Woah woah... To me, it's not a laity vs. clergy thing. I include myself among those who have no authority to render that sort of judgment. I'd recommend reading Sigrid Undset's biography of St. Catherine of Siena, which inevitably includes details about the Western Schism. That schism literally started because Cardinals cast doubt upon t…
Woah woah... To me, it's not a laity vs. clergy thing. I include myself among those who have no authority to render that sort of judgment. I'd recommend reading Sigrid Undset's biography of St. Catherine of Siena, which inevitably includes details about the Western Schism. That schism literally started because Cardinals cast doubt upon the validity of a Pope's election, and it led to great scandal. And history remembers them as schismatics, not the Pope of Rome. Christ didn't leave us with a code to crack--the Church is the Church and the Pope is the Pope, regardless of circumstances.
Woah woah... To me, it's not a laity vs. clergy thing. I include myself among those who have no authority to render that sort of judgment. I'd recommend reading Sigrid Undset's biography of St. Catherine of Siena, which inevitably includes details about the Western Schism. That schism literally started because Cardinals cast doubt upon the validity of a Pope's election, and it led to great scandal. And history remembers them as schismatics, not the Pope of Rome. Christ didn't leave us with a code to crack--the Church is the Church and the Pope is the Pope, regardless of circumstances.