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French archbishop criticizes Papal decision to resign
Catholic Church Conservation ^ | 27/2/2013 | Chris Gillibrand

Posted on 02/27/2013 1:33:57 PM PST by Gillibrand

Bishop Minnerath (to right of Pope) and Bishops of the Province of Dijon, surrounding Pope Benedict XVI during the last Ad Limina visit to Rome in November 2012

On Monday, learning of the decision of Benedict XVI to leave his position as Pope for health reasons at the end of February, Archbishop Minnerath, according to RCF parabole (a radio channel) who was given a sole and unique interview, "did not want believe it. "

On Wednesday morning, Archbishop Minnerath agreed to speak on this sensitive subject. He did this without omitting to point out some disagreement with someone he knows, since the two men both worked at the Theological Commission in Rome.

"When one is Pope, we assume it is unto death", ruled the man of faith.

(Excerpt) Read more at cathcon.blogspot.com ...


TOPICS: Catholic; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics; Theology
KEYWORDS: adbdication; conclave; pope; rome
Comments come from Archbishop plus video interview
1 posted on 02/27/2013 1:34:04 PM PST by Gillibrand
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To: Gillibrand
Archbishop Minnerath ...of the Province of Dijon...

Bah, he should go eat a mustard sandwich.

2 posted on 02/27/2013 10:23:39 PM PST by AnalogReigns (because the real world is not digital...)
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