The Context of Cajetan's Comments on Praying for a Pope's Death

There was recently a little kerfluffle online after Dr. Peter Kwasniewski shared a quote from Thomas Cajetan (1469-1534) to the effect that Christians should pray for the removal of a bad pope (and given that popes historically reign for life, this functionally means praying for his death). Hyperpapalists, of course, were hyperventilating about the citation while traditionalists reacted with confusion as to how a quote from one of the greatest theologians of the Renaissance could occasion such vitriol.
Quotes from Cajetan are frequent in debates about papal authority. The renowned 16th century theologian and Master of the Dominican Order defended papal power in two different disputes, first against the Conciliarists in the aftermath of the Fifth Lateran Council, and more famously against Martin Luther. He wrote extensively about the papacy, perhaps offering the most exhaustive study of the subject in the generations between the Great Schism and the Council of Trent.
Cajetan's writings …