[ealgeone]

Dead or alive? History shows both in past. I have no problem with the church fixing the problem either way.

But that's the thrust of the article....there is nothing the Roman Catholic church can do to remove the current pope. Nothing.

[morphing libertarian]

maybe a nun will take him some warm milk

[bkopto]

there is nothing the Roman Catholic church can do to remove the current pope. Nothing.

However, the Pope is not immune to RICO laws.

[ladyjane]

there is nothing the Roman Catholic church can do to remove the current pope. Nothing.

Really? LOL

Do you really think the last pope abdicated because of ill health?

Do you really think Pope John Paul 1 died of natural causes?

Do you really think the predictions in the letters of Fatima were about Russia and not about the corruption in the church?

[Campion]

While there is nobody on earth with the authority to remove a Pope, some canonists believe that, if it were established that a Pope was a heretic, he could be “removed” by the College of Cardinals, who would simply recognize that he had already removed himself from office by his heresy.

[dangus]

When Pope Benedict dies, declare Francis and anti-pope, and elect a real pope.