@Liam Ronan I’m afraid such a determination will never be made, my friend. Never, ever. For the simple fact that, regardless of what he’s done or said since his election, it is indisputable that he was validly, duly, legitimately and canonically elected by a two-thirds majority vote of the College of Cardinals’ eligible Cardinal-Electors. Consequently, NO future Pontiff (with or without an Ecumenical Council), who would be the ONLY human on earth — in accordance with Canon Law and the Church’s infallible magisterium — with the supreme power and juridical authority to abrogate and annul the pontificate of a predecessor, is going to wrought the kind of universal havoc that such a determination would unleash throughout the whole Church and around the entire world, both at that particular time and well into the future. There will never be a Pope who would be willing to even consider such a thing, even if he himself believes there might be some doubt or question regarding the status of Pope Francis’ pontificate. It’s a proverbial “can of worms” no future Bishop of Rome would ever deign to open. A Papal Act of that magnitude would all but destroy the Papacy along with any relevancy of the Throne of Saint Peter and the legitimacy of the Apostolic See. It just won’t happen.

@SonoftheChurch Your reply is a tautology. He is pope not just because he was 'elected' but that he was "...indisputable that he was validly, duly, legitimately and canonically elected by a two-thirds majority vote of the College of Cardinals..." but were Benedict XVI's bifurcation of the papacy invalid then Bergolio was never pope and remains a non-pope since no conclave was held since the death of Benedict XVI. I'd say that Bergolio's validity as a pope is hotly and cogently disputed by some rather bright Catholic leaders.

@Boanerges Boanerges Right on!! Seems that all so-called 'catholics from birth' still haven't awakened! In the past 11 years of this bergoglian circus, they 'obediently blind and dormant' have not learned what has happened in 'their Catholic Church'! Just the visible fact that Cardinal Burke was happily smiling going towards 'Francis' obviously not even (that) has opened 'their eyes'! Cardinal Burke no longer criticizes Bergoglio, openly...why? Because he had to save his Rome Apartment, his pension, his lacey cardinalist attire = he had to make 'the deal' with Jorge! Bishops and Cardinals are no longer following in the footsteps of the Apostles; they follow in the footsteps of the masonic, jesuit infiltrators in the Vatican. The small 'remnant' that Benedict XVI talked about decades ago... is the 'revelation'. The faith is saved in TRUE CATHOLIC HEARTS AND MINDS who will stand up and fight what will be the second "Lepanto Battle"!