You're listening to the SSPX podcast and welcome to episode 38 of the crisis in the church series.

Today we'll be asking Don Tranquillo three questions surrounding the events in Rome from 2013.

First, can a Pope abdicate?

Second, if he can, did Pope Benedict abdicate properly?

What is required for this to happen?

Did Pope Benedict leave us a hidden meaning or a coded message

meant for the faithful to find during this process? And third, if this was all done properly,

what do we make of the 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis? There seems to have been some

irregularities, to put it mildly, admitted to by at least one of the cardinals. So is Pope Francis

the Pope?

One quick note on this interview, Father's microphone did occasionally cut out at times, making him a bit difficult to understand. We edited it for clarity, but it may be easier to

watch this video on YouTube instead of just listening on the podcast. Well, with all that said,

let's join Don Tranquillo right now on the SSPX podcast.

Welcome back to our next episode on the Crisis in the Church series here on the SSPX podcast.

And welcoming back, Father Tranquilo, Don Tranquilo.

Hello, Father, how are you today?

Fine, thank you. Nice to meet you again.

Yes.

Absolutely. It's always a pleasure to have you, Father.

And in our past discussions with you, we've talked about collegiality, but then we talked about set of ecantism.

And now we're going to talk about something kind of closely related to set of ecantism and now we're going to talk about something kind of

closely related to set of a contism sort of and that is the question of whether or not

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