[Vermont Crank]

Celestine was essentially forced to accept the Papacy whereas Pope Benedict XVI was not.

And why are you calling him Pope Emeritus? He is not a Pope in any way shape or form. He abdicated. He ought be called Bishop Emeritus.

Out of all of the Popes, Celestine was the rarest of exceptions but, already, he is being cited as normative which is indicative of how rapidly we become inured to novelty if it is a Pope who personally institutes that novelty.

[RobbyS]

I agree that the term “pope emeritus” is unfortunate , except that the word is just short for patriarch.

[Mr. K]

Pope Emeritus is the title they gave him