This position is based on Canon 915 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law and has also been supported, in a personal capacity, by Archbishop Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, the highest judicial authority in the Catholic Church after the pope himself.
Posisi ini didasarkan pada Kanon 915 dalam Kitab Hukum Kanonik 1983 dan juga didukung, atas nama pribadi, oleh Kardinal Raymond Leo Burke, Prefek Signatura Apostolik, otoritas yudisial tertinggi dalam Gereja Katolik setelah Sri Paus.