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To: faithhopecharity

Or No Pope


21 posted on 01/07/2017 2:26:47 PM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: tired&retired

That’s possible. Yes. But the Church has ways of getting someone selected: (from web:). “The longest period of time during which the Catholic Church did not have a pope was from November 1268 to September 1, 1271, almost 3 years. This period is known as the interregnum (between reigns). The reasons were mostly political. It would have taken even longer, but the cardinals were locked in the Palazzo dei Papi di Viterbo to vote. They were given only bread and water and even the roof was removed making conditions very uncomfortable.

Eventually, Pope Gregory X was elected.”


24 posted on 01/07/2017 3:01:25 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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