Nick - he is resigning because he is 85 and in bad health and not out of any political pressure that I am aware of. Where are you getting that info? I think it’s good that he is leaving before he deteriorates further and is passing it to someone in better health. What’s wrong with that? I don’t understand your concern. Put other pope’s lives in danger? How? Just curious where you are coming from. Thanks.
He is a Pope, not a Supreme Court justice, or some other secular job. That is what you don’t seem to understand. I’ll say it again: He is a pope, he doesn’t hold some secular job. They die in office they don’t resign. That has been a source of protection. But now the next Pope won’t have that protection. If he opposes gay marriage. The U.N., the media, etc. can hound him to resign. Now that they know that is a possibility, they will not let up.