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To: Mrs. Don-o

Is there anything that can be done by the Church to remove him? Has that ever happened?


56 posted on 11/17/2019 4:51:25 PM PST by LibertyWoman
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To: LibertyWoman
That's --- uh --- complicated. On the one hand, Canon Law says that anyone who commits a mortal sin (meaning a deliberate, serious sin you knew full well was wrong) is automatically deposed from any church office. On the other hand, you can appeal an excommunication. Since the pope is basically the court of final appeal, there's no way you can convict him, finally, under canon law, and make it stick.

Since a pope can only be judged by another pope, I reckon that would mean:

Best bet is probably that Bergoglio's successor convicts him posthumously of heresy and nullifies all (or, selectively, many) of his official acts.

Better yet, perhaps, would be: Christ comes again.

No matter which way it goes, it is not going to be easy. I would argue it's going to ge a lot worse before it gets better. Faithfulness in the midst of the most subtle and perplexing warfare imaginable, is going to be very difficult. But absolutely necessary.

Let us pray.

60 posted on 11/17/2019 5:29:18 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Whatever is pure, anything of excellence, and anything praiseworthy-keep thinking about these things)
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