Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Dies at age 95

Fox News ^ | December 31, 2022 | By Timothy H.J. Nerozzi , Elizabeth Pritchett

[Syncro]

30 minutes ago

Reporting on Fox News now.

[the OlLine Rebel]

RIP

SHOULDVE STILL BEEN Pope.

[kearnyirish2]

“John Paul the Great now greets newly-arrived Benedict the Good.”

That is two very broad assumptions there...

[genxer]

I am of the opinion he is the last Pope.

[laplata]

“Now comes the punishment”

When you die you’ll suffer eternal damnation.

[Locomotive Breath]

Saw a report that he was the first Pope in 600 years to make a live exit from being Pope.

[Valin]

Well Said!

He gets to go HOME, and we’re stuck here.

[rdl6989]

I think they meant half a millennium.

[pax_et_bonum]

We can’t know what he was faced with.

It could have been a horrible threat toward a large group of people.

We can know only our own call and our successes and failures within that call.

RIP, Pope Benedict.

Pray for us who remain in the struggle.

[grey_whiskers]

Amen

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP to the REAL Pope.

[grey_whiskers]

+1.

But the Lavender Mafia, and the Communists, were likely involved too.

[Valin]

“I liked it when Pope Benedict would call out Islam for the violent religion it is.”

Then You Missed the point of that speech.

5 Enduring Lessons from Pope Benedict XVI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohZc_hI8gAk
27:28 Mark

BTW The whole video is Well Worth the time.

[Valin]

Ask yourself a small question. It’s (say) Dec 31 2032 will Anyone remember or pay attention to either Pelé or Barbara Walters? Their families, bu that’s about it. 100 years from today people will still be reading/studying Benedict XVI’s life and writings. Just because someone is popular today does not mean people will remember them in the future.

[Yossarian]

When you die you’ll suffer eternal damnation.

You seem nice....

[nwrep]

Thank you for that link, good show. Barron here returns to his conservative roots in talking about Ratzinger.

[BillyBoy]

>> “John Paul the Great now greets newly-arrived Benedict the Good.” << >> That is two very broad assumptions there... <<

But still less presumptuous than protestants going around telling everyone that they're "saved" while they're STILL alive. Good thing they know God's plans in advance!

[Varda]

No, we can't know why he did what he did; someone speculated that perhaps he had Alzheimer's and wasn't able to make good decisions.

However we do know what his cross was. His cross was to be the shepherd of the church, to carry on the task that Jesus gave to Peter. And we know by scripture what price was expected from the shepherd of this flock. A horrible threat against a large group of people doesn't excuse him from this task.

We just passed the feast of Stephen and rightly celebrate that he passed the test. We also see that not everyone does. So no we can look to what others do and don't do and use that as a lesson to ourselves.

[Honorary Serb]

May his Memory be Eternal!!!!

[laplata]

I was being sarcastic and should have noted that I was being sarcastic.

[Yossarian]

That’s good to read.