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#311: Benedict Our Pope —Patrick Coffin

The Patrick Coffin Show | Interviews with influencers | Commentary about culture | Tools for transformation

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The 1983 code of canon law that I'm quoting was given a total overhaul from what was called the Pio Benedictine code of 1917. If you think pope Benedict after decades of in-depth Latin knowledge and preaching and great familiarity with canon law, either resigned wrongly by making a mistake or wasn't thorough enough to make his intentions clear, then I have an iceberg for sale for you off the coast of Florida. That is the kill shot. Everything else, including the question of the validity of the March 13th, 2013, Conclave is downstream from that. There's grown up among conservative, traditional-minded Catholics, a whole cottage industry of complaining about Francis. They wring their hands

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