[JesusIsLord]

My understanding is that the Roman Catholic church does not permit by Canon or otherwise - the ability to remove or challenge a Pope. Unless a Pope dies or resigns, he is treated as the Vicar of Christ and head of the Roman Catholic Church - despite any shortcoming or apostacy.

When you have this type of governance, no one should be surprised by abuses that may arise. The adage, 'absolute power corrupts absolutely', has been proven true repeatedly. Some would like to believe that the Chair of Peter is an exception to this rule. When we study the history of the Pope's, we see otherwise.

The genius of our founders is that they understood the principal of 'absolute power corrupts absolutely' and attempted to construct governance/laws/constitution to address man's weakness.

Should the Roman Catholic Church allow for some type of impeachment and removal process for its Pope? Bishops could act similar to our House and Cardinals could act similar to our Senate. If not, why not? What say our Catholic friends?

[hoosierham]

Peter committed errors amd was corrected but later popes pretend the to be incapable of error. Thus proving they are fallible humans.