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This is grasping at straws. The same homosexual/pedophile mafia that forced Bennie out and installed Frankie will be picking the next pope and the next one after that, ad infinitum. It doesn’t matter how Frankie exits the papacy, his replacement will not be a reformer, because there aren’t enough reformers left. And those who are left are being forced out, with their replacements members of, or beholden to, the homosexual/pedophile mafia. For traditional catholics, it’s check and mate. You have two options. Swim in the cesspool the catholic church has become, or leave. All the prayer in the world won’t change that. There are no other options, period.

To be clear....I AM NOT a Roman Catholic. I am not arguing for or against Francis staying as pope.

I was merely curious, in light of the myriad of threads on FR by Roman Catholics calling for him to be removed, could it be done.

To be clear....I AM NOT a Roman Catholic. I am not arguing for or against Francis staying as pope.

My post was not directed toward you. It was in reference to the article.

ealgeone:

It is a fair question. I think you did a good job of finding a resource to answer it. Even if the Pope were removed forcibly by the secular state, he would still be Pope. If he is asked to resign, the question would be was he forced to resign under duress, which would potentially make his resignation null and void. So another Pope gets elected and you have a schism in the Western Church similar to the Avignon papacy which resulted in 3 rival Popes (although only 1 was legitimate). Council of Constance in 1417 eventually resolved it.

So could the Catholic Church be heading to something similar, maybe?