Pope Francis urges eradication of antisemitism
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What I am putting forth is the authoritative Catholic teaching that you cannot commit an evil act (murder) that a good result comes from it (removal of a bad Pope). Catholic teaching is that both the act and result must be morally permissible for the whole thing to be moral. Also, it is a sin to kill one of God's anointed ones, which has it's Biblical basis in 1 Samuel/Kings chapter 24, where David refused to kill King Saul, when he had the chance, even though Saul was a wicked king.
Your opinion, on the other hand, is your opinion, and it sounds like your moral basis is consequentialism/utilitarianism (i.e. "the end justifies the means") instead of Catholic morality, as I illustrated above.
So... not really a "debate", even though we do disagree.
I'm fine with you having your opinion, though, and agreeing to disagree, just as long as you express it as such, and don't try to represent it as a valid Catholic opinion.
Hopefully, this clarifies our positions, and settles that it's just a gentlemen's disagreement. Take care, and God bless!