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To: unlearner

He already has, by NOT doing anything about the gay cardinal sex orgy in the Vatican. In the news. He knew. He did nothing. He is not fit to be pope.


28 posted on 08/04/2018 4:59:27 AM PDT by I want the USA back (This week's hypocritical hysteria: Manafort/Russia Probe again!)
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To: I want the USA back

“He is not fit to be pope.”

What I have trouble following is how it is possible, from a Catholic perspective, for a Pope to be or become unfit for his office. I thought the principle of Apostolic succession essentially prevents such a thing from happening.

Wouldn’t the Pope being unfit imply that he was a bad choice for the office in the first place? But how would that be possible if his selection was God-ordained?

I’m not trying to stir up a debate on the topic. I just think my understanding of the Catholic view on this subject must have been off, and I’m trying to follow the rationale.


36 posted on 08/04/2018 9:30:31 AM PDT by unlearner (A war is coming.)
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To: I want the USA back

“He is not fit to be pope.”

What I have trouble following is how it is possible, from a Catholic perspective, for a Pope to be or become unfit for his office. I thought the principle of Apostolic succession essentially prevents such a thing from happening.

Wouldn’t the Pope being unfit imply that he was a bad choice for the office in the first place? But how would that be possible if his selection was God-ordained?

I’m not trying to stir up a debate on the topic. I just think my understanding of the Catholic view on this subject must have been off, and I’m trying to follow the rationale.


37 posted on 08/04/2018 9:30:31 AM PDT by unlearner (A war is coming.)
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