[Karl Keating]

Here's what Mr. Keating said:

"By definition the pope is the bishop of Rome, not the priest or layman of Rome. No man can be pope unless he is a bishop, just as no man is married unless he has a wife. If our hypothetical man is not made a bishop, either before or just after his election, he cannot be a real pope. There is no such thing as a layman pope or a priest pope. The bishop of Rome must be a bishop."

My conclusion is you are functionally illiterate and unable to understand clearly worded English sentences. What Mr. Keating wrote has no relation whatsoever to what you claim he wrote.

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Hermann:

Thank you--and several others--for trying to make it clear that what I wrote accurately stated the Church's understanding.

[Hermann the Cherusker]

Thank you Mr. Keating, for your fine work on behalf of our Church. I'm one of your spiritual children, your book "Catholicism and Fundementalism" having convinced me immediately of the newfound Catholic faith a friend and a Priest had opened my eyes too. God bless!