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Pope Benedict XVI 'is to resign'
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Posted on 02/11/2013 3:11:37 AM PST by Sub-Driver

Pope Benedict XVI 'is to resign' Breaking news

The Pope is to resign at the end of this month in an entirely unexpected development, reports from the Vatican say.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2010christmasaddress; bxvi; elderly; papacy; pedophilia; petrusromanus; pontiff; pope; popebenedict; popeonpedophilia; poperesigns; popes; resignation; sexualabuse; vatican
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To: Perdogg

that is the first thing i thought of. i knew Benedict was not the last.


101 posted on 02/11/2013 5:00:27 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: Happy Rain; All

Will there be a Pope named Ringo I????


102 posted on 02/11/2013 5:00:27 AM PST by KevinDavis (And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.)
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To: jsanders2001
I've been expecting this. The world has been on the fast track to upheaval so guess we'll see if St. Malachy was correct. Hold on to your seat, it's going to be a bumpy ride.
103 posted on 02/11/2013 5:01:06 AM PST by bgill
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To: Sub-Driver

My heart hurts. I love my German shepherd. The SSPX may have seen its last best hope to regularize. Let us pray that the Holy Father’s successor is a coservative and brilliant man, though no one comes to mind at the moment...


104 posted on 02/11/2013 5:01:51 AM PST by informavoracious (God help us.)
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To: Sub-Driver
Strange to hear. Pope's don't resign. None has in six centuries.

That said, when assistant to Pope John Paul II, then-Cardinal Ratzin... (you know), said that the Pope would step down if his health prevented him from his duties. So he's being consistant, but I can't say I like it.

That said, with all the crap being spewed online, the one one-liner I found slightly amusing:
(Not really) according to Dick Morris: Romney will be elected Pope in a landslide.

105 posted on 02/11/2013 5:04:14 AM PST by Tanniker Smith (Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
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To: sunmars
they’d eat their own foot off to get the job

So! You are calling it for a Cardinal with a limp?

106 posted on 02/11/2013 5:05:47 AM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: Perdogg
I see what you did there...Now thats funny!
107 posted on 02/11/2013 5:06:16 AM PST by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus sum -- "The Taliban is inside the building")
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To: djf

I think you are confusing Malichi Martin with St. Malichi


108 posted on 02/11/2013 5:07:06 AM PST by HapaxLegamenon
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To: wagglebee; Salvation; Cronos; narses

Does that mean the Pope will either (1) get to choose his successor, or (2) be a part of the Cardinals who choose the next Pope, and (3) if he doesn’t like the selection, can he revoke his resignation?


109 posted on 02/11/2013 5:09:33 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Wow,prophesy says next one is Black.


110 posted on 02/11/2013 5:09:33 AM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: EBH

Is he saying he has lost faith?

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Absolutely NOT!

It’s clear that he is referring to a WORLD that has been shaken by such questions. It is also clear that he is saying that such a world needs a Church led by someone strong both in mind and BODY.


111 posted on 02/11/2013 5:09:46 AM PST by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo....Sum Pro Vita - Modified Descartes)
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To: agere_contra
He's always wanted to serve his fellow man.


112 posted on 02/11/2013 5:11:42 AM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: PatriotGirl827

Wouldn’t be too bad either. He was an adviser to John Paul II. Born in 1932, so about what, 80 years old?

Might be too old.

The biggest growth in the RCC is coming from Africa and Asia right now, so to a certain extent, it would make sense to have a Pope from either one of those two areas.

Who knows? The College of Cardinals is full of surprises, so personally, I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.


113 posted on 02/11/2013 5:11:45 AM PST by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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To: Arthur McGowan
If he were going to die soon, I don’t think he’d resign.

Agreed.

I can't believe all the disrespect and jokes from FR.

114 posted on 02/11/2013 5:12:07 AM PST by bgill
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To: xzins
(1) get to choose his successor...(2) be a part of the Cardinals who choose the next Pope

He is over 80, so he cannot vote in the conclave

(3) if he doesn’t like the selection, can he revoke his resignation

His resignation is effective on the 28th...before that time, he could theoretically reconsider...after that time, not so much.

115 posted on 02/11/2013 5:12:32 AM PST by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: xzins

No, no and I wouldn’t think so.


116 posted on 02/11/2013 5:12:38 AM PST by John W (Viva Cristo Rey!)
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To: xzins

No. Because Pope Benedict is over 80 years old, he is not a voting member of the College of Cardinals.


117 posted on 02/11/2013 5:14:56 AM PST by Tax-chick (I have chocolate.)
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To: Sub-Driver
Ha! Ha! This Pope news is sucking ALL OF THE NEWS OXYGEN out of the clown's Lie-Fest tomorrow night!
118 posted on 02/11/2013 5:15:07 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: EBH

Utterances by all popes since Pope Pius XII are very difficult to analyze. Subsequent to the Vatican II debacle Vatican doublespeak has been rampant.


119 posted on 02/11/2013 5:16:33 AM PST by IbJensen (Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
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To: fatima
Wow,prophesy says next one is Black.

Cardinal Francis Arinze

120 posted on 02/11/2013 5:18:22 AM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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