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snow_michael t1_jcw28sl wrote

Reply to comment by _PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ in TIL In the history of the Catholic Church there has been over a decade without a Pope on the throne. The longest continuous time the throne was empty was two years ten months from 1268 to 1271. by jamescookenotthatone

It is not for life

Given you have to be 13+ to hold a reddit account, in your lifetime one Catholic Pope has retired, and another might do so soon

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_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_jcw7deg wrote

It is for life.

One has retired in the last 600 years, but he was still appointed for life.

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snow_michael t1_jd00wfc wrote

Doesn’t mention that anywhere in the Papal Oath

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_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_jd01iqy wrote

So? There’s no term limit and they can’t get voted out.

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snow_michael t1_jd0psq1 wrote

  1. Popes in the past have been removed from office

  2. Technically the position the College of Cardinals vote someone to hold is Bishop of Rome

  3. If you can't understand the conflict between 'appointed for life' and 'is able to retire' I don't know what to say to you

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_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ t1_jd23igg wrote

You clearly don’t know what “appointed for life” means.

Life appointees can still retire or be deposed. It's not a prison sentence.

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