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To: piusv

“I said I didn’t make a judgment on his motives.”

Okay, okay, fine.

“And it has never been traditional for a pope to resign due to health issues.”

Now you’re stretching.

While it is not usual for popes to resign, it has happened before, and so is not contrary to tradition.


47 posted on 08/13/2014 12:11:31 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: dsc

No, I’m not stretching. Take a good look at why these resignations happened and you’ll see resigning due to old age/infirmity is a novelty.

We can expect this to be a regular occurrence now though.


48 posted on 08/13/2014 12:38:06 PM PDT by piusv
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