{"id":157969,"date":"2024-05-16T20:01:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T20:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/?p=157969"},"modified":"2024-05-16T20:01:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T20:01:58","slug":"the-vatican-in-shock-after-the-pope-is-asked-to-resign-by-the-most-influential-theologians-of-the-catholic-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/the-vatican-in-shock-after-the-pope-is-asked-to-resign-by-the-most-influential-theologians-of-the-catholic-church\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vatican in Shock After the Pope is asked to Resign by the Most Influential Theologians of the Catholic Church!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Vatican is once again in turmoil after a group of 17 scholars and activists released a lengthy statement calling for Pope Francis to resign or to be formally asked to resign by the College of Cardinals, stating that the Jesuit Pope has \u201ccaused an unprecedented crisis in the Catholic Church<\/em>\u201d with his words and actions.<\/p>\n

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The 17 signatories attested that the Pope has \u201cdone great harm to the church and the whole world<\/em>\u201d since assuming the papal throne in March 2013. (The full statement is below, with a downloadable pdf here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

In a statement released late on May 2, the signatories in question stated that \u201cthe members of the hierarchy of the church have a duty to act in order to prevent Francis from causing further harm<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

They added:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe therefore call for Pope Francis to resign the papal office and to repent and do penance for his actions. If he does not do this, we request that the cardinals and bishops of the Catholic Church ask Pope Francis to resign the office of pope<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf this eventually should not take place, then the signatories called on the cardinals and bishops to declare that Francis has somehow lost the papacy:<\/em><\/p>\n

If he refuses to resign or recant the heresies that he has upheld, we ask that they declare that he has lost the papal office.<\/em><\/p>\n

The signatories attribute the aforementioned \u2018unprecedented crisis to two aspects:<\/em><\/p>\n

Pope Francis has committed criminal acts gravely damaging to the church and to individual believers.<\/em><\/p>\n

He has shown that he rejects the Catholic faith and has worked to destroy the faith of other Catholics<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The seventeen signatories comprise a mixture of academics, activists in various spheres of ecclesial life, and one priest:<\/p>\n