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Ex-Pope failing health presents difficult decisions for Vatican
- JoeAltmaier 4y agoPope is a friendly title (means something like Papa) but the Bishop of Rome has a dozen others. Always seems a little strange to read Pope because I think of the Orthodox Church Patriarch, sometimes termed the Pope.
- krapp 4y ago>"We've never had this before where a living pope will help bury a dead pope," Catholic historian John McGreevy said. A living pope digging up a dead pope, on the other hand...[0] [0] https://daily.jstor.org/the-cadaver-synod-putting-a-dead-pope-on-trial/ https://daily.jstor.org/the-cadaver-synod-putting-a-dead-pop...