Posted on 03/16/2016 2:41:20 PM PDT by NYer
Catholic ping!
He remains my Pope.
Ask your pope why he quit.
The current ‘Pope’ is a communist.
Jesus, and God, are not.
Pope Benedict asks: “Miss Me Yet?” Yes, my Pontiff, yes we do miss you very much. Far more than I ever expect to.
can he run a coup to get his job back?
+1
Beautiful! Thank you!
You'd have to convince people that yours is the superior or preferable path to God, of course.
Why is that such an inconceivable situation? God is infinite. The idea that there is more than one path to him is entirely reasonable. It is actually the essence of the oldest religion on Earth, the Vedas. It enables peaceful resolution of religious differences. And, of course, while not a religious doctrine, it is the essence of the 1st Amendment.
Has Benedict repented of his sins?
One can only wonder what he thinks has happened to his predecessors subsequent to Vatican II. Perhaps he realizes that having not repented for their sin of creating a new religion and dumping the Church of Jesus Christ they are now living in hell’s torment.
When he stepped down, I surmised that he must be suffering from some terminal disease, and wouldn’t last very long. Now I don’t know what to think about his resignation.
I’m not convinced that he is blaming Vatican II here at all. His words seem to suggest that the issues happened after the Council, not because of the Council.
Wow. WHat a difference. What a shame that he stepped down.
I’m reading Jesus of Nazareth: From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection. I purchased it two or three years ago meaning to read it (listen to audio version) leading up to Good Friday and Easter. I love it.
If he saw a crisis in the church, why resign and cede the papacy to the leftists?
How did they get this one out? He’s virtually under house arrest.
Like most humble individuals, he never wanted to be pope. He accepted the appointment "as a humble servant". At every turn, he was met with an onslaught of progressivists who placed stumbling blocks. Perhaps it was more than he could handle. He signaled his trepidation but few noticed. Scott Hahn, however, picked up on this and posted the following, after his resignation.
Back on April 29, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI did something rather striking, but which went largely unnoticed.He stopped off in Aquila, Italy, and visited the tomb of an obscure medieval Pope named St. Celestine V (1215-1296). After a brief prayer, he left his pallium, the symbol of his own episcopal authority as Bishop of Rome, on top of Celestine's tomb!
Fifteen months later, on July 4, 2010, Benedict went out of his way again, this time to visit and pray in the cathedral of Sulmona, near Rome, before the relics of this same saint, Celestine V.
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Pray for him and Pope Francis!
Duplicate of the immediately preceding post which has been here for a while.
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