Editors’ Notes

This question of papal elections has become topical since January 2026, following Bishop Pierre Roy’s call for a meeting of bishops. Bishop Roy has referred to such a meeting as an “imperfect general council,” which is how theologians have referred to a council of bishops that might meet to deal with the problem of a heretical pope, and to proceed to the election of a new Pope. >This is a controversial idea. But Mgr Roy stated explicitly in an interview with :

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