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What impedes laws on impeded popes?

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Ed. Condon
Sep 16, 2021
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While summertime rumors of a papal resignation have died down, a group of canon lawyers is continuing to push for Pope Francis to issue legal reforms for the petrine office, including provisions addressing the long-term medical incapacity of a pope. 

While the canonists say they aim to close “loopholes” around the possibility of a permanently incapacitat…

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