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The reason they've always had to elect someone so old is because he is infallible. You can't have a whole bunch of people who are infallible and (yes, this is what this means) can live forever walking around inserting their 2 cents. We mustn't let reality interfere.
But seriously, I haven't been a fan of this guy, but this may begin to turn my opinion. Stepping down before you become riddled with dementia, inability to walk or talk to the literally millions of people who want your time and attention, is absolutely the right thing to do. Now, how to deal with the corporeal being while he continues to live...
Here's my conspiracy theory to chew on... VERY shortly after he steps down he will die. The story will be told that he was much sicker than the world was lead to believe, but in fact he will have been offed because it's too difficult for the church to keep all the dogmatic balls in the air (so to speak), with 2 popes hanging around. But his replacement will still be a 75+ year old white guy from Europe. And it's been long enough, they'll probably allow an Italian to take back the crown.
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