[Salvation]

There’s a disease that eats away at one’s body. A person at our church had it. He was fine and could walk. Next time I saw him he was on crutches.

Then he was using a walker and eventually ended up in a wheelchair before his body was totally riddled by this disease.

Could something like this be happening. If I remember correctly, this disease eats away at either the muscles or the nerves.

As I said above, the tailors were having a difficult time downsizing his vestments and keeping up with his loss of weight.

Puzzling.

Anyone know what it is called?

[BillyBoy]

I stand by my statement: The Pope physically deteriorating has NEVER been grounds for a Pope to "leave office".

Why the Pope certainly CAN leave step down, stepping down under these circumstances is a huge break with the 2000 tradition of the Catholic Church and the understanding that the papacy is a lifetime job in all but the most extreme of circumstances. Many Popes is far worst physical shape than Benedict XVI continued to reign.

[BillyBoy]

I stand by my statement: The Pope physically deteriorating has NEVER been grounds for a Pope to "leave office".

While the Pope certainly CAN leave step down, stepping down under these circumstances is a huge break with the 2000 year old tradition of the Catholic Church and the understanding that the papacy is a lifetime job in all but the most extreme of circumstances. Many Popes is far worse physical shape than Benedict XVI continued to reign.