If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of his office, then he has a right and, under some circumstances, also an obligation to resign.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The pope is a very... passionate man. He likes to get out with the people, and with that comes a large security risk.
He has no right to his life when his duty calls him to resign it. Other men are bound... to deprive him of life or liberty, if that should appear in any case to be indispensably necessary to prevent a greater evil.
My duties are wider than those of the Pope. The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.
I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.
The pope dies, you get another pope.
The Pope is not a political figure.
What a terrible thing it would be to be the Pope! What unthinkable responsibilities to fall on your shoulders at an advanced age! No privacy. No seclusion. No sin.
Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow.
A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve.
Once elected, the Pope is by virtue of the promise of Jesus to Peter, the Pope is preserved from the possibility of error. God would change any spend thrift politician into a responsible Pope.