as per BBC, there are not rules against popes quitting, they just have to do it voluntarily and it has to be properly documented. It just rarely ever happens (what with all the sweet sweet power and opulence).
The last one quit to end the Western Schism ~600 years ago.
He's probably feeling the heat about the world slowly turning on the church for the whole covering up child molestation thing as well as the ceaseless reminding that he was a Hitler youth. As a fellow human, I feel a certain level of sympathy for him but at the same time, he was into some horrific things.
That plus the exposure of widespread corruption, like mafia money laundering. Makes you wonder if he's being forced out and, since it has to be voluntary, he's using his age as a reason.
How reliant on the US is Antigua? Lazy googling seems to indicate that 60% of their economy is tourism. If that's the case, the US probably has a pretty big stick to swing in this fight, regardless of what the WTO says (see Canada vise vie softwood lumbre).
My search to understand why I need to practice guitar scales brought me to Leonard Bernstein: Young People's Concerts. Christ, this guy can teach. He combines the enthusiasm of Bill Nye with the cool, fatherly dignity of Atticus Finch. I'm hooked.
This one annoys me because the world WAS cooling/heating more than usual. Global warming whatever, Krakatoa had an impact that was then unparalleled to anything.
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The last one quit to end the Western Schism ~600 years ago.
This one annoys me because the world WAS cooling/heating more than usual. Global warming whatever, Krakatoa had an impact that was then unparalleled to anything.