great point. just saying it would lose lots of members and have a horribly tarnished name around the world.
I wonder if Benedict was blackmailed to retire. Probably for him hooked up with a hooker and recorded it all. I don’t remember his name, but it was a former FBI guy who said that President Bush Senior always used to do that to politicians so he could blackmail them.
> “ ... it would lose lots of members and have a horribly tarnished name around the world.”
Depends entirely on what happens afterward.
If a new Pope were to establish credibility and sympathy, the flock would return, perhaps more than ever. A new Catholic clean bill of health would boost the Church and memorialize its ability to vanquish evil within its own chambers.