re: #110 William Barnett-Lewis

Yes, they do.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

The same vows are still required. The new pope was officially released from his vow upon being raised to the episcopate by the Pope but has lived in accordance with it anyway. Whatever his sins, that’s not one of them.

William is correct on that point. The special vow of obedience to the pope is also the reason why Jesuits were fixated upon by a great deal of anti-Catholic paranoia. Another reason was that the Society of Jesus also ran (and still does run) a great schools throughout the world.

Full Disclosure: I myself attended and graduated from a Jesuit high school.