God Bless...I suspect he is severely ill with a disease that he would not like to bear publicly, nor be able to act with, when action is needed.
Hopefully his first thought was to shepherding the best choice of his successor to avoid contention.
When I first saw this I prayed it was not true. It is deeply troubling. There are so few voices for orthodoxy left in leadership, be they Catholic or Protestant. B16 was a lion among simpering sheep. He will be sorely missed.
NNNOOOOOOO!! :-(
I am not Catholic, but I am saddened to hear this. Pope Benedict is a man who wasn’t afraid to uncompromisingly stand for traditional Christian values, no matter how unpopular.
PETER THE ROMAN will be next and last.
Petrus Romanus - The Last Pope
•The Last Pope- Prophecy of St. Malicky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=BlbF-vIMgTM
http://www.amazon.com/Petrus-Romanus-Final-Pope-Here/dp/0984825614
Does this mean that “The One” will resign to take his place and promote “Joe Bite Me” as the next President?
This is unbelievable.
If the Vatican has an affirmative action policy set in place maybe they can hire this guy as the first modern Black Pope!
http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_turkson_pka_en.html
God Bless... Wonder if Cardinal Peter gets the job if he will keep the name Peter?
We can only hope that the next papa picks up a Roman number for himself short enough that we can still comprehend, what with our Communist influenced edumacation!
Just my two cents.
I’m not a Catholic. I’ve been a life-long Lutheran with pastors in the family. The very good pastors are dedicated to their church. They are guided by doing God’s will and leading God’s people.
That said, I believe that Pope Benedict is a good person, also trying to do God’s will and trying to lead God’s people. Pope Benedict’s health has not been good. My guess is that his doctor’s have told him that if he doesn’t scale back his activities, he will suffer a major health crisis (heart attack, stroke, death, whatever), sooner rather than later. With Lent starting this week, he will be called on to do so very much and that will add to the possibility of a major health crisis. I’m sure the Pope realizes that his hospitalization or death will draw attention away from Lent and Holy Week and he knows the focus now should be on Christ’s resurrection, not on the Pope’s health. I think he’s doing a very unselfish act for the good of his church.
A holiday for the pedophilia obsessed, which crime they would never connect to their own high tolerance for what they like to call “gaiety”. Next, we’ll have a holiday for the “racism” obsessed, though I’ve always suspected those are the same compulsive obsessives.
No one ever discloses their own prejudices, like the Joe Paterno Fan Club members in yesterday’s thread pretending to objectively examine the evidence against their hero.
Here, we have on display hatred of the Pope by the Holy Rollers and other fans of the money grubbing TV preachers.
http://prophecyofthepopes.com/
Petrus Romanus. Excellent book. Showing the Pope after Benedict will be The Last Pope.
I’m not a Catholic, but I would like to throw something out to all my Catholic friends here on FR, in the utmost respect and honesty. You are by Brothers and Sisters in Christ, and I plan on spending eternity with you so no since in bickering now! While some light humor is ok in any situation (the “too pooped to pope” comment made me chuckle), I’d caution my Protestant Brothers and Sisters to be careful in your humor...you may end up in a next door eternal mansion someday.
That being said, I’d like to ask the Catholics here if the recent sex scandal in the church has effected all areas equally? I personally haven’t heard of a ton of stories coming out of Africa or Eastern Europe, but admittedly, that may be more because of my local perspective and being an “outsider”. I’m just curious if there are regions of the country that are more or less touched by this.
If my perception is accurate, perhaps it would be best if a pope came from one of these areas, or whatever area that was less touched by the problem. If they can get someone who truly had nothing to do with the scandal (not that Benedict XVI was in any way complicit, but he was involved with the investigation, and I’m referring to someone that truly was completely away from the problem) it may be a great opportunity for the Catholic Church to finally get a clean break with this chapter of its history. Certainly another part of that equation involves a conservative, no nonsense type of person who wont tolerate such behavior...as we should not tolerate it from any minister anywhere. But I’d be really interested to hear what you all think on this.
THIS job, you don’t quit. You don’t quit.
Okay...a question for Catholics from a non-Catholic who is curious (and is interested in the pageantry and traditions of the church):
I went to EWTN and read the full statement the Pope made about his resignation. The part that hasn’t been seen on FR says that the resignation will take effect at 20:00 (8pm) local time on Feb. 28th.
Now, for the death of a pope, the College of Cardinals has to assemble within 15-20 days. I assume that the same time limit will be given upon the effective hour of Benedict’s resignation? Or, will the College be ready to go as soon as the resignation is effective?
I am assuming that having a Pope in office at Easter is going to be important.
(As a side note: I was too young to remember the election of Paul VI. I vividly remember the elections of JP1, JP2, and Benedict. I am very curious who is elected Pope next.)
