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As Vatican Leader Pope Benedict Never Had A Chance
http://www.foxnews.com/ ^ | February 11, 2013 | John Moody

Posted on 02/11/2013 10:12:00 AM PST by Biggirl

He never had a chance. From the moment he appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s on April 19, 2005, to greet the faithful, Benedict XVI faced an insurmountable problem: He was not John Paul II. Benedict’s decision to resign the papacy is being blamed on his age – nearly 86 – and his health – never robust. He might just as well have been diagnosed with a broken papal heart.

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TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Theology
KEYWORDS: benedict; vatican
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To: rbmillerjr

My post on this thread, the one you are referring to, has disappeared.


21 posted on 02/11/2013 11:14:17 AM PST by NKP_Vet
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To: Biggirl
What's this guy talking about? Pope Benedict has done some wonderful things in his short tenure. Of course he never had a chance with the liberal media; no faithful Catholic expected anything different. The Pope stood against almost everything the liberal media in the US, and around the world, supports. They continually looked for anything to take him down, but they were not successful.

I'm sure they won't like his successor any more than they liked him, if the new Pope is true to the teachings of Jesus in general, and Catholic doctrine in particular.

22 posted on 02/11/2013 11:18:55 AM PST by SuziQ
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To: Biggirl

What a pantload. He was true to his calling, not to the world stage. I much preferred this Pope to the previous one.


23 posted on 02/11/2013 11:20:24 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Gun control is hitting what you aim at. -- Chuck Norris)
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To: Biggirl

From the pile it higher and deeper crowd, this article is one of the biggest piles of BS I have ever read.

In my parish, Pope Benedict is greatly admired as was Pope John Paul. Both have entirely different personalities and talents, Benedict being the greatest Christian theologian in the world.


24 posted on 02/11/2013 12:16:15 PM PST by CdMGuy
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To: rbmillerjr

>Journalism is dead in this country.<

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A newspaper in Europe is already saying that the RCC needs a pope with the characteristics of Obama and publicly hopes that the next pope comes from Africa.


25 posted on 02/11/2013 12:26:15 PM PST by 353FMG ( I refuse to specify whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
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To: CdMGuy

As mentioned, I have one of his “Jesus” books. That series of books became best sellers. I remember I have read somewhere that the one about Jesus’s infancy/childhood would be his last book written. That I should have taken as a “hint”.


26 posted on 02/11/2013 12:45:45 PM PST by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: Biggirl

The fox news reporter/writer demonstrates why people of any religion should turn off the secular news reporting about their religion and about the affairs of their religious institutions.

Secular reporters should save their reporting about religious leaders and religious institutions for those times when the events of either one spill into secular life.


27 posted on 02/11/2013 4:14:49 PM PST by Wuli
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To: Wuli

Well today’s news is not just historic but very big indeed.

Fox News has Father Johnathan Morris who does an excellent job reporting in regards to the the RC Church.


28 posted on 02/11/2013 4:38:57 PM PST by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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