute full-length documentary about this guy and his followers (website here). It’s strange and fascinating; you can watch it here: