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To: BlatherNaut

Can a Pope be recalled or impeached?


5 posted on 02/03/2015 3:16:21 PM PST by Will88
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To: Will88

Well, don’t Catholics believe the Holy Spirit guides the choosing of the Pope?

Why would they provide a means to remove one if they think God selected him?


7 posted on 02/03/2015 4:15:31 PM PST by Boogieman
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I don't believe so. I had thought there was a process by which the college of cardinals could convene to remove a pope who is a manifest heretic, but my limited research into the area seems to say otherwise quite unequivocally.

Even if there was, expecting the college of cardinals to remove Francis would be like expecting the congressional black caucus start an impeachment motion against Obama.

10 posted on 02/03/2015 5:34:10 PM PST by Wyrd bið ful aræd ("We are condemned by men who are themselves condemned" -- The Most Reverend Marcel Lefebvre)
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