Election of Pope Francis Pursuant to Universi Dominici Gregis “My people have been a lost flock: their shepherds have caused them to go astray and have made them wander in the mountains.  They have gone from the mountain to the … Continue reading IS IT POSSIBLE FOR A MAN TO BE ELECTED POPE WHILE HE IS IN THE STATE OF BEING AN EXCOMMUNICANT? THIS IS MORE THAN A HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION.