If the Petrine office can be vacated like a seat in parliament, then it's time to put an end to the church's rigid stance on other questions of doctrine. Why exactly should spouses remain together until death if the pope can simply resign from his post?
I think satan talked him into resigning. That he made the wrong choice. But that changes nothing. Spouses need to stay together and if they don’t it is adultery.
13 posted on 02/23/2013 7:47:40 AM PST by yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)