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Pope Benedict celebrates 89th Birthday
Vatican Radio ^ | 16 April 2016

Posted on 04/16/2016 10:06:26 AM PDT by annalex

Edited on 04/16/2016 10:46:47 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

On board the Papal plane en route to the Greek island of Lesbos where he is visiting refugees, Pope Francis remembered his predecessor in his prayers saying, "I would like to remind you that today is the 89th birthday of Pope Benedict XVI. Pray for him"


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TOPICS: Current Events; General Discusssion
KEYWORDS: catholic; popebenedict
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I think they gave him a gag order.


21 posted on 04/16/2016 1:22:51 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

So then, he’s a coward?


22 posted on 04/16/2016 2:29:21 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o
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To: xzins

“The real pope is 89”

Exactly.


23 posted on 04/16/2016 3:07:30 PM PDT by NKP_Vet (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle,stand like a rock ~ T, Jefferson)
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To: Salvation
I loved it when they called him "The Rottweiler":


24 posted on 04/16/2016 3:29:05 PM PDT by Slyfox (When someone tells it like it is, is it the truth?)
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To: annalex

It is nice to remember a different world in which we had an actually Catholic pope. Who knows? Maybe God will send another ASAP.


25 posted on 04/16/2016 4:05:03 PM PDT by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Society: Rack 'em Danno!)
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To: onyx

Happy Birthday to both!


26 posted on 04/16/2016 4:53:15 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: annalex

God Bless him, I miss him.


27 posted on 04/16/2016 5:44:05 PM PDT by Coleus (For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.)
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To: annalex
On board the Papal plane en route to the Greek island of Lesbos where he is visiting refugees

Ruh-roh!

28 posted on 04/16/2016 6:24:24 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (The "end of history" will be worldwide Judaic Theocracy.)
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To: onyx

We can still say happy birthday. As Jesus said, “God is not the God of the dead but of the living. “


29 posted on 04/16/2016 6:27:42 PM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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To: annalex

Ad multos annos!


31 posted on 04/17/2016 7:38:52 AM PDT by NRx (It's sad when there is no one running for President that I can vote for with a clear conscience.)
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To: BlackElk

Maybe, and maybe not for a while. Divine Providence is inscrutable, and the Divine Church is indestructible.


32 posted on 04/17/2016 4:33:58 PM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: annalex

Happy Birthday, Ratzinger. Can you come back?


33 posted on 04/18/2016 11:13:48 PM PDT by SunLakesJeff (Life)
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