And isn’t it convenient that we already have a slightly used pope just sitting around collecting dust. I think people got over the novelty of having an “emeritus” without realizing how weird it is to have one.
Are you suggesting we put Pope Benedict XVI up on Craigslist?
Very weird, indeed.
Was Pope Francis canonically elected?
"1. The time is fast approaching in which there will be great trials and afflictions; perplexities and dissensions, both spiritual and temporal, will abound; the charity of many will grow cold, and the malice of the wicked will increase.
2. The devils will have unusual power, the immaculate purity of our Order, and of others, will be so much obscured that there will be very few Christians who will obey the true Sovereign Pontiff and the Roman Church with loyal hearts and perfect charity. At the time of this tribulation a man, not canonically elected, will be raised to the Pontificate, who, by his cunning, will endeavor to draw many into error and death..."
The Prophecy of St. Francis About a Future Pope
It's interesting that the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate were expressly singled out for destruction shortly after Francis assumed the papal throne.