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I imagine there would be someone elected as regent-like figure… and also, many previous Popes wrote statements of conditional abdication- Pope Pius wrote that if he gets kidnapped he will become Cardinal again and other Cardinals should vote for new Pope. Allegedly, JP2 and Benedict wrote statements saying that they abdicate if they fall to comma or otherwise incapable of acting out their duties.
By the way, I am also excited for New Pope series… but I also hope they won’t just uncanonically elect new Pope while Pius XIII is in comma… perhaps they will use abdication they tricked Pius into signing? But then that is also unlawful and by that Pius can’t reclaim his Papacy… yeah im theorizing too much but I am so excited and curious
I imagine that would be complicated. Historically people elected new Popes- but under current constitution that is not lawful. Some elected acting Bishops of Rome who led flock of Rome but did not act as Popes. However, during times I described above, new Bishops did not need Papal approval or anything like that.What if a bunch of ennemies of the Church kidnaped the Pope and locked him away somewhere with no contact with the outside world. How long would the Church wait? What if we don’t even know if he is still alive?
By the way, I am also excited for New Pope series… but I also hope they won’t just uncanonically elect new Pope while Pius XIII is in comma… perhaps they will use abdication they tricked Pius into signing? But then that is also unlawful and by that Pius can’t reclaim his Papacy… yeah im theorizing too much but I am so excited and curious