Benevacantism
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Background
- Emergence
- Theories
- Undue pressure
- ''Munus'' vs. ''ministerium''
- Denials by Benedict
- Legacy
- See also
- Notes
- References
Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict meeting on 5 July 2013|thumb|300px
Benevacantism (a portmanteau of "Benedict" and "sedevacantism") is the fringe Catholic belief that Pope Benedict XVI did not validly resign the papacy in February 2013 and therefore remained pope, making Pope Francis an invalidly elected antipope. Believers of this theory are called "Benevacantists".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Benevacantism” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.