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To: Bigg Red; ichabod1
Rest assured, the imPopestor is going down. And the Holy Spirit will send us Catholics a good and faithful shepherd.

I think we have one, in Benedict. My son-in-law said to me that although Benedict resigned as Bishop of Rome, his Papacy is still in effect, according to some. Francis is Bishop of Rome, but not of the holy church. I don’t really understand the argument, as I haven’t researched it further, but I know that historically we have had competing Popes.

768 posted on 08/13/2020 1:02:17 PM PDT by JoeA (JoeA (this space available))
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To: JoeA

I am certainly not that knowledgeable on this subject, but I seem to recall that the time of competing popes was a time of schism back in the Middle Ages.

Pope Benedict, I suspect, is rather frail now. So I am hoping that we will get a new man.

I will continue to pray for the Holy Spirit to guide His Church.


815 posted on 08/13/2020 3:16:09 PM PDT by Bigg Red (WWG1WGA)
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