[NYer]

Verdugo, the only voice of tradition/antiquity

Verdugo, we are still waiting for your response to Lorica's question on another thread.

"... do you consider Pope Benedict to be a valid pope?"

We are not interested in whether or not you consider him to be validly elected.

Yes or No

[Lorica]

Verdugo, the only voice of tradition/antiquity

I don't know whether to laugh, roll my eyes, or feel a small bit of empathy for those who have to balance on the pedestals they have made for themselves.

The question I asked him was never answered. Great noise was made about it, but the thing itself was left to go gently into the great internet night.

There's a big difference between acknowledging that proper procedure was followed in the pope's election, and considering, in one's mind and heart, that the sitting pope is valid. The former position removes one from actually having to make that very difficult decision, and I can understand the difficulty in taking the final step, because the only place one can go from there is sedevacantism.

[verdugo]

I've answered that like 10 times. You don't believe my clear words, and yet you swallow the ambiguities of the post Vatican II "newspeak", hook line and sinker?

re: "Verdugo, do you consider Pope Benedict to be a valid pope?"

Yes, he is a validly elected pope. He is the pope of the Catholic Church, the 266th pope in the apostolic line of popes which started with St. Peter the Apostle.