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Chair of St Peter vacant (Sedevacantism)

The Catholic Church teaches that a heretic cannot be pope because heresy separates a person from the Church. This is a dogmatic fact affirmed by popes, councils, and theologians throughout history. Indeed, Pope Paul IV explicitly declared that the election of a heretic as pope is invalid, even with unanimous support.

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