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A papal renunciation (Latin: renuntiatio) occurs when the reigning pope of the Roman Catholic Church voluntarily steps down from his position. As the reign of the pope has conventionally been from election until death, papal renunciation is an uncommon event. Before the 21st century, only five popes unambiguously resigned with historical certainty, all between the 10th and 15th centuries. Additionally, disputed claims of four popes having resigned date between the 3rd and 11th centuries; a fifth disputed case may have involved an antipope.

Additionally, a few popes during the saeculum obscurum were “deposed,” meaning driven from office by force. The history and canonical question here is complicated; generally, the official Vatican list of popes seems to recognize such “depositions” as valid renunciations if the pope acquiesced, but not if he did not. The later development of canon law has been in favor of papal supremacy, leaving no recourse to remove a pope involuntarily.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_renunciation


13 posted on 02/17/2017 2:37:53 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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The “Pope” will never renunciate. He is equivalent to Obama
and intends to fundamentally change/destroy the Catholic church and is well on his of doing it.


18 posted on 02/17/2017 2:53:20 PM PST by gibsonguy
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