@Ultraviolet We don't know if he resigned "of his own free will" or not. That is impossible to prove. What can be proven legally is that he violated Canon law 188 and 332.2 . He resigned the "ministry" of the office, but the law makes clear he has to resign the office. Which he did not do. This is substantial error, and thus he is still pope. You can point to what he may have said later about how he really did resign, but his official resignation is erroneous. There cannot be 2 popes, partial popes, an expanded ministry, etc. Lots of smart people do lots of dumb things, especially if they're under pressure.

@philosopher You're saying: well, he's spouting heresies but we can't call him a heretic. Why? Do we risk excommunication if we call a man spouting heresies a heretic? No. We are only obligated on infallible statements , and there's a dearth of those from Papa.

If the day comes that the 99 percent evil College of Cardinals makes a statement on this, and they say he's not a heretic, I'd love to see the reasons. Because he, Bergoglio, is making past heretics look like St. Paul.

Zmirak's claim wasn't bold. James Madison said the same thing 223 years ago. Liberty not ordered to morality is anarchy. So that's why libertarianism, which like the French revolutionists, wanted liberty from everything, including Christian morals, became a terror.

Madison:" Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."