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To: NYer

Is it possible to impeach a Pope?


10 posted on 02/24/2017 8:43:47 PM PST by Trumpnado2016 (It's time for America to dream again.)
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To: Trumpnado2016

God will impeach him.


21 posted on 02/24/2017 9:00:11 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: Trumpnado2016

Is it possible to impeach a Pope?


How about a recall.


35 posted on 02/24/2017 10:16:04 PM PST by Maudeen (No one on this earth is too far gone for Jesus.)
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To: Trumpnado2016; matthew fuller
Is it possible to impeach a Pope?

No, but condoning heresy causes him to lose the office automatically, after which the Cardinals can elect a new one.

It's never actually happened before is the problem...so though it seems to be a generally accepted theological principle that the Pope can lose his office for heresy, there's no "case law" on how the process unfolds.

Not coincidentally, next month there just so happens to be a conference in Paris on the Deposition of a Pope.

50 posted on 02/25/2017 4:36:46 AM PST by Claud
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