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I don't think a pope has resigned since the 15th or 16th century.
I didn't mean to spark a debate with my last comment. This is General Discussion. I was just expressing frustration with all the near-obituaries that are flying around. As significant as John Paul II is to Catholicism, he's really just an (exceptionally bright) flicker in the grand history and teachings of the faith. He is blamed in some of these articles for maintaining centuries-old moral teachings as if he came up with them and oppressively enforced them himself.
To address your concern though, Jess, we Catholics believe that church doctrine should be in sync with the will of God rather than any one human culture. Obviously if you don't believe God exists, we know why we have different viewpoints. Popular values are fickle things. There's nothing to say that 2055 is going to be any more similar to 2005 than 1955 is. Anyone who claims to teach an objective, eternal moral code needs a stronger foundation than the latest ethical trends.
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