If you don’t buy that, do some digging on Sedavacantism, traditionalists who believe that “the chair is empty” and has been since Pius Xll died in 1958.
If you’re still interested in the succession after reading about those there’s the Malachy Prophecy. B16 was the 111th Pope in the prophecy, making Jorge Mario Bergolio 112:
The prophecy of the 112th: "In the extreme persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit Peter the Roman, who will pasture his sheep in many tribulations: and when these things are finished, the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the terrible judge will judge his people."
Well for one, Benedict 16 is still alive.
This is an interesting article:
https://nonvenipacem.com/2020/02/15/juridically-there-is-only-one-pope-a-pope-emeritus-cannot-exist/
If you don’t buy that, do some digging on Sedavacantism, traditionalists who believe that “the chair is empty” and has been since Pius Xll died in 1958.
If you’re still interested in the succession after reading about those there’s the Malachy Prophecy. B16 was the 111th Pope in the prophecy, making Jorge Mario Bergolio 112:
The prophecy of the 112th: "In the extreme persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit Peter the Roman, who will pasture his sheep in many tribulations: and when these things are finished, the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the terrible judge will judge his people."