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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
KEYWORDS: 2010christmasaddress; bxvi; elderly; papacy; pedophilia; petrusromanus; pontiff; pope; popebenedict; popeonpedophilia; poperesigns; popes; resignation; sexualabuse; vatican
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To: Sub-Driver
The Joe Paterno of the Vatican...
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posted on
02/11/2013 4:41:06 AM PST
by
TSgt
(The right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.)
To: EBH
You took that out of context- he says he is old and/or sick in the same question.
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posted on
02/11/2013 4:42:51 AM PST
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: hosepipe
could be wisdomI find it extremely odd for any pope to leave right before Easter, the most important celebration of the Catholic Church. It's so important that I would have expected Benedict to try and stick it out.
Now it's more than likely that there will be no pope in office for the Easter Blessing.
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posted on
02/11/2013 4:48:08 AM PST
by
LoveUSA
(God employs Man's strength; Satan exploits Man's weakness.)
To: TSgt
84
posted on
02/11/2013 4:48:48 AM PST
by
LadyEleanor
(How Do I change my tagline?)
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
02/11/2013 4:49:50 AM PST
by
thesearethetimes...
("Courage, is fear that has said its prayers." Dorothy Bernard)
To: momtothree
Has there ever been a Papal abdication that was voluntary?
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posted on
02/11/2013 4:50:40 AM PST
by
AU72
To: TSgt
To: PghBaldy
Or, he watched the Grammy Awards last night, and realized that all hope is indeed lost..
At least he didn't Tweet the announcement..
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posted on
02/11/2013 4:51:05 AM PST
by
ken5050
("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
To: jsanders2001
I have always thought the anti-Christ would be far more intelligent than Obama, in order to deceive so many people. But it has been shown, instead, that the people are much more stupid and wicked than I gave them credit for.
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posted on
02/11/2013 4:51:32 AM PST
by
Arthur McGowan
(If you're FOR sticking scissors in a baby girl's neck and sucking out her brains, you are PRO-WOMAN!)
To: LoveUSA
Easter is March 31st, they could have all the cardinals in Rome ready to go on March 1st, they have enough warning to be there and get on with it, there will no appetite for slowing things down, maybe thats Benedicts thought, make sure they get on with it and don’t drag it out, force them to get on with it.
It took 19 days from death of john paul til Benedict got elected but that included the death and mourning period too, so they should be ready to go by easter no problems.
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posted on
02/11/2013 4:52:38 AM PST
by
sunmars
To: AnAmericanAbroad
What about Cardinal Arinze?
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posted on
02/11/2013 4:54:18 AM PST
by
PatriotGirl827
(O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee)
To: circlecity
If he were going to die soon, I don’t think he’d resign.
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posted on
02/11/2013 4:56:18 AM PST
by
Arthur McGowan
(If you're FOR sticking scissors in a baby girl's neck and sucking out her brains, you are PRO-WOMAN!)
To: Sub-Driver
Two weeks notice.
Enough time to get the Cardinals together and provide for an orderly succession.
Poor Baraq! He has been upstaged.
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posted on
02/11/2013 4:56:40 AM PST
by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: LadyEleanor; TSgt
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posted on
02/11/2013 4:58:26 AM PST
by
EEGator
To: Preston Manning
Is it too early/ghoulish to put in a plug for Canada’s Cardinal Ouellet?Nothing ghoulish about it, since Pope Benedict hasn't said that he's about to die.
Btw, I think Cdl. Ouellet has a lot of good qualities.
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posted on
02/11/2013 4:58:29 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(I have chocolate.)
To: Arthur McGowan
maybe i’m cynical but popes don’t resign or go and resign, they die, who knows, maybe he’s sick ,maybe he got the warning of “you’re leaving one way or another, you decide”. Its Not like Popes have not been bumped off before.
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posted on
02/11/2013 4:58:39 AM PST
by
sunmars
To: Sub-Driver
Hope he’s not ill. May God grant him a blessed, and long, retirement.
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posted on
02/11/2013 4:59:43 AM PST
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: Sub-Driver
Looks like he’s just simply too pooped to Pope.
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posted on
02/11/2013 5:00:18 AM PST
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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