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Originally Posted by InChiefsHell
The last Pope to do this was Gregory XII...in 1415...so this is NOT something that happens every day...I'm frankly shocked by this.
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It's something that was likely to happen sooner not later. The ability of modern science to keep a body going when the mind is gone necessitates the ability to "retire", even from the position of Pope, lest the Church be left headless for a protracted period.
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