Posted on 02/26/2013 6:08:29 AM PST by NYer
.- Pope Benedict has decided what he will wear once he is no longer Pope – a simple white cassock, and brown shoes given to him in Leon, Mexico.
“The city of Leon is known for beautiful shoes, and very comfortable shoes. And when the Pope was asked what he wanted to wear he said, ‘I want the shoes from Leon in Mexico,’” Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi told journalists Feb. 26.
“It will no longer be the red shoes that you have seen him wear. He has chosen to keep brown shoes that were given to him on his recent trip,” he said.
As for his apparel, the Pope emeritus will wear a simple, white cassock without the mozzetta – the short cape that covers his shoulders.
His outfit will be complemented by the simple monastery he will be living in, starting around May.
He will replace the Fisherman’s ring worn by Popes with an episcopal ring from his time as Cardinal Ratzinger. The Pope’s ring and seal will be broken at a particular moment determined by the College of Cardinals and its chamberlain, in accordance with the sede vacante norms.
The main news that Fr. Lombardi announced at the Feb. 26 press conference was what Pope Benedict will be called after he resigns.
He will have three titles: His Holiness Benedict XVI, Pope Emeritus or Roman Pontiff Emeritus.
The formal end of his ministry will occur on Feb. 28 at 8:00 p.m.
Fr. Lombardi reiterated that it is important to note “the Pope is in a spirit of prayer as he brings the pontificate to a close.”
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“Why the mountain of Catholic spam?
Isn’t there something that would interest the Religion forum other than the pope buying new underwear?”
That’s how you act when you worship a man instead of God.
You mistook the word “rich” which I meant in “rich” faith — there are so many facets to Catholicism. Prayers, saints, the celebration of the Mass, Scripture, Tradition — our faith is so rich.
I was not talking about material wealth at all. Please do not try to read my mind again.
I guess you missed these words **so much to learn**
I was not talking about material wealth at all.
Please do not try to read my mind.
I guess you missed these words **so much to learn**
I was not talking about material wealth at all.
Please do not try to read my mind.
Come back and tell me about it once you’ve sold all that you have and have distributed it to the poor. Until then, your hypocrisy reeks.
“Come back and tell me about it once you’ve sold all that you have and have distributed it to the poor. Until then, your hypocrisy reeks.”
Oh I see. Until I give away everything I have no right to think there’s something wrong with a “christian” organization surrounding themselves with gold, jewels, fancy buildings, exotic cars and designer clothes?
Got it. thx.
“I guess you missed these words **so much to learn**
I was not talking about material wealth at all.
Please do not try to read my mind.”
I was aware of what you meant. My response was a play on the word “riches.”
It stings I know.
That would be an impressive one to "cast down at Jesus' feet" Those jewels must be worth millions.
And the palaces-—well they don't call them that-—are luxury fitting of Kings.
You would think some of that could be converted into help for all the poor suffering people in the world.
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying,
Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor,
and to thy needy, in thy land. --Deuteronomy 15:11
“Wow that crown is magnificent!
That would be an impressive one to “cast down at Jesus’ feet” Those jewels must be worth millions.
And the palaces-—well they don’t call them that-—are luxury fitting of Kings.
You would think some of that could be converted into help for all the poor suffering people in the world.
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying,
Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor,
and to thy needy, in thy land. —Deuteronomy 15:11 “
Yep. It’s insulting to me to see a group that calls themselves Christians fawning over the $200 shoes of a man who supposedly is Christ’s representative on earth. The problem is that Christ was NOTHING like him.
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