"That would be.....sooooooo unfortunate....."
Posted on 07/15/2017 5:51:35 PM PDT by marshmallow
July 15, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – Pope Benedict XVI sent a sobering message at the funeral of Cardinal Joachim Meisner today, saying he was moved at the dubia cardinal's ability to "live out of a deep conviction that the Lord does not abandon His Church, even when the boat has taken on so much water as to be on the verge of capsizing."
The Church "stands in particularly pressing need of convincing shepherds who can resist the dictatorship of the spirit of the age and who live and think the faith with determination," Pope Benedict said in a message read by Archbishop Georg Gänswein, his personal secretary and head of the papal household. Because of this "pressing need," Meisner "found it difficult to leave his post."
"What moved me all the more was that, in this last period of his life, he learned to let go and to live out of a deep conviction that the Lord does not abandon His Church, even when the boat has taken on so much water as to be on the verge of capsizing," the pope emeritus concluded.
Meisner, who was 83, was one of the four cardinals who sent Pope Francis a dubia asking if Amoris Laetitia is aligned with Catholic morality. He died still awaiting the pope's response. Although Pope Francis hasn't answered the dubia, he has given his approval to interpretations of the controversial exhortation that say those living in adulterous unions may receive Holy Communion.
Canon lawyer Kurt Martens said Pope Benedict's message was an "amazing yet diplomatic form of support for [the] dubia Cardinals."
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Pretty clear and harsh criticism of Pope Francis the Red.
Wish you hadn’t retired Father Joe.
He oughta know, he’s the one thats opened all the seacocks to sink the church.
Isn’t this the “Obama Effect” that Rush talked about?
Guy gets voted into office who really hates the organization he’s been put in charge of. Then he spends his time doing things that anyone with a brain would think would tear the organization apart.
Then, after a few years of this, the guy stands there and says “hey, we’ve really got some problems in this organization,” as if he hasn’t been in charge, as if some other guy has actually been in charge, and he’s just a bystander.
Then the MSM talks about what a deep thinker he is.
He oughta know, he’s the one that set the stage for Francis to have opened all the seacocks to sink the church.
The fingers type, the keyboard, eh, nothing but trouble with the wireless.
The nagging question is why did Pope Benedict XVI retire? Do we know the full story?
When the Catholic church rids itself of that Communist commissar from the Vatican, maybe things will turn around for them. Until then #FakePope #NotMyPope
Like Guam? Too many Cardinals?
Yep, Pope Marx is out to scuttle the Mother Church.
Bump
"That would be.....sooooooo unfortunate....."
God bless B16.
God bless B16.
You’re confusing Pope Benedict with the current Pope the Marxist.
Ah, yes. The Retired Pope. Something else I'm not used to thinking, along with words that contain a 'q' without a following 'u'.
Francis (and Benedict's resignation) has just quickened up the pace.
To fundamentally transform it.
Look for Pope Francis to step down.
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