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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.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
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To: Perdogg
that is the first thing i thought of. i knew Benedict was not the last.
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posted on
02/11/2013 5:00:27 AM PST
by
xsmommy
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.)
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.
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posted on
02/11/2013 5:01:06 AM PST
by
bgill
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...
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.
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posted on
02/11/2013 5:04:14 AM PST
by
Tanniker Smith
(Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
To: sunmars
they’d eat their own foot off to get the jobSo! You are calling it for a Cardinal with a limp?
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posted on
02/11/2013 5:05:47 AM PST
by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
To: Perdogg
I see what you did there...Now thats funny!
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posted on
02/11/2013 5:06:16 AM PST
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus sum -- "The Taliban is inside the building")
To: djf
I think you are confusing Malichi Martin with St. Malichi
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?
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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!)
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 :))
To: EBH
Is he saying he has lost faith?
___________________________
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)
To: agere_contra
He's always wanted to serve his fellow man.
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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.)
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.)
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
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.
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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)
To: xzins
No, no and I wouldn’t think so.
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posted on
02/11/2013 5:12:38 AM PST
by
John W
(Viva Cristo Rey!)
To: xzins
No. Because Pope Benedict is over 80 years old, he is not a voting member of the College of Cardinals.
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posted on
02/11/2013 5:14:56 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(I have chocolate.)
To: Sub-Driver
Ha! Ha! This Pope news is sucking ALL OF THE NEWS OXYGEN out of the clown's Lie-Fest tomorrow night!
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.
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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.)
To: fatima
Wow,prophesy says next one is Black.
Cardinal Francis Arinze
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