Did Benedict XVI Validly Resign? The Anatomy of a Renunciation, Part II
Eight objections to the claim that Benedict XVI’s resignation was invalid, each stated and answered from the law of the Church and from his own words.
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Did Benedict XVI Validly Resign? The Anatomy of a Renunciation, Part I
Benedict XVI believed he could lay down the governance of the papacy while sustaining an indelible link to the Petrine Office, and the Church’s law says a resignation made in such substantial error is invalid by the law itself.
May a Catholic Ask Who Is Pope?
Before asking whether Benedict XVI validly resigned, we must ask whether a Catholic may ask such a question at all. The Church’s law, her theologians, and her history answer: yes, within limits.
The Shortage Is Not of Men, but of Sacrifice
A reply to Father Dwight Longenecker. Ordaining married deacons would not solve the priest shortage.