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If Benedict Is Still Pope, the Papacy Dies with Him

For better or worse, there are palpable effects to any grave life decision. Ideas, words, omissions, and actions can have fateful consequences. Such a grave decision is being made by many in the Catholic Church. The choice is to believe that Benedict, a man who undeniably still lives in the Vatican, clad in ominous white, remains as Pope Benedict XVI.

The choice may be founded on a variety of factors — namely, the distinction that renouncing a “ministry” versus “office” is insufficient for resignation, that Benedict secretly misleads his flock with a counterfeit resignation, or that he was pressured out of the papacy in such a way as to invalidate his resignation — though one cannot absolutely prove this assertion yet.

The purpose of writing this article is not to delve into the actual arguments for Benedict’s so-called non-resignation. Such a task has been tried, found tedious, and left to those who still wish to quibble about it. The Church has suffered enough. Rather, the purpose here is to examine the logical effects of adhering to the hypothesis that Benedict is still the pope.

Praise the Lord

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