"How can it be called "succession" when the next Pope is elected by a bunch of Cardinals from elsewhere after the Pope dies? "
Because every pope that is selected is the one that God wants selected, that's why they conclave, they wait for the Holy Spirit to fill them with the spirit so they can make the choice the Lord wants.
There is zero biblical evidence of such nonsense...
"Because every pope that is selected is the one that God wants selected, that's why they conclave, they wait for the Holy Spirit to fill them with the spirit so they can make the choice the Lord wants."
So why don't they all vote for the same guy?
"Because every pope that is selected is the one that God wants selected, that's why they conclave, they wait for the Holy Spirit to fill them with the spirit so they can make the choice the Lord wants."
Thank you. That's what the Catholics believe.