Isn’t there something about the “last pope” and end times?
Tears, so many tears... we love you, Papa...
Maybe he wants to make sure he gets a decent successor.
“Amen I say to you, when you were young, you dressed yourself and went where you wished. But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands and another will dress you, and lead you where you do not want to go.” (John 21:18)
Is it too early/ghoulish to put in a plug for Canada’s Cardinal Ouellet?
Let’s go over some of his wonderful attributes:
1) While not a third-world cardinal per se, he has spend a huge chunk of his ministry engaged in front line missionary work and has had a front row seat for the issues facing the church in these regions.
2) He’s multi-lingual: In addition to his native French, he speaks fluent English, Italian Spanish and Portugese, and is conversational in several more.
3) He currently heads the Congregation for Bishops and has been responsible for the vetting of those candidates. If your diocese recent got a new bishop, you probably have Cardinal Ouellet to thank.
4) He’s thoroughly conservative.
5) He’s not afraid to confront life and death issues head on. (He’s faithfully attended and spoken at March For Life rallies and similar events in Canada for years)
6) He’s the right age (68) so he’s not likely to have an excessively long or short papacy. Probably 10-15 years which is the average in the past couple of centuries.
7) He’s got clean hands. There’s not a hint of scandal anywhere near the guy. (ie: no record of him shuffling repeat offenders from parish to parish)
8) He’d be a good blend of the personal charisma of JPII and the deep intellectualism of BXVI.
9) He’s the perfect blend of pastor/priest/missionary/teacher/administrator.
10) Did I mention he’s Canadian? Lots of good things coming from Canada these days.
...guess this one thought it better to quit than get caught;)
Petrus Romanus.
Wow.
The Joe Paterno of the Vatican...
BookMark
Enough time to get the Cardinals together and provide for an orderly succession.
Poor Baraq! He has been upstaged.
Hope he’s not ill. May God grant him a blessed, and long, retirement.
Looks like he’s just simply too pooped to Pope.
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...
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.
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?
Wow,prophesy says next one is Black.
And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Mark 1:15
I see it mentioned, but for those who have read the Saint Malachy prophecies, he is supposed to be the second to last Pope. Here is what was predicted about Benedict from Wiki:
111 Glory of the olive.
Benedict XVI (2005–2013)
Joseph Ratzinger
Chose the regnal name Benedict after St Benedict of Nursia, founder of the Benedictine Order. The order's crest contains an olive branch.
The next Pope prediction says:
Petrus Romanus, qui paſcet oues in multis tribulationibus: quibus tranſactis ciuitas ſepticollis diruetur, & Iudex tremẽdus iudicabit populum ſuum.[66] Finis.
268
112 Peter the Roman, who will Nourish the sheep in many tribulations; when they are finished, the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the dreadful judge will judge his people. The end.